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1 posted on 09/09/2014 8:00:18 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Beautiful!


2 posted on 09/09/2014 8:03:14 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.


3 posted on 09/09/2014 8:05:05 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

uh Uh Uh!

You didn’t build that!

Oh yeah, d’ey done did d’at, an’ it done did it, agin!


4 posted on 09/09/2014 8:05:23 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

From back when sailors literally had to “know the ropes”


6 posted on 09/09/2014 8:08:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I want one! (What did it cost?)


7 posted on 09/09/2014 8:19:39 AM PDT by G-Bear (Always leave your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

http://www.hermione2015.com


9 posted on 09/09/2014 8:25:51 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Lafayette We Are Here
11 posted on 09/09/2014 8:28:50 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Where is the poop deck?


12 posted on 09/09/2014 8:37:31 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I wonder if those cannon can fire true ball and shot or just puffs of smoke?


14 posted on 09/09/2014 8:56:43 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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ping


17 posted on 09/09/2014 9:09:54 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

The other ships were the la’ Ron Weasley and la’ Harry Potter...


18 posted on 09/09/2014 9:13:07 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Yarrr, gorgeous! Lots of rigging there and the crew had to know every line in it because they had to dance the “rig-a-jig” in the dark, and in a gale, and in an ice storm rounding the Horn or up whaling off Kamchatka. Kids these days, begarrr...


19 posted on 09/09/2014 9:14:58 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Note that the rudder is chained to the stern. Apparently, the French aircraft carrier experience was instructive.


20 posted on 09/09/2014 9:20:12 AM PDT by DeFault User (.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

So this isn’t really a reconstruction or rebuild, but rather a new replica of the original ship that was lost in 1793.


22 posted on 09/09/2014 9:25:41 AM PDT by tanknetter
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Lafayette persuaded French King Louis XVI to provide military and financial support to George Washington's troops, and set off on March 21, 1780, from Rochefort, according to the Hermione project historians. He arrived in Boston 38 days later, and Lafayette played an important role in the revolutionary victory against England.

Uhh. Not very good historians. Lafayette was specifically prohibited from going by the King, but he went anyway, in 1777.

To be fair, it's the reporter that's an idiot, not the historians.

This voyage was his second trip to America, and played out as described. But it reads like it was the first.

27 posted on 09/09/2014 9:59:40 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Oh my.

Oh my.


28 posted on 09/09/2014 10:06:21 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

She’s beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.


35 posted on 09/18/2014 7:42:00 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Beautiful ship!


37 posted on 09/18/2014 7:54:28 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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