The "double-deckers" (for two gun decks) were a perfect compromise between firepower and maneuverability. The Third Rates became the work horses of the Royal Navy in their era, the backbone of the fleet that defeated Napoleon.
Rev and Revere ping.
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“Crew of 400”???????????????? Not a chance. Someone has misplaced a decimal point.
They ought to get a big Backhoe and dig that sucker up.
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“The wreck of the British warship HMS Somerset III, which
was guarding Boston Harbor the night Paul Revere slipped by on his legendary journey to Lexington in 1775, has resurfaced in the shifting sands off Cape Cod.”
Mr. Revere may have to ride again.
“We know the wreck is going to disappear again under the sand, and it may not resurface again in our lifetimes,’’
What about a trackhoe and a front end loader? You build a berm, get some pumps and go to town.
Though the British were then the enemy, that was long ago. If there’s anything salvageable it should pulled out and given to our long time close allies.
Instead, Obama will probably send them a CD or something.
A lot of information at this earlier post - the Somerset was beating a hasty retreat for the safety of Provincetown harbor. Fleeing from what? A French warship of all things. This was a British ship of the line, she carried 64 guns!
The Captain misjudged the wind and the tide and ran aground on the bar at the tip of the cape. The heavy surf, the wind and the tide all conspired to lift the ship, crew and all, over the bar and up onto the beach where locals rendered assistance and claimed the prize.
The "double-deckers" (for two gun decks) were a perfect compromise between firepower and maneuverability. The Third Rates became the work horses of the Royal Navy in their era, the backbone of the fleet that defeated Napoleon.
It's a sign from the gods about the demonstrations occurring tomorrow.