Survival wisdon

The minute you think you've got it made,
disaster is just around the corner.
—Joe Paterno

taken from worst-case scenario survival hand book

When you have lost your Fist Mate

In the end it was my action,
At the begining it was our journey.
With many days of glory and plunders,
All across the the seven seas.

I will never forget you,
Even over the many moons too come.
May peace and his holiness be with you,
For I may never get to sail with you again.

Here is too the finest First Mate in the world,
Your wisdom and courage kept me strong.
But the forces of evil and corruption,
Got the better of this Captain.

The ship now rests at the bottom of the sea,
For its memory will only disappear in time,
Now on seperate ships sailing the world,
Its only the winds that will let us come together again.

Poem written by a Captain who lost his way at sea

The French Foreign Legion

As i was surfing the web, about great carrers in the world. One Kinda caught my attention. The French Foreign Legion. Aparently this elite division is apart of the regular French army. What sets them apart is that the Legion only recuits foreigners. and it dont matter what you past may be they will take you in. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.......I think its time to start thinkin about what to do with my life.

check out the web site too see what they do. if your interested.

french foreign legion

Survival List For When The world ends

A commune in side a Spanish castle

My personal Weapons

Weapons for my Comrades-in-arms

Tanks and trucks for the days we go out For a sunday stroll in the wilderness

And of course a boat for when its time to find a new place of refuge

Ok Maybe a couple ships. for me and my Comrades in arms.

And of course Food.
Stock up alot of Canned goods

And a stockpile of rice, With a guard

And of course stock up on cereal and pasta sauce.

And sweets for my First Mate

Only With You

Only with you I would sail away from society, and make our own on a remote Island. We would live in peace, no evil and no worries. In this paradise No one would ever come looking for us.

Dream Land

Have been thining about where I would go if I had one of these ships and a crew.

Russia's Modern Warships

The Kirov class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser "Pyotr Velikiy". Pyotr Velikiy (Пётр Великий) is a heavy nuclear-powered cruiser, the fourth Kirov class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. Pytor Velikiy is the flagship of the northern fleet.

If you were wondering "Pytor Velikiy" is russian for Peter the Great.

Although I can't find any information on the armament of this warship. I am guessing it packs a punch.

Admiral Kuznetsov

Now this is truely a beauty of a ship. Able too carry up to 33 fixed wing aircraft and 12 hellicopters. It also carries twelve launchers for SS-N-19 anti-ship surface-to-surface missiles, unlike Western aircraft carriers which carry little organic armament. For long-range air defense, the ship carries 24 vertical launchers for SA-N-9 surface-to-air missiles with 192 missiles. For close-range air defense, the ship carries eight Kashtan Close-in weapon system mounts. Each mount has two launchers for 9M311 SAMs, twin GSh-30 30mm rotary cannons, and a radar/optronic director. The ship also carries six AK-630 30mm rotary cannons in single mounts. To sum it up this is not really just an aircraft carrier it is one ship that will fuck shit up.

The Bismarck

DKM Bismarck
The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. The lead ship of her class, named after the 19th century German chancellor Otto von Bismarck,Bismarck displaced more than 50,000 tons fully loaded and was the largest warship then commissioned. Her chief claim to fame came from the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 during which the battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk within several minutes. In response, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to "Sink the Bismarck", spurring a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy.

Two days later, with safer waters almost in reach, Fleet Air Arm aircraft torpedoed Bismarck and jammed her rudder, allowing heavy British units to catch up with her. In the ensuing battle on the morning of 27 May 1941, Bismarck was heavily attacked for nearly three hours before sinking.

Talismancoins

THE GIANT, THE MAGNIFICENT AND THE MOST INCREDIBLE BATTLE SHIP OF ITS TIME. MMMMM I CAN SMELL THE FIREPOWER THAT THIS SHIP HAS TO OFFER.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet

Russian Black Sea Fleet ships of the line on a parade – an impressive display of naval might captured by Ivan Aivazovsky in the last years of the sailing warship’s rule over the seas. In 1849 Emperor Nicolas I of Russia was reviewing his forces in the Black Sea. At that time the Black Sea Fleet was the most potent, most well organized, trained and technically advanced force in the arsenal of the Russian Empire. This achievement is owed much to Admiral Lazarev, commander of the Black Sea Fleet in 1834-51. In the years of his administration he had significantly improved the organization and personnel training; and the fleet had been receiving as much modern weapons and technology as limited Russian industry’s resources could allow. Under his tutorship a number of talented and energetic offices raised to prominence: Admirals Kornilov, Nakhimov, Istomin and Butakov.

The results of Admirals Lazarev’s work are clearly seen on this painting. The line is headed by 120-gun Twelve Apostles, the most modern ship of the fleet launched in 1841 and armed with shell guns. Behind him are 84-gun Rostislav, Svyatoslav and Yagudiil, 120-gun Tri Svyatitelya, and presumably 84-gun Gavriil, Selafail and Uriil. The observer finds himself on board of paddle frigate Vladimir, one of the few steam powered ships in the fleet. The officers on deck are Emperor Nicolas I, Rear-Admiral Kornilov (Head of the Fleet Staff), Grand Duke Constantine (Emperor’s brother), Rear-Admiral Berkh (Commander of the Sebastopol naval base) and Admiral Lazarev (Commander of the Fleet).

Some of the ships shown here later had successfully fought the Turks in the Battle of Sinop but none of them survived the Crimean war. The rapid technology progress made the sailing ship of the line obsolete. Steam powered warships of Britain and France no longer depended on ever changing winds, and any attempt of Russian ships to confront them would have been suicidal. The tactical advantage of maneuvering under steam proved to be of a strategic value: after Sinop there were no more major engagements involving purely sailing warships. These graceful ships ended up scuttled on the bottom of the Bay of Sebastopol.



As written on sailingwarship.com



I love this because of the tall ships. They look so beautiful in formation.

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