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Brit’s biggest warship ever.
HER MAJESTY
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
HAS LAUNCHED THE BIGGEST
SHIP THE ROYAL NAVY HAS
EVER HAD.
Named after Her Majesty it was launched with a bottle of malt Scotch whiskey instead of the traditional champagne to honour the Scots who built her. At 65000 tons she is quite a monster.
More pictures will be added to the Gallery
ANZAC DAY first photo
All dressed up with somewhere to go. Charlie off to catch the train ready for the march in Brisbane.
A few more photos from other members are on the way.
maybe they will get to the webmaster soon.
H.M.S.LANCE
WORLD WAR 1
H.M.S.LANCE
THIS SHIP FIRED THE FIRST SHOT AT SEA ON 5TH AUGUST 1914
LANCE AND ANOTHER SHIP WERE PATROLLING IN THE NORTH SEA AND CAME ACROSS THE GERMAN MINELAYER
KONIGIN LOUISE
LANCE FIRED HER FOUR INCH GUN HITTING AND EVENTUALLY SINKING HER
MAKING HER THE FIRST NAVAL CASUALTY OF
WWI
Few more stories added.
No update on Trafalgar Day as yet, will keep you all posted when I get details.
uk courts fail
A news flash from UK.
Martin Foster who was jailed for ripping of the Ganges Assoc. of $A90,000 approx has served half of his sentence 18mnths and has been ordered by the court to repay $2.00 within seven days or back he goes back inside for another week.
We thought we had a problem with the punishment fitting the crime.