The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - The British Valentine Tank Feb. 14, 2006

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[indcons]

Great thread....bump.

Hello to my FRiends in the Foxhole.

[E.G.C.]

Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Freeper Foxhole.

[The Mayor]

HEY!

I have one of those!

[The Mayor]

February 14, 2006

The Greatest Thing In The World

Read:
1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13

Bible In One Year: Leviticus 15-16; Matthew 27:1-26

Well-known scientist and writer Henry Drummond (1857-1897) conducted a geological survey of South Africa and wrote what was then the definitive work on tropical Africa. But he is best remembered for his book about love, The Greatest Thing In The World.

Drummond wrote, "As memory scans the past, above and beyond all the transitory pleasures of life, there leap forward those supreme hours when you have been enabled to do unnoticed kindnesses to those round about you, things too trifling to speak about . . . . And these seem to be the things which alone of all one's life abide."

Paul warned that impressive gifts and spectacular deeds may be little more than empty noise (1 Corinthians 13:1). Our best efforts—if bereft of love—ring hollow. "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, . . . but have not love, it profits me nothing" (v.3). The smallest loving act can hold eternal significance.

No matter our age or status in life, we all can strive to love others as God loves them. We may accomplish great things in our life—gain fame and fortune—but the greatest thing is to love. For of all that we have done, or ever will do, only love endures. We depart, but love abides. —David Roper

We love because He first loved us,
He gave so we can give;
We love because He first touched us,
He died so we can live. —Sper

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13

FOR FURTHER STUDY
What Is Real Love?

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

[bittygirl]

[alfa6]

Good morning bittygirl, have not seen your tank in a while

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[snippy_about_it]

Happy Valentines Day bittygirl!

[SAMWolf]

The Beatles appeared with a Centurion MBT in "Help". :-)

[SAMWolf]

Valentine Tank with flotation skirt raised

Valentine tanks landing on a beach with flotation skirts lowered

Thanks alfa6, very appropriate.

An unusual dive in the Moray Firth can be had on one of the Valentine Tanks which were lost during practices and rehearsals for the D-Day Landings in Normandy. At the time the “amphibious tank” was a closely guarded secret and secret trials were carried out on beaches that resembled the ones in Normandy at Poole in Dorset and Findhorn in Moray.

The Valentine tank was fitted with a duplex drive and renamed the Valentine Duplex Drive Amphibious Tank. The ability for a tank to cross rivers and to land on beaches from landing craft positioned offshore to take the enemy by surprise was appealing to the Army so the trials were undertaken.

Needless to say there were casualties; some didn’t float and sank immediately, some didn’t drive the propeller and foundered in rough seas. Their misfortunes provide a different dive for us now. Losses totaled around eight tanks at Poole and around eight at Findhorn. Due to secrecy at the time of their loss the positions of them all have never been recorded and only two have been found at Findhorn. One life was lost at Findhorn and the tank off Findhorn Bay estuary must be considered a war grave. The other tank lies in Burghead Bay and is not easy to find even with the GPS position. Bear in mind you are looking for an object the size of a transit van in 12m and be prepared to carry out a systematic echo sounder search.

The Findhorn tank lies on a flat sandy seabed in about 12m of water at position N57 41.725 W003 31.324 GPS. The tank is starting to get a bit battered so please avoid anchoring into it. The site can be affected by tidal streams especially during spring tides - these shouldn’t affect experienced divers but care should be exercised with trainees.

The wreck harbors a variety of marine life with a couple of congers, large cod beneath the tank, edible and hermit crabs, the occasional lobster and lumpsucker as well as many smaller creatures. Go slow and stick your nose in all the nooks and crannies and enjoy this unusual dive. Its depth makes an ideal second or even third dive.

[SAMWolf]

This doesn't look like something I'd like to try in any kind of sea, much less the swells they had on D-Day.

[SAMWolf]

[SAMWolf]

The movie was "HELP!".The tank was, I believe, a variant in the Centurion series.

Beat me to it. :-(

[SAMWolf]

The Bishop has to be the ugliest piece of armor ever built. It has no visible redeeming charecteristics.

I figure the Soviet KV II gets that honor, the Bishop was just a Brit "Knock off" ;-)

[Soaring Feather]

~My Funny Valentine~

[Soaring Feather]

YAY, Bittygirl, you go girl!!

[w_over_w]

Happy Valentines Day Foxhole!

[Soaring Feather]

ROTFLOLOL!!!


Hilarious, snippy! *HUGS*

[PAR35]

I figure the Soviet KV II gets that honor, the Bishop was just a Brit "Knock off" ;-)

The Bishop still gets my vote for two articulable reasons. First, the road wheels on the Russian tank match. The mis-matched road wheels on the Bishop (as on most of the tanks of the series) give it a 'thrown together' look that is missing from the Russian machine. Second, the armored box on top is so grossly disproportionate to the bottom on the Bishop. The Russian tank has a certain funtional ugliness, but Bishop lacks utilitarian elegance.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL!

xoxoxo