To: OKSooner
I’m surprised that they were able to crew the ships, given the superstitious nature of the sailors of that period.
6 posted on
09/12/2016 3:58:36 PM PDT by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Charles Martel; OKSooner
Terror and Erebus were originally bomb vessels, carrying mortars intended to rain explosive hellfire on troops on shore.
Case of: though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil...
59 posted on
09/13/2016 8:09:43 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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