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To: beaversmom

The second photo, of the English Navy, was right at the end of the age of wind-power ships and ships-of-the-line. Very brave showing of ships destined to be obsolete within a decade. The steam powered ships coming out of the US Civil War, especially both the Monitor and the Merrimack ironclads, ended the reign of wooden ships.


14 posted on 12/07/2014 11:54:02 AM PST by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan

Very interesting. Thank you for the history on that.


15 posted on 12/07/2014 11:54:42 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: rstrahan

I love the pic of this beautiful ship at the link.

17 posted on 12/07/2014 12:01:42 PM PST by beaversmom
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