The construction of the huge English warship Mary Rose began in the year 1510 at the large port town of Portsmouth.When she was completed in 1512 she was one of the largest warships in the world,
second only by English standards to her larger sister ship the Great Harry.In 1536 she was rebuilt,
allowing more cannons to be fitted.In 1545 she sailed out of port with the rest of the English fleet to engage a larger French force in what became known as the Battle of the Solent.During the battle,while firing at some French galleys,a strong gust of wind blew her over onto her side and she sank,taking all but 35 men out of a 400 man crew with her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Rose
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Friday, 27 April 2012
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Vasa:redo
Construction of the Swedish warship Vasa began in early 1625.The huge 64-gun vessel had a flaw,
however,in that her heavier cannons were on the upper decks,this would allow a strong gust of wind to blow her straight onto her side and sink her.Unfortunately that fatal flaw was ignored by her designers,
with disastrous consequences.On 10 August 1628 the recently completed Vasa sailed out of port.She had barely gotten out of port and was still less than 500 feet from the nearest land when a strong breeze
blew her over and she sank,taking 50 people down with her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
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however,in that her heavier cannons were on the upper decks,this would allow a strong gust of wind to blow her straight onto her side and sink her.Unfortunately that fatal flaw was ignored by her designers,
with disastrous consequences.On 10 August 1628 the recently completed Vasa sailed out of port.She had barely gotten out of port and was still less than 500 feet from the nearest land when a strong breeze
blew her over and she sank,taking 50 people down with her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
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Tigertank
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
The battle of Kursk:redo
I have decided to redo some of my blogs because i feel that they are too short.
In February-March of 1943 the Red(Russian)Army launched a major attack with the objective of recapturing the cities of Kharkov and Kursk.Both objectives were taken but the German Army soon counterattacked and retook Kharkov,nearly wiping out the entire Russian 6th Army in the process.
However,the Russians still held a large "bulge" centred around Kursk and for the next few months the German Army commanders made a plan to recapture Kursk and destroy the Kursk "bulge".The plan,
codenamed "Citadel",was for the German 9th army to attack from the North while at the same time the German 4th panzer (tank) army would strike from the South.
However, the few months the Germans spent planning allowed the Red army to prepare for the coming attack.They had over a million men in the "bulge"with another half a million in reserve,on top of this they had 5000 tanks and 6000 anti-tank guns,they also had huge amounts of artillery and aircraft.
Finally,to top this all off they had laid almost a million anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.
On July 5th the Germans finally launched their attack, in the north General Walther Model's 9th army advanced very slowly at the cost of very heavy casualties,by July 10th they had been stopped for good.
In the South,however,the Germans fared better,in the first few days some units they managed to advance 25km into Russian held territory.This was because the 4th panzer army had received large numbers of the newest and heaviest tanks on the battlefield: the panthers and tigers.However even these huge monsters could not prevent the slowing of their advance by the thousands of tanks of the Red army.The final showdown came on July 12th near the railway village of Prokhorovka.Although huge numbers of Russian tanks were destroyed the Germans failed to breakthrough and therefore lost the battle of Kursk.After this failure the German army would never again win a battle.
Two Tiger I heavy tanks and an assault gun crossing an open field.
The memorial on Prokhorovka standing proud over an area that was once a battlefield.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_Of_Kursk
That's all for now!
Tigertank
In February-March of 1943 the Red(Russian)Army launched a major attack with the objective of recapturing the cities of Kharkov and Kursk.Both objectives were taken but the German Army soon counterattacked and retook Kharkov,nearly wiping out the entire Russian 6th Army in the process.
However,the Russians still held a large "bulge" centred around Kursk and for the next few months the German Army commanders made a plan to recapture Kursk and destroy the Kursk "bulge".The plan,
codenamed "Citadel",was for the German 9th army to attack from the North while at the same time the German 4th panzer (tank) army would strike from the South.
However, the few months the Germans spent planning allowed the Red army to prepare for the coming attack.They had over a million men in the "bulge"with another half a million in reserve,on top of this they had 5000 tanks and 6000 anti-tank guns,they also had huge amounts of artillery and aircraft.
Finally,to top this all off they had laid almost a million anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.
On July 5th the Germans finally launched their attack, in the north General Walther Model's 9th army advanced very slowly at the cost of very heavy casualties,by July 10th they had been stopped for good.
In the South,however,the Germans fared better,in the first few days some units they managed to advance 25km into Russian held territory.This was because the 4th panzer army had received large numbers of the newest and heaviest tanks on the battlefield: the panthers and tigers.However even these huge monsters could not prevent the slowing of their advance by the thousands of tanks of the Red army.The final showdown came on July 12th near the railway village of Prokhorovka.Although huge numbers of Russian tanks were destroyed the Germans failed to breakthrough and therefore lost the battle of Kursk.After this failure the German army would never again win a battle.
Two Tiger I heavy tanks and an assault gun crossing an open field.
The memorial on Prokhorovka standing proud over an area that was once a battlefield.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_Of_Kursk
That's all for now!
Tigertank
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Cosmos: prelogue
I am watching a television series called Cosmos so i thought I'd do some of my blogs about that for a while.
