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Rebuilt 18th century ship tests French waters
WOKV ^
| Sept 07/2014
| FRANCOIS MORI
Posted on 09/09/2014 8:00:18 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
PARIS — A reconstruction of the 213-foot (65-meter) frigate used by France's Marquis de Lafayette to bring reinforcements to American revolutionaries in 1780 has tested the waters for the first time.
(Excerpt) Read more at wokv.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: france; godsgravesglyphs; lafayette; revilution; ship
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
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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.”)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:05:05 AM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
uh Uh Uh!
You didn’t build that!
Oh yeah, d’ey done did d’at, an’ it done did it, agin!
To: Sans-Culotte
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:05:28 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
From back when sailors literally had to “know the ropes”
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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.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I want one! (What did it cost?)
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
Looking at that pic, that’s a lot of ropes to know.... O.o
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:25:51 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: BenLurkin
And they needed to know a lot of them!
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:28:50 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:37:31 AM PDT
by
353FMG
To: 353FMG
In a bucket under the fo’c’sle
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:42:26 AM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. Barry is counter revolutionary ,Denounce him!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I wonder if those cannon can fire true ball and shot or just puffs of smoke?
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posted on
09/09/2014 8:56:43 AM PDT
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reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Lines me boy, lines.
Ropes are for cowboys.
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:00:00 AM PDT
by
biff
(WAS)
To: biff
Lines me boy, lines. Ropes are for cowboys.
There is one on a sailing ship - the bell rope.
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:06:04 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:09:54 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
The other ships were the la’ Ron Weasley and la’ Harry Potter...
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:13:07 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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...
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Note that the rudder is chained to the stern. Apparently, the French aircraft carrier experience was instructive.
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