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  • Bligh's Avatar
    Today, 13:47
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Only Keith can perform that feat William. Rob.
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    Today, 13:45
    Bligh replied to a thread New members signing on. in Wardroom
    This evening we are joined by a new shipmate from the USA. He is Tyler, aka Rky.Mtn.Fshr.Mn from Montana. Rob.
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    Yesterday, 16:39
    Diamondback replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Ok, my inbox is borked. This link expires in a week, post up wit your Anchorage username on it when you join up so I know to flag you as friendly. ...
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    Yesterday, 15:38
    Diamondback replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Already starting one. DM me your Discord usernames, everyone, and I'll send invites. The Lifeboat barely has a keel laid, but it'll give us a way to...
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    Yesterday, 06:43
    Diamondback replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Yup. Pack up your personal effects, remove salvageable equipment and prepare the ship for the breakers. :( It was a good run while it lasted...
    24 replies | 10951 view(s)
  • Bligh's Avatar
    Yesterday, 00:53
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    You may also want to save your personal details from your profile page, medal awards rank etc as a precaution. Rob.
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    Yesterday, 00:32
    Bligh replied to a thread Donland books in Wardroom
    Yes Gary. I enjoyed reading them myself. They give a slightly different slant on the Navy from Donland's perceptions as an American. Rob.
    1 replies | 806 view(s)
  • Diamondback's Avatar
    08-29-2024, 10:19
    Diamondback replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    If anyone else wants to pony up and try to help save this site, go here. https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=8JUQ9Y5DZQLR4 It's at $2639...
    24 replies | 10951 view(s)
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    08-29-2024, 08:49
    Bligh replied to a thread More members? in General Discussions
    Here is the address to post donations to Keith shipmates. https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=8JUQ9Y5DZQLR4 Rob.
    3 replies | 1666 view(s)
  • Bligh's Avatar
    08-29-2024, 01:18
    Bligh replied to a thread More members? in General Discussions
    We are a sixth of the way there DB. Lets see how dedicated our shipmates really are to the Anchorage. Is it worth saving? I have put my $100 Dollars...
    3 replies | 1666 view(s)
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    08-29-2024, 01:11
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Correct DB. Rob.
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    08-28-2024, 19:21
    Diamondback replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    "Manual Add" means we have to archive our own content and start new threads as if it had never existed, as I understand it.
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    08-28-2024, 19:19
    Bear in mind, that will be a total new build from the keel up. Unless we come up with three grand or the Aerodrome membership makes it to $5k, this...
    3 replies | 1666 view(s)
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    08-28-2024, 13:40
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    We have met our target chaps, and Keith has granted us a sub forum on the new Drome once it is established.. Rob
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  • Vagabond's Avatar
    08-28-2024, 04:06
    Nice AAR, I enjoyed reading it. Cheers
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    08-28-2024, 01:26
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Thanks John. Have a good break and just carry on the way you are going. I started a thread a while ago on here to document the files and posts...
    24 replies | 10951 view(s)
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    08-27-2024, 16:30
    Vagabond replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    Hi Rob I've just had a response from Keith in the raising money thread on the Aerodrome site. He's confirmed there will be a section for Sails on the...
    24 replies | 10951 view(s)
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    08-27-2024, 13:27
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    I am saving the E-Mail adresses of those members who give me written permission so that we can keep in touch. Also I have saved a good deal of...
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  • Vagabond's Avatar
    08-27-2024, 11:44
    Vagabond replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    I've just read Keith's notice on the aerodrome site about transitioning to a new server but I imagine that's not going to happen with the sails site...
    24 replies | 10951 view(s)
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    08-27-2024, 09:21
    Nightmoss replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    I don't know if this is viable or not, but apparently you can download websites/forums to view offline. If the main goal is to preserve content...
    24 replies | 10951 view(s)
  • Bligh's Avatar
    08-27-2024, 00:45
    Bligh replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    We certainly do not have enough active members left to raise any money that would be enough to save the site DB. Rob.
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    08-26-2024, 19:50
    Diamondback replied to a thread Internet stuff in Wardroom
    The Aerodrome is moving to Invision if Keith gets the funding in time. What happens to us is up in the air... he refuses to trust anyone with the...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    08-24-2024, 08:45
    Bligh replied to a thread Blackbeard from 2006 in Wardroom
    If you liked Blackbeard Stian, try the Pirates of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Rob.
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    08-23-2024, 13:32
    Bligh replied to a thread New Members. in UK Fleet
    Today we welcome a new shipmate from Milton Keynes. He is William, aka Sappmer. Rob.
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    08-22-2024, 15:17
    So do I. It stops little sticky fingers from kids at shows. Rob.
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    08-22-2024, 07:02
    I sleeved all of my cards and liked it for durability, but many players thought they were slippery, or stuck together in sweaty, tense hands.
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  • James Wilmore's Avatar
    08-22-2024, 06:29
    Have any of you seen Blackbeard from 2006? I have seen it multiple times, and while it is not anywhere near the Hornblower Series, I still enjoy it...
    1 replies | 2153 view(s)
  • James Wilmore's Avatar
    08-22-2024, 06:07
    Do you prefer to invest in sleeving your SoG cards to protect them? Or do you find that is too much?
    4 replies | 1889 view(s)
  • James Wilmore's Avatar
    08-22-2024, 05:54
    The pictures are fine now, don't know why. Creative, Dobbs! I like it!
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    08-21-2024, 15:13
    I have found logging out, then checking the post, then logging back in works for some reason.
    10 replies | 12289 view(s)
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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 03:25
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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 04:29
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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 04:26
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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 14:02
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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 09:16
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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 41
Chance cards 2. : A continuation of the action card set. 10-08-2021 33
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 35
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 67
Awards Showcase - 24 Medals - 125 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 13:09
Issue reason: Awarded to members who have posted at least 10 AARs to the Anchorage, which were not in the campaign.


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: Yesterday 01:00
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 13:35
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 13:36
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 06:02
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 09:51
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 10:54
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 10:43
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 02:30
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 08:06
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 00:24
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 01:57
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 12:44
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 12:48
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 12:10
Issue reason: Derby World Wargames Event GM


Name: Derby World Wargames Participant - 1 Year
Derby World Wargames Participant
Issue time: 09-27-2017 05:18
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 03:08
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 20:23
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 09:01
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 16:44
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 09:57
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 02:49
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 12:42
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: 11-29-2011 23:34
Issue reason: Awarded to those members that donate to the founding of the Sails of Glory Anchorage website.