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    Today, 04:48
    Capn Duff added 7 photo(s) to album Odds and Sods
  • Capn Duff's Avatar
    Today, 04:44
    Before the Anchorage sails off into the sunset, I thought I would post a final couple of pics. Hope you like First at long last a merchant fleet...
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  • Vagabond's Avatar
    11-10-2024, 05:13
    In my trawling through the site I came across your original post from your inaugural launch of Agility with plenty of pictures showing her on both...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    11-08-2024, 16:58
    That cutter beat up the Chester River with us for a while. She was splendid to behold and walked away from us easily. She's Bloodhound, a...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    11-04-2024, 06:40
    We woke up this morning to 2-3°C, but it is sunny. The mast is freestanding and breaks down into to sections when not in use. I believe that the...
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  • Vagabond's Avatar
    11-04-2024, 02:52
    That's an interesting design, lots of freeboard. I don't think I've seen a sail plan like that before, presumably the mast is free standing like a...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    11-04-2024, 02:25
    Bligh replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    A few of my ships have been used as sources for parts and the hulls used as wrecks, ships on fire as well. Rob.
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    11-03-2024, 17:17
    Amusingly, Grace is one of the older boats in attendance, at 58. Agility is a hard dinghy of my own design. Here's a picture from a few years...
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  • Vagabond's Avatar
    11-03-2024, 14:42
    The ship on the right looks to be 200 years old, although I suppose she's not. Do You have a hard bottom dinghy on Grace? or are you back home?
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    11-03-2024, 10:29
    This might be what Chestertown looked like 200 years ago. I took this during my frosty morning dinghy sail.
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  • Vagabond's Avatar
    11-03-2024, 01:48
    Vagabond replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    Thanks Dave, I've got these on my radar. :thumbsup: for me the difference between ships and planes is that with the planes it's the pilots that had...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    11-02-2024, 18:54
    Dobbs replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    Has there been any motion on the 3d printing in color for ships like Wings of Glory?
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    11-02-2024, 16:57
    Diamondback replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    A little manufacturing-side background here: Printing new paper and applying new paint is cheap, new tool-and-die steel for sculpt rework is...
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The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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The structure of the Royal Navy.

by Bligh on 01-23-2017 at 04:25
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I hope this helps to answer some of the oft asked questions about the organization of the Royal Navy shipmates.


Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries.

These were the original effort of the Royal Navy to create standardized rank and insignia system for use both at shore and at sea. The uniforms and insignia first created in the mid-1700s, lasting until the mid-1850s, have since become immortalized in such classic naval literature works

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Fireships.

by Bligh on 01-17-2017 at 05:29
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List of fireships of the Royal Navy.





Fireships served in the Royal Navy over a period of several centuries. The earliest fireships – ships filled with combustible and flammable materials and explosives and sent into lines of enemy ships to attempt to set them on fire – were small merchant vessels deployed in large fleet actions, such as by Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588.

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Bomb Ketches.

by Bligh on 01-17-2017 at 05:26
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Bomb Ketches.



Development.

The first recorded deployment of bomb vessels by the English was for the Siege of Calais in 1347 when Edward III deployed single deck ships with bombardes and other artillery. The first specialised bomb vessels were built towards the end of the 17th century, based on the designs of Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray, and used by the French Navy. They were first called galiote à bombe (a word derived

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Depictions of the ships behind the SoG-miniatures

by Bligh on 06-23-2016 at 15:02
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Océan / Montagne.







Océan was a 118-gun first-rate three-decker ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne.




She was ordered as États de Bourgogne and was launched at
Brest in 1790. Like many French ships of the line during the Revolutionary period, she was renamed

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HMS Berwick/Le Berwick (1775)

by Bligh on 06-21-2016 at 10:16
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HMS Berwick/Le Berwick (1775)




Battle of Ushant (1778)

HMS Berwick was a 74-gun Elizabeth-classthird rate of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 April 1775, to a design by Sir Thomas Slade. She fought the French at the Battle of Ushant (1778) and the Dutch at the Battle of Dogger Bank (1781). The French captured her in the Action of 8 March 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars and she served with them

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Chance cards. : These cards cover the chances of random events taking place during a game. 10-06-2021 48
Chance cards 2. : A continuation of the action card set. 10-08-2021 37
Game play turn sequence : This is a listing of the order of play of the full rules in crib sheet format for quick ref. 10-14-2021 39
Game play turn sequence. : This is a listing of the order of play of the Standard rules in crib sheet format for quick ref. 10-14-2021 70
Awards Showcase - 25 Medals - 140 Guns
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Name: After Action Report
Awarded to members who have posted at least 10 AARs to the Anchorage, which were not in the campaign.
Issue time: 10-23-2018 14:09
Issue reason: Awarded to members who have posted at least 10 AARs to the Anchorage, which were not in the campaign.


Name: Site Recognition Award
A prestigious medal awarded to members that go above and beyond the call of duty.
Issue time: 09-03-2024 10:32
Issue reason: A prestigious medal awarded to members that go above and beyond the call of duty.


Name: Sails of Glory Service Medal
A prestigious medal award to a select few for their dedication of time and knowledge to helping to keep the Sails of Glory Anchorage website a reality.
Issue time: 08-30-2024 02:00
Issue reason: Running the daily adminfor eight years.