First of all an explanation:I know I promised to choose a topic that one of you have requested that I blog about and I will because,as I already mentioned,I will not be doing all of my blogs on Cosmos.Anyway, you probably want to know what Cosmos is about.Cosmos is a space series that talks about the universe and humans(us)and how they were created.Anyway,it has been a good series so far and I look forward to blogging about it and hope you do too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage
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First of all an explanation:I know I promised to choose a topic that one of you have requested that I blog about and I will because,as I already mentioned,I will not be doing all of my blogs on Cosmos.Anyway, you probably want to know what Cosmos is about.Cosmos is a space series that talks about the universe and humans(us)and how they were created.Anyway,it has been a good series so far and I look forward to blogging about it and hope you do too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage
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Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Any suggestions?
As you may have noticed that every few weeks i choose a different subject to blog about,here are the topics I've blogged about:Napoleon total war(that was my first blog),some famous warships and WW2(world war 2)tanks,famous battles(such as the battles of Trafalgar and midway),star trek(that one didn't last very long),famous people(that one didn't last very long either)and shipwrecks.
Anyway,I wanted a suggestion for a new topic to blog about.Just place your idea(s) in the comments box and I will choose one suggestion as my new topic to blog about.
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Anyway,I wanted a suggestion for a new topic to blog about.Just place your idea(s) in the comments box and I will choose one suggestion as my new topic to blog about.
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Tigertank
Friday, 13 April 2012
The sinking of the titanic
Note:i know I've already done a blog on the Titanic but the 100th anniversary of the sinking is on Sunday so i thought it would be a good blog to do.
On 10 April 1912 the ocean liner RMS Titanic left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York,at the time she was the biggest ship in the world.Four days later,on the clear night of April 14 1912 at about 11:40 pm an iceberg was sighted almost directly ahead,the ship immediately reversed her engines and turned hard to port(left)but it was to late.The iceberg grazed the hull,ripping open 6 of the ships 14 watertight compartments.
The ship started transmitting distress calls and prepared to evacuate.By 1:00 in the mourning of the 15th the evacuation had started but only women and children were being let off the ship.By 2:00 the Titanic's bow was underwater.At around 2:15 the ship broke apart,the bow headed straight for the bottom while the stern stayed afloat with the remaining 1500 people on board.At 2:20 in the mourning on April 15th 1912 the stern of the titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with it 1500 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic
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On 10 April 1912 the ocean liner RMS Titanic left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York,at the time she was the biggest ship in the world.Four days later,on the clear night of April 14 1912 at about 11:40 pm an iceberg was sighted almost directly ahead,the ship immediately reversed her engines and turned hard to port(left)but it was to late.The iceberg grazed the hull,ripping open 6 of the ships 14 watertight compartments.
The ship started transmitting distress calls and prepared to evacuate.By 1:00 in the mourning of the 15th the evacuation had started but only women and children were being let off the ship.By 2:00 the Titanic's bow was underwater.At around 2:15 the ship broke apart,the bow headed straight for the bottom while the stern stayed afloat with the remaining 1500 people on board.At 2:20 in the mourning on April 15th 1912 the stern of the titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with it 1500 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Sinking of the Laconia
On September 12th 1942 the British ocean liner RMS Laconia was about 130 miles North of Ascension island when she was hit by a single torpedo fired from the German U-boat U-156.However,along with a few hundred passengers and soldiers the ship was carring 1800 Italian prisoners of war and 160 Polish soldiers to guard them.When the ship sank the alot of the passengers and soldiers managed to get to the lifeboats but the Italian POWs had a harder time,alot of them who did not drown were left in the water.
Fortunately the U-156 and several other U-boats arrived.They took the lifeboats in tow but only let Italians on board.Then an American seaplane arrived,U-156 radioed it and told it that it had survivors on board but the plane still started to drop bombs on the submarine.Then the U-156 and the other submarines were ordered to leave the boats and dive for safety.The U-156 had already radioed about the sinking and given the coordinates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
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Fortunately the U-156 and several other U-boats arrived.They took the lifeboats in tow but only let Italians on board.Then an American seaplane arrived,U-156 radioed it and told it that it had survivors on board but the plane still started to drop bombs on the submarine.Then the U-156 and the other submarines were ordered to leave the boats and dive for safety.The U-156 had already radioed about the sinking and given the coordinates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Sick
I just wanted to say that the reason i haven't been doing any blogs lately was beceause i was sick. But now that im better ill start to do blogs again.
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Tigertank
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
The Estonia disaster
"Ro-ro" ferries like the Estonia would roll dangerously in heavy seas, however, the 1987 Heraled of Free Enterprise disaster only brought a couple of modest changes, the 1994 Estonia disaster proved that the "ro-ro" ferries were still unsafe.
On September 27 1994 the "ro-ro" ferry Estonia departed from Tallinn(the capital of Estonia)on a routine voyage to Stockholm, Sweden. At about 1:00 on the 28th a series of loud were heard from the bow section of the ship. A crew member was sent to investigate but he found nothing. Then, at about 1:15 am the bow visor broke free and water rushed into the car deck. The ship started transmitting distress calls but by 2:00 she was gone, taking with her 852 passengers and crew.
I could'nt find any Wikipedia links, pictures or videos.
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Tigertank
On September 27 1994 the "ro-ro" ferry Estonia departed from Tallinn(the capital of Estonia)on a routine voyage to Stockholm, Sweden. At about 1:00 on the 28th a series of loud were heard from the bow section of the ship. A crew member was sent to investigate but he found nothing. Then, at about 1:15 am the bow visor broke free and water rushed into the car deck. The ship started transmitting distress calls but by 2:00 she was gone, taking with her 852 passengers and crew.
I could'nt find any Wikipedia links, pictures or videos.
That's all for now!
Tigertank
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