Urchin Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Ivan Aivazovskiy - View of Odessa by Moonlight, 1855. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Dawson "Clipper Lahloo" - Smaller than rivals like Cutty Sark and Thermopylae, she was swifter in light airs, resulting in her being first home in 1870, having taken 97 days to run from Foo-chow in China to London with the new tea crop Montague Edited May 21, 2020 by Urchin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Two Age of Sail sailors combating the tedium of Covid 19 Lockdown Painting is 'His Old Ship' by Ulster artist Arthur McCormick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Black Sea Fleet in the Bay of Feodosia, just before the Crimean War, 1890 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) Chilean corvette Esmeralda rammed and sunk by Peruvian ironclad Huáscar off Iquique, May 21, 1879 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huáscar_(ironclad) Edited June 14, 2020 by Urchin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Anson’s flagship HMS Centurion capturing the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de Covadonga off the Philippine coast in 1743. Painting by Samuel Scott. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 HMS Cossack and HMS Comet landing a mixed force of marines and sailors in 1808 to destroy coastal fortifications near Santander in Spain to avoid them falling into the hands of the advancing French 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchin Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Raid on Sevastopol 1852 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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