Name: Yearly Top Thread Starter
Awarded to the member that starts the most threads during the year. May only be awarded once to a member.
Issue time: 01-29-2018 14:35
Issue reason: Top thread starter for 2017


Name: Yearly Top Poster
Awarded to the member that makes the most posts in a year. May only be award to a member once.
Issue time: 01-29-2018 14:36
Issue reason: Top Poster for 2017


Name: Recruitment 10
Awarded to members who have officially recruited at least 10 new members to the site.
Issue time: 01-17-2019 07:02
Issue reason: Awarded to members who have officially recruited at least 10 new members to the site.


Name: Reputation 500
Award to members who have received 500 or more Reputation points from their peers.
Issue time: 04-26-2018 10:51
Issue reason: Award to members who have received 500 or more Reputation points from their peers.


Name: Top Monthly Thread Starter - Gold
Awarded to the Sailor that starts the most new threads for four months.
Issue time: 07-18-2016 11:54
Issue reason: Top Thread Starter Apr 2015.
Top Thread Starter Aug 2015.
Top Thread Starter Oct 2015.
Top Thread Starter Jan 2016.


Name: Top Monthly Poster - Gold
Awarded to the Sailor with the most posts in four months.
Issue time: 07-18-2016 11:43
Issue reason: Top Poster for Apr 2015.
Top Poster for Jun 2015.
Top Poster for Jul 2015.
Top Poster for Aug 2015.


Name: How to Article Gold
Awarded to those members who have written four or more articles for the How To section.
Issue time: 12-15-2017 03:30
Issue reason: Awarded to those members who have written four or more articles for the How To section.


Name: Book Review Gold
Awarded to members who have posted at least four Book Reviews for the site.
Issue time: 02-06-2016 09:06
Issue reason: Reviewing many books so that others may know what to expect to find between the covers.


Name: 1000 Photos
Awarded members who have uploaded at least 1000 photos to their Albums.
Issue time: 12-01-2015 01:24
Issue reason: Awarded members who have uploaded at least 1000 photos to their Albums.


Name: File Upload
Awarded to members who have uploaded at least 25 Files for the community.
Issue time: 03-15-2023 02:57
Issue reason: Awarded to members who have uploaded at least 25 Files for the community.


Name: Doncaster GM - 4 Year
Doncaster Event Sails of Glory GM for 4 years
Issue time: 10-21-2019 13:44
Issue reason: Doncaster Event Sails of Glory GM.for four years.


Name: Doncaster Participant - 4 Year
Awarded to members who sailed the seas at the Doncaster event for four years.
Issue time: 10-21-2019 13:48
Issue reason: Awarded to members who sailed the seas at the Doncaster event for four years.


Name: Derby World Wargames Event GM - 1 Year
Derby World Wargames Event GM
Issue time: 10-08-2017 13:10
Issue reason: Derby World Wargames Event GM


Name: Derby World Wargames Participant - 1 Year
Derby World Wargames Participant
Issue time: 09-27-2017 06:18
Issue reason: Derby World Wargames Participant


Name: Minor Con GM Medal - U.K.
For Anchorage members who GM an approved, minor U.K. convention SoG event.
Issue time: 06-14-2016 04:08
Issue reason: Games master at Games expo 2016


Name: Minor Con Medal - U.K.
For Anchorage members who participate in an approved, minor U.K. convention SoG event.
Issue time: 03-27-2015 21:23
Issue reason: For Anchorage members who participate in an approved, minor U.K. convention SoG event.


Name: Minor Con Medal - Europe
For Anchorage members who participate in an approved, minor European convention SoG event.
Issue time: 05-06-2016 10:01
Issue reason: For Anchorage members who participate in an approved, minor European convention SoG event.


Name: Donations up to $150
Awarded for those that donate up to $150 to keep the site running.
Issue time: 09-08-2023 17:44
Issue reason: Donation in the amount of $145. Thank you very much!


Name: Anchorage Campaign Medal - Gold
Awarded to members that have taken part in four of the various campaigns run on the site and have submitted at least 5 AARs for those campaigns.
Issue time: 10-21-2017 10:57
Issue reason: Awarded to members that have taken part in four of the various campaigns run on the site and have submitted at least 5 AARs for those campaigns.


Name: I0 year Anniversary Medal, with Fouled Anchor
Awarded to Anchorage Officers who joined between the 23rd of November 2011, and the 23rd of November 2012, and were still actively posting during November 2021.
Issue time: 11-23-2021 03:49
Issue reason: Awarded to Anchorage Officers who joined between the 23rd of November 2011, and the 23rd of November 2012, and are still actively posting during this year.


Name: 5 Years of Service and 3000 posts
Awarded to members for five years of service and 3000+ posts.
Issue time: 01-17-2019 13:42
Issue reason: Awarded to members for five years of service and 3000+ posts.


Name: Sails of Glory Anchorage Gold Founding Member
Awarded to those members that donate to the founding of the Sails of Glory Anchorage website.
Issue time: 11-30-2011 00:34
Issue reason: Awarded to those members that donate to the founding of the Sails of Glory Anchorage website.