08-16-20, 08:40 PM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Originally Posted by the beast
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The worlds oldest commissioned naval vessel that is still afloat.
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
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Either way: that's a whole lotta serious friggin' goin' on! I built models of the USS Constitution and wrote my first term paper in highschool about her...the advanced concept of the American frigate's reinforced construction is featured greatly in the movie Master and Commander where the French vessel, Acheron, is a formidable opponent like Old Ironsides, seriously outclassing traditional British frigates (Lucky Jack Aubrey's HMS Surprise) of the period in number of guns, caliber and weight-of-metal in a single broadside. Bottom Line; a 44 gun American frigate with 30 24-pounder main battery seriously outclassed the traditional frigate of opposing navies with 18 pounder main batteries-and that didn't include the nasty secondary top deck Scottish carronade 'smashers' for close-in work.... Required reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_six_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy &
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Last edited by Aktungbby; 08-16-20 at 09:18 PM.
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