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  • Bligh's Avatar
    Today, 02:38
    :hatsoff: No surprises here either, Mr Bush also takes the Silver Top Thread starter medal for the third month running.:medal: This is...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    Today, 02:30
    :hatsoff: And for the third month running Lt. William Bush takes the medal for monthly top poster. This time the silver.:medal: Congratulations yet...
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    Yesterday, 17:02
    Suzanne and I went to the Independence Seaport Museum for my birthday yesterday and they had some nice models that I thought might be appreciated...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    03-30-2023, 13:23
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    And here is the completed fort.
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    03-30-2023, 13:06
    Just read your Cold Wars post Eric, so I guess that answers my question. I will leave that one with your good self. Rob.
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    03-30-2023, 13:03
    What a great idea Eric. We could even dedicate our Copenhagen fight at Doncaster at the end of September to the anniversary. Do you have any shws...
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    03-30-2023, 00:28
    I don't expect that Keith will want to release another medal for that Eric. These are just related to the Anchorage itself, like the founder members...
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    03-29-2023, 11:56
    As you can see Eric my own membership dates from Nov 2011 and I was not involved in the play testing. Rob.
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    03-28-2023, 15:13
    Bligh replied to a thread Master and Commander in Wardroom
    I believe that is Mr Fulton's latest upgrade to his invention Lt. :happy: Rob.
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    03-28-2023, 12:46
    Very poignant Eric, although the Sun is also technically another day nearer to death too. It is also true that the actual game started a bit...
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    03-27-2023, 12:37
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    The white building was scratch built save for the frontage which is based on this one from Langton's.I cut the top down and bent the two ends just...
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    03-27-2023, 06:11
    Dobbs replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    Outstanding! Is the white building entirely scratch-built?
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    03-26-2023, 09:35
    :hatsoff: On behalf of the Board of Admiralty ,it gives me great pleasure to announce the award of the Ten Years of Service award to Eric DERuyter....
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    03-26-2023, 09:22
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    The fort is now painted and grassed, just awaiting the placement of its batteries and the raising of the Danish Standard.
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    03-25-2023, 02:10
    Here is one I just happened to find whilst looking for a book. Admirals Old J Dark Spiced Rum.
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    03-25-2023, 02:06
    Bligh replied to a thread Master and Commander in Wardroom
    Looks very interesting Dobbs and is available on Amazon Kindle from May. Rob.
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    03-25-2023, 01:50
    I looked at the Caribbean mat under magnification and like the rather choppy sea option Paul.
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    03-24-2023, 18:08
    Dobbs started a thread Master and Commander in Wardroom
    There's a new book coming out in April about sailing HMS Rose from Newport to San Diego to be converted to HMS Surprise for the movie "Master and...
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    03-24-2023, 01:26
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    Undercoated and now ready for painting the details.
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    03-24-2023, 01:05
    I think mine is also a DeepCut one. If I recall it could well be the Med one. I have had it for quite a few years now. My Wings one with clouds is...
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    03-23-2023, 16:23
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    Thanks Dobbs. One of the advantages of my good eye being really shortsighted. I can follow very small details as long as the lighting is very...
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    03-23-2023, 16:08
    Dobbs replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    Are you sure your eyesight is failing? That looks great!
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    03-23-2023, 13:42
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    And now the fort is completed and ready for the first undercoat tomorrow.
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    03-23-2023, 13:39
    Bligh replied to a thread Doncaster 2023. in UK Fleet
    Cutout now completed and ready to add to the fort.
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    03-23-2023, 13:21
    I can't show you any before photos from before Paul because I have been deleting the ones from before but the after ones are like this.
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    03-23-2023, 09:53
    Interesting Paul, because I have just had my electrician in to wall mount spot lights by my Wargames table so that I can bounce light off the walls...
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    03-23-2023, 02:09
    Thanks for a very exciting and also informative AAR Dispatch Paul. It was great to see these earlier ships in action against each other. Rob.
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    03-23-2023, 01:55
    Thanks for adding these ships to the showcase Paul, and what a fine sight they all make sailing together. Rob.
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    03-23-2023, 01:48
    Bligh replied to a thread Disturbing trend shipmates. in Wardroom
    Firstly, welcome to the Anchorage Peter, and thank you for your very useful comments. With the production of so many printed ships to fill the gap...
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    03-22-2023, 13:04
    Bligh replied to a thread New members signing on. in Wardroom
    Today we have another new shipmate from the USA. He is Peter, aka Mengjiao from North Carolina. Rob.
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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.

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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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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: 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
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Issue time: 01-29-2018 13:36
Issue reason: Top Poster for 2017


Name: Recruitment 10
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Issue time: 01-17-2019 06:02
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Name: Reputation 500
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Issue time: 04-26-2018 09:51
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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
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Issue time: 12-15-2017 02:30
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Issue time: 02-06-2016 08:06
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Issue time: 12-01-2015 00:24
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Issue time: 03-15-2023 01:57
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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.


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Issue time: 09-09-2017 09:16
Issue reason: Awarded for those that donate up to $100 to keep the site running.


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 are still actively posting during this year.
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
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Issue time: 11-29-2011 23:34
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