The Mary Celeste/Flying Dutchman!!!!!!!!! (nee HMS Victory)

[Artist]

This is Farking marvelous!

I've Hi-Jacked me own bleeding thread!

Naw not the Crabs, Nobody will ever read it again!

Artist

[El Prez]

Luckily Toots will be with us.....so.........when travelling home she can get the blame for any gaseous emissions.

[harry hackedoff]

Quiet in `ere, innit

[harry hackedoff]

Luckily Toots will be with us.....

What`s lucky about that?
Good job you can`t bring that bitch with you, when you come to visit.
Er, I mean Toots, not Nursey

[harry hackedoff]

Kin tumbleweed, blowing across this thread
See you still haven`t found it Ste

[Sticky Blue]

HMS Victory World Tour 2004 is not going too well is it?
Where we off to next H?
Nowt much happens in the RAF thread...

[Mike]

Quiet in `ere, innit

Its the bloody weekend again ain't it....though I must say that there is more life in here than there usually is, Footy must be off and the wives have taken the credit cards out to play.... Ah well back to the grindstone.....Burning and scraping paint off the windows...only 6 more to do.

[Guest]

Whilst down at RM Deal, there was a Provost Cpl, by the name of "Gillie Gilbert",(Di) oppo of,"Clem Clements" (Di). i heard that Gillie, was the ships Sgt Major,Late 80`s (for the booties onboard, giving tours ) well, i heard that Gillie trapped one of the said tourists, and shall we say, made good use of Nelson`s pit.......... good effort Royal. Gillie liked his ale, as did Clem, and also the love of the opposite sex played a big role. I remember also a fire Drill at RM Deal, everyone was turned too, the role call read, and three people were missing. Yep, Gillie, Clem and a wren. Gillie had a 6 man grot to himself, and what a pad it was, and............the doors were locked grunting and groaning coming from inside........obviously the report made was that they were ashore... and i didn`t get three`s up...

[Skiffle]

Before this thread Fark's off and finds a new dock.

Saw on the local news the Victory has just started undergoing work to return it to it's original state when it was first designed and built (and I don't mean trees Sticky!)

Haven't found any web sites on the reworking, but when I do....

I can't see why strip it and deevolve it back to it's original design, isn't it best left as Nelson flagship?

[harry hackedoff]

From HMS Victory homepage, quote


HMS VICTORY is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and is still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy. She is now the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief Naval Home Command and lies in No 2 Dry Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsmouth. England.
Victory was designed by Thomas Slade, the Senior Surveyor of the Navy. Her keel was laid down in Chatham on 23 July 1759 and she was launched on 7 May 1765 but was not commissioned until 1778. This long period of weathering meant that the hull timbers were well seasoned, which is probably the main reason why she has survived so long. Once commissioned she became the most successful First Rate ship ever built. Her excellent sailing qualities made her a very popular choice for use by Admirals as their flagship. Admirals Keppel, Kemperfelt, Howe and Jervis all used her prior to Admiral Lord Nelson when he was Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. Even after the Battle of Trafalgar she continued her active career and was involved in two Baltic campaigns under Admiral Saumarez.
Her active career completed on 7 November 1812 when she was then moored in Portsmouth Harbour off Gosport for 110 years fulfilling a number of roles. By 1921 the ship was in a poor state of repair, it was at this point that the Government supported by the Society for Nautical Research agreed that HMS VICTORY should be saved and to be a lasting reminder to the Nation of Admiral Lord Nelson, The Battle of Trafalgar, and the Royal Navy's supremacy in the days of sail.
She was moved into her present dock on 12 January 1922 and since then has been undergoing restoration by the Royal Navy with assistance from the Society for Nautical Research, to return the ship to her Trafalgar design and condition. As well as her naval role she is also a major heritage attraction and attracts over 350,000 visitors each year

See, your thread isn`t dead Artise.
It`s been off on a jolley, is all
Aye, Harry

[Mike]

From HMS Victory homepage, quote


HMS VICTORY is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and is still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy

Ex Matelot Chiefs..............Ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[harry hackedoff]

Mike, that’s what it says on the Official website
It doesn’t even mention mendacious pedants with a charisma bypass

[JR]

From the days when the ship was manned by Jack and Royal.

The last tour of the day was by a party of American tourists,avid for the knowledge.Marine*****?,their guide,thinking wistfully of the refreshments that he would head for as soon as this lot was over,led his charges competently around Nelson's flagship,HMS Victory, in 'Pompey' dockyard.
He had mastered his brief well.They were impressed by his grasp of detail'the depth of his insight into what naval life was like during the Napoleonic wars,his interpretation of the events of that distant day off Cape Trafalgar,and the courteous readiness with which he replied to questions.
The day was getting hotter.Marine*****? first beer was getting closer.He led them finally to the Orlop deck,deep in the bowels of the ship.Here for the first time, he drifted away from the script.
"This," he said,"is the Orlop,to which the famous Marine sergeant Secker carried Lord Nelson after he had been struck down by a French musket ball on the upper deck.It was a great struggle for the sergeant and I can tell you,ladies and gentlemen,that we Royal Marines,have had the bloody Navy on our backs ever since."

Now would you get the civvie guides to say things like that?.Aye JR

[sneaky beaky]

JR
I used that line at my Brother in Laws wedding. He was a Hairy Fairy and had so many matelots (at least 15!) at his wedding that me, as a young newly promoted Sgt. felt a bit isolated.
My opening comment, during my best man's speech was - "Nice to see so many matelots here. If there were any more, I'd feel outnumbered!
That went down like a lead balloon.
I went on to say - that when Nelson got shot it was two Royal Marines that carried him below and that we had been carrying the Navy ever since!!
Lead balloon Mk.2!!
I survived though and had a good time at the reception!
Sneaky

[JR]

sneaky,I hope you used the aged old routine! two types of Marines,Royal Marines and Submarines,both carry Matelots. Aye jr