Category Archives: Naval

HMS Maeander

3 May 2008 – 23:45

A search was made in Thomo’s Hole for HMS Maeander. Of course, I don’t always have information about every ship that sailed however the name of this ship fascinated me.
Maeander is an ancient river in South West Turkey and gave us the term "meander" for the bends in a river.
H.M.S. Mæander on the other [...]

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Colour Schemes of WW1 Warships

20 February 2008 – 0:04

The following article is still copyright by Mal. Wright and is reproduced here with his permission. It provides a summary of the colour schemes applied to the warships of various nations.
Colour Schemes of WW1 Warships
By Mal.Wright. © Revised 2003.
British
At the commencement of WW1 the British were using a grey officially termed “Battleship Grey”. This was [...]

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A Bizarre Sinking

8 February 2008 – 20:02

I’ve been testing Mal’s rules for playing Convoy based games from World War II that use General Quarters 3 to handle the ship on ship actions. Because of that, I was looking at various convoys historically, including the Arctic Convoys and the runs to Gibraltar. I was also looking at some of the JT convoys [...]

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HG 76 -The First Victorious Convoy - December 1941

28 January 2008 – 23:23

This is a real battle report of a World War II convoy. The copyright for this article remains with Mal. Wright
The battle for Convoy HG76((1)) from Gibraltar to the UK in the middle of December 1941 was overshadowed by momentous events taking place in the Pacific and Asia. But in the fighting during this passage, [...]

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The Great White Fleet

15 November 2007 – 22:26

I noticed earlier today that it is almost the 100th Anniversary of the Cruise Around the World by the United States’ Great White Fleet. This took place between 16 December 1907 and 22 February 1909.
The fleet was farewelled by President Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition. Over 70,000 kilometres later the fleet returned to the [...]

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Battle Of Lemnos - Naval Battle 1913

5 November 2007 – 0:01

The next little task for the scenario machine is the Battle of Lemnos in early (January) 1913. I am still trying to find a reference with a definitive date (by that, I mean one I can verify as off the Greek calender or the Gregorian one). The Naval Battle of Lemnos is a little naval [...]

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Cyclone in Apia, Samoa, March 1889

26 July 2007 – 0:14

Or, The US and Germany Square Up To Each Other In The Pacific

Like a foam flake tossed and thrown,
She could barely hold her own,
While the other ships all helplessly were drifting to the lee.
Through the smother and the rout
The `Calliope‘ steamed out –
And they cheered her from the Trenton that was foundering in the sea.
The [...]

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Captain Jack

20 July 2007 – 0:34

Re-reading Patrick O’Brian’s series about Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin’s adventures is a great relaxer. A terrific piece of fantasy, especially for someone who loves nautical things and is a wargamer as well. So what is the next step in the wargamer’s process of relaxation? Why, to read about the historical character that Aubrey [...]

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USS Mongolia

13 June 2007 – 18:45

By now most of the readers of my blog know that I have a particularly soft spot for Mongolia, the Land of the Endless Blue Sky. Most of you have realised as well that I love ships … all of them … big buggers, small ones, sailing, steam, oar-powered, you name it. Then there is [...]

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Gallery Updates

12 June 2007 – 9:30

I have been madly updating the gallery over the past few days with Mark I versions in place for:

Mongolian Landscapes
Places Visited

I have also uploaded all the museum photos from the old gallery. These are covering the Choson, Three Kingdom and Koryo Periods of Korean History as well as the Thai Airforce Museum. Labelling (captions) are [...]

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