Captain Jean-Luc Picard

https://www.duffelblog.com/2012/10/navy-deploys-uss-constitution-to-strait-of-hormuz/ BOSTON, Mass. – With the US Navy increasingly stretched trying to meet its commitments in both the Pacific and the Middle East, the Department of the Navy announced today that it will be re-activating its entire mothball fleet for upcoming Middle East deployments, including the USS Constitution. According to Navy officials, the Constitution, currently celebrating the 200th anniversary of her victory over the British warship HMS Guerriere, will relieve the destroyer USS Porter, which was damaged last month in a collision in the Strait of Hormuz while playing chicken with a lighthouse. “I cannot think of a better way to honor those who fought in the War of 1812, as well as celebrate Constitution’s past successes, than for the ship to once again sail under arms,” said Commander Matt Bonner, the 72nd commanding officer of the Constitution. Navy officials are also hoping that the favorable publicity will help raise awareness of its core mission of protecting the freedom of the seas and remind the public about the 285 ships in the Navy’s inventory that do not involve SEALs. One Admiral, speaking off the record, said that Navy leadership is also confident that this upcoming deployment will go better than the Constitution‘s 2011 anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia. During that deployment, the Constitution spent several hours laboriously attempting to use the wind to maneuver into firing position against several small agile motorboats full of Somali pirates, but was unable to avoid the protracted long range enfilade fire of heavy machine gun fire from the pirate boats. “That was the day we stopped calling her ‘Old Ironsides’,” said one member of the Constitution’s crew, referring to the nickname the ship received after numerous British cannonballs bounced off her sides. “She may have stood up to a 32-pounder [cannon] back in 1812, but those .50 caliber machine guns just ripped her apart.” The Navy’s official report on the incident said that not only did the pirates’ heavy machine gun fire easily pierce the hull from the front, almost severing a mast belowdecks, but also pierced the ship’s internal bulkheads, in some cases exiting through the captain’s cabin at the back of the ship. Additionally, several cannons were cut loose and crashed around like rampaging bulls as the ship pitched to and fro on the waves. The pirates finally retreated after the Constitution’s foremast fell on and sank a pirate skiff that was closing to land a boarding party. When the ship was finally able to capture a group of pirates whose engine had failed, and because no one had bothered to update the Constitution’s 1853 Navy Regulations prior to sailing, Commander Bonner promptly had them hanged from the yardarm. Other possible deployments by the Monitor and the Merrimack are still in the planning stage, as well as the USS Olympia as soon as a reliable stock of cheap coal can be located. Duffel Blog investigative writer Dark Laughter also contributed to this report.

Did he actually wore an eyepatch? I cannot find anything that would corroborate that.

Amusingly enough there are still monarchists in france, they are divided between themselves ( bourbon, orleans and bonapartistes ), and the white flag with the lys can still be sometimes seen flying, not just on some remembrance days but also sometimes during the famous french strikes as a fringe group on the conservative religious Right.

Thanks for correcting and my apologies for the misinformation.

How about a compromise, like without the green checkered part? Gotta keep the cash flowing.

Nice work, not as good as the beetlejuice or over 9000 bot, but definitely more useful.

Reminds me of Archeage, where people would casually cheat and just fly around instead of walking/sailing. Admit it, you're using a buddybot aren't you?

Now i'm stuck with Death Youth Of A Nation in my head...

There weren't really any aiming help, they didn't quiete use deck line fire neither, everybody reloaded and shot as fast as he could usually. Aiming was more a question of xp, like if you would kick a football or play pétanque , no aiming help, but do it a few times and you are good enough. Remember that combat was usually pretty close rather than at maximum distances. So yeah reload speed. Especially since after each shot the recoil didn't leave you much time to re-aim. And most cannons weren't that easy to move anyway even if you were to aim. As to steadiness, playing with the ship speed and direction.

Originally it was about raiding trade routes not defending them, and for obvious practical reasons they stayed more efficient as such. Also one part that is usually overlooked it that they are independent whereas a ship of the line is not.

Not actually a true story at all despite being usually called that. https://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

Today I Learned a new word.

Unless it's a dusty laptop under max load that seems awfully high to me.

7mn video about Jane's mentionning its naval wargaming origins, great website that i ( regulalry ) highly recommend ( as well as NOSI and The Diplomat which specializes in asia with all it implies in terms of water )

Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

steampunk ship spotted at 1:42 refugee or pirate spotted at 2:45 chinese tower ship spotted at 3:26 monitor ship spotted at 3:49 missed broadside opportunity at 4:36 didn't notice a single baguette, but there's a fair amount of wheat.

Reminds me of a good movie taking place on a ship with Bill Nighy, The Boat That Rocked, based on a a true story http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2708480/?ref_=vi_tr_mp_t_36

A quick search brought several threads, here is but one of them Here is a very basic thread that might interest you as well

Not every pirate was raping, or for that matter even murdering, some made it a point to capture ships and crew untouched by forcing them to surrender. Sometimes more for practical reasons than a good heart. Sometimes their terrible reputation was of their own invention for that very purpose, sometimes it was an "embellishment" by the authorities. I'm not saying of course that there wasn't unethical horrifying stuff, rape etc, or even in the best case just refusing the recognize your king, mutiny etc Indeed everyone has their reasons and always thinks that theirs are good, but that's precisely why it's important to keep in mind that pirates, from their own point of view, had ethics. Ethics in their purest definition are no more than not causing harm since we are able to perceive and understand harm ourselves, but of course there is no such person who hasn't caused any harm, or a case where causality, points of view etc come into play. Also since you mention it note that morals and ethics are two different things, morals are very much personal. I guess it would be more accurate to say that both pirates and countries were ethically wrong, but both were morally right. So i guess your point about removing pirates for being unethical stands XD But you get my reminder XD

-i am very strongly against whaling IRL, or for that matter any similar or worse actions, but i have no problem whatsoever with whaling in games. I don't actually hurt neither players nor whales. - 1812 war and slavery... no. It might maybe have been used as a justification, or propaganda. That some related attacks were carried doesn't make it one of the reasons of the war. Btw i recommend Pierre Berton two volume work on the subject, the invasion of canada and flames across the border. Good stuff despite being dated ( 80s) -i'l just remind that there is an argument to be made towards the ethics of pirates in a world and society that they might consider unethical, at least for some of them, and without resorting to the romantic popular imagination. Many a pirate has stated their reasons for become a pirate when they were tried, which is often their utter poverty and exploitation, of course mainly by the rich, and their will, should we say right, for a better life, not to mention freedom ( from landowners etc more than from the government ). Then of course there is the whole democracy vs kings... it's been discussed elsewhere, just saying as a reminder.

On a related note, a quick search bringed up this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pirates-South-China-Coast-1790-1810/dp/0804713766/ref=cm_wl_huc_item https://www.amazon.co.uk/Like-Froth-Floating-Sea-Seafarers/dp/1557290784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515366241&sr=8-1&keywords=1557290784 both from unis so should be factual