A Happy New Year wish to you all, may 2004 be good to everyone and may peace and prosperity reign! Splice the main brace! I remain......................... ...
And so, literally, with the turn of the page, a new year has arrived. Much as the Roman god Janus does, I look back on the events of the past year and look...
This is rather off topic, but I thought I'd give you all a try on this. I have a friend at work, who is researching his family tree, using a program called...
I did a Google search on the Culverwell name' couldn't find anything about the man, but did find some information on the archaeological dig. You can find some...
Admirals Log 1 Jan. '04 The Odin remains at anchor here in St George's Harbour, and reports have arrived from our picket frigates, the Fundy and Golden Harp....
Talk about your New Year's fireworks! Egad, sir! According to my Major of Marines, Major Len, the bomb that exploded during my supper yesterday evening, had...
New Year's Day brought excellent news to Fundy. As the sun lit the eastern horizon a sail was spotted to the nor-nor-west, coming down on us fast. It turned...
James, One of my other main interests is of early aviation - especially WW1, and have plenty of info - including books and plans specifically of the Dr1. Any...
CAPTAINS LOG: It has been miserable 10 days for the 'Fearless', no sooner had we departed St Georges Harbour than crew started to fall ill all around; fever,...
Just a quick note to tell you all that I am going to be away for a week or so and I will not personally be able to take Erie to sea just yet. You can all carry...
Mr Randolph returned with the cutter and some shocking news. It seems there was an attempt on the life of Admiral Sir Robert, some sort of infernal machine in...
This one is U.S. Navy history, but inetresting, nonetheless: http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html Captain Mark G. HMS Golden Harp (44) Enjoy a special...
Good heaven Sir!!! A dockyard official? Mr. Ruck, Mr. Atkins, do you remember seeing anyone or anything suspecious these past few days? Sir, we will keep an...
It seems that there are spies here. The attempt on our Admiral's life is most disturbing. As we prepare for refit, we must take every percaution to make sure...
Cheers Simon. I'm wondering why you're not building this partwork too.... pop down to your local newsagent where you should be able to pick up the first part....
Good God James, what happened to the Victory(s) Sunk ? Taken? Burned? I remain........................ Bob...................er...............the Admiral ...
Ah.. well... I'm still on with the Corel one, but the weekly partwork on I've just cancelled. I've lots of reasons for cancelling the partwork, the main one is...
For those with nimble fingers, you should look at some miniatures. I have quite a few of these, and to me its alot of fun. www.rodlangton.com www.ghqmodels.com...
James - If I had the space I would start to build it - but my limited free space is still taken up with my model of the 'Sherbourne' which I am slowly but...
Never mind.... you could still start collecting it and start it after you've done Sherbourne... Just a thought as I believe the only time that this model is...
Into the rigging are we Capt Simon? I look forward to having a peek at her. How have you enjoyed the experience........building, not rigging, no one really...
Good luck Brad, we'll take your watches while you are gone! :-) Erie will still be there awaiting your return. I remain.................. Bob ... From: Brad...
Admirals Log 3 Jan. '04 This foul sling that the doctor has my arm encased in, is a real pain in the ass! Ooops, no that would be the poor MacDonald! Have...
Ahoy! My husband and I have recently begun to read books related to this subject. It appears that the Bolitho books were not written/published in order of...
Hello Kay, welcome to the group. You'll find experts to anwer- almost- all questions you may have concerning either the Bolitho books or nautical fiction books...
Welcome aboard Kay, and to your husband as well. Always nice to have a fresh perspective and opinion. My own opinion regarding the series is to read them in...
OK Kay here it is, For most enjoyment I would read the series in the chronological order of Sir Richard's life. I give thislist in the following orde...
Deck There, Hey - let me call the attention of one and all to the smiling face photo of our Admiral Bob right there on the front cover of the January cover of...
Well Bless My Buttons, that's where they got to! All this time I thought they were round my neck. Those bino's come in real handy when I'm working on the...
Despite our increasing number of eyes scanning the horizon, we have seen little. My little flotilla is sweeping back and forth across the southern approaches...
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