Your pretty brave, Imperialman, ordering a moderator around!
Honestly, I just wanted to demand gold bullion.
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Honestly, I just wanted to demand gold bullion.
Your pretty brave, Imperialman, ordering a moderator around!
We're just normal people as well
And those flower-ships are... well, let's put it this way: you're not afraid of anything if you associate yourself publicly with them 
For all the outcry, I'm the only one who isn't breaking the post naval pictures rule in this thread.
Turner's Steamer in a Snowstorm.
And yes, it's fine to reply to moderators as long as we're not moderating.
That's a real beauty. The single oldest ship still in service, if I recall?
She is the single oldest ship still in commission that is also floating. The worlds oldest ship that is in commission is in fact the HMS Victory. Laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765 she is 30 years older than the USS Constitution and still comissioned in service with the Royal Navy. She took part in the battle of Trafalgar and was Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship.
She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. Therefore having a veritable number of battle honours in her time of service. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship. In 1922 she was moved to permenant dry dock and put up as a Museum. However she remains the flagship of the Second Sea Lord.
Oldest ship in service still afloat. The oldest ship in commission is the HMS Victory: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Victory_Portsmouth_um_1900.jpg
EDIT: emu'd by Bruitoni...
Hah, I can imagine the regret of devs when seeing those. "Why aren't we making an Age of Sail game?" "Next time Jan, next time". ;-)
Oh and there is something special in actual paintings of ships as opposed to photos - or even lamer, computer simulations. Don't you think.
Oh and there is something special in actual paintings of ships as opposed to photos - or even lamer, computer simulations. Don't you think.
HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 September 1798 at Chatham, which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. She was named after the French 74-gun ship Téméraire taken at the Battle of Lagos in 1759, following the British custom of naming new ships after old prizes.
The most famous image of the ship...
'The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up' by J. M. W. Turner, 1838.
Today HMS Temeraire, now a shore establishment, is the Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport (DNPTS) in Portsmouth. Established in 1910 and commissioned as HMS Temeraire in 1971.
The most famous image of the ship...
'The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up' by J. M. W. Turner, 1838.
Today HMS Temeraire, now a shore establishment, is the Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport (DNPTS) in Portsmouth. Established in 1910 and commissioned as HMS Temeraire in 1971.
It's not, that's way the USS Constitution is the oldest warship in commission afloat, and the HMS Victory is the oldest warship in commission.
IJN Ise. BB in the front (14"), CV in the back (3 airplanes). One of the weirdest ships ever designed. Huge crew, no speed, low range. It was one hopeless vessel. Nickname "freakshow" in Navy Field. ;-)
Thanks for sharing all these great photos, guys!
Just saw this great shot of a Eurofighter by photographer Terry Donnelly.
Just saw this great shot of a Eurofighter by photographer Terry Donnelly.
Thanks for sharing all these great photos, guys!
Just saw this great shot of a Eurofighter by photographer Terry Donnelly.
Lovely shot... but ohhhh how I hate that plane. Such a monumental c**k up. Even more so that it wasn't cleared for STOBAR straight from the start and our carriers built to that specification... If had been we'd be seeing the first QE class complete build next year. The second one the year after. With in service dates of 2013-2014.
That and its RAF
This is blatently the Aircraft we should be using!! EW varients, Buddy-Buddy Tanker capable, Tandum seat with all the benefits that brings (which I think outweigh the negatives), Multi-role, Reasonably priced...
Also a nice Typhoon shot.
I like the idea that the Eurofighter looks pretty distinctive for the game
It's a bit of a challenge that the new frigate/corvette look of modern warships make them all look pretty similar.
I like the idea that the Eurofighter looks pretty distinctive for the game
It's a bit of a challenge that the new frigate/corvette look of modern warships make them all look pretty similar.