Ogg and trysail

[torchthebitch]

This might interest you.

The "Result" was built by a distant relative of mine. It was used as a "Q" ship in WWI, and is now on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

The site to which these link is interesting in its own right.

http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/furness/ashburners/result.htm

http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/furness/ashburners/q23.htm

 

[trysail]

Ahhh, yes. The "Q" ships.

I distinctly recall reading a marvelous book called My Mystery Ships when I was a youngster, unfortunately I can't recall the author. It's a fascinating story.

Thanks for the links.

 

[oggbashan]

Ahhh, yes. The "Q" ships.

I distinctly recall reading a marvelous book called My Mystery Ships when I was a youngster, unfortunately I can't recall the author. It's a fascinating story.

Thanks for the links.

My Mystery Ships by Gordon Campbell first published 1929 by Hodder and Stoughton. Available from abebooks.co.uk

Og ( retired secondhand bookdealer )

 

[trysail]

Og,
I am humbled by your breadth of knowledge ( used book dealers— and their shops— frequently have that effect on me). Only the constraint of space and fiscal discipline prevent me from an unwholesome, complete capitulation to their temptations.

You made me picture the spine of Gordon Campbell's tome nestled in its place on one of the shelves of my childhood home.

Enjoy the big city ( and exercise restraint if in the neighborhood of Charing Cross! )

 

[oggbashan]

Og,
I am humbled by your breadth of knowledge ( used book dealers— and their shops— frequently have that effect on me). Only the constraint of space and fiscal discipline prevent me from an unwholesome, complete capitulation to their temptations.

You made me picture the spine of Gordon Campbell's tome nestled in its place on one of the shelves of my childhood home.

Enjoy the big city ( and exercise restraint if in the neighborhood of Charing Cross! )

I'm retired. When I was trading I sold books to the dealers around Charing Cross Road. They were far too expensive for me to buy from them.

In response to torchthebitch - I applied for a post as a trustee for some historic ships locally. Unfortunately the organisation folded before they could consider my application.

My father (and I) were in the Admiralty. As a child I visited many Royal Navy ships including HMS Vanguard and HMS Belfast. As an adult I went to sea on some of HM Ships and RFAs.

I remember:

- Seeing fourteen aircraft carriers at once in and around Gibraltar's Dockyard - US, British and other Nato allies.
- Submerging in a diesel powered submarine.
- A disastrous children's party organised by the MTB flotilla. They fed us on jelly and sticky buns BEFORE taking us out through the Straits of Gibraltar into a heavy swell at high speed. You can imagine the mess!
- Swimming through the hole in an oil tanker's hull blown by an Italian human torpedo.
- Watching a practice shoot of HMS Vanguard's 15inch guns - inside A turret.
- Being catapulted off an aircraft carrier.
- Being trained on evacuation of a downed helicopter 20 feet under water in darkness - scary.
- Swimming around HMAS Cerberus which is still a wreck in Port Phillip Bay, Australia.
- Running before a force 10 in the Irish Sea on board a WWII frigate converted to be a survey ship. The depth charge rails had been loaded with barrels of Guinness from Dublin. We lost the lot overboard.
- Sailing around a mothballed aircraft carrier (Leviathan) and a monitor (HMS Roberts) in Portsmouth Harbour. The wind conditions alongside Leviathan were tricky.
...

Og

 

[torchthebitch]

Sailing into Stranraer on a fairly regular basis, I watched the Bulwark reduced to the waterline, only to be followed by the Ark. Coming from a family who had built and sailed, I hated it. It is a uniquely depressing thing to see.

I have a special love of sail. Sadly I can only afford to crew for others.

I envy your experience.