Degsy Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 You said that with a straight face Degsy, I think I'll stick to logarithms, infinitesimal calculus, slide rules, and mental interstellar navigation stuff in future, this simple maths eludes me, :cool: You completely lost me there,:confused: until you got to the simple bit.......simple I understand:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Ah Bach!! this assumes good Welsh Steam Coal look you boyo!:cool2: Tell me about it, there is a huge variation in the way that different coals burn. We once tried an alternative coal in a Sentinel and all it did was form a firebed so hot it all but melted the firebars but gave very little heat through the firetubes. I seem to remember the GWR locos had smaller grates than usual as they had easy access to the best Welsh steam coal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 You completely lost me there,:confused: until you got to the simple bit.......simple I understand:-D I should have said simple logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I should have said simple logic. Possibly the logic of the simple? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Possibly the logic of the simple? :-D Guilty as charged:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hey mate I'm all for the K.I.S.S. principle, Keep It Simple Stupid! Make something fool proof, the human race responds by making a better fool. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I believe that you will find that the ram bow was designed to sink ships by ramming, which was given an exaggerated importance in the seond half of the Nineteenth Century following the events of the Battle of Lissa. Yes your right. The shape is designed so it will do the most damage below the waterline. :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Having had a dead 'puter for a couple of weeks I'm way behind everybody & just catching up . What a strange coincidence that this picture should come up : A few weeks ago we were trying to track down some family paperwork & came across two sets of medals for unknown - to us - family members . One set belonged to H. King who was a stoker , from what we could find , on HMS Fame during the Boxer Rebellion and on HMS Terrible during the relief of Ladysmith . Even stranger snce my sister-in-laws father was also H.King (obviously not the same one ! ) . Am I right in thinking that there was more than one HMS Terrible ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Amazing coincidence, here's a link to more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bystander Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yes your right.The shape is designed so it will do the most damage below the waterline. :coffee: I think that I am correct in saying that other than a few submarine rammings (e.g. by HMS Dreadnaught) where the shape of the bow was pretty immaterial really. The only example of a ram bow ‘doing its job’ in the RN was the famous ‘own goal’ sinking of HMS Victoria by HMS Camperdown. If one follows this link: (http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?id=2273&sc=1023&ac=d&an=2273:Victoria's+Secret...) one can see that ram bows had a secondary effect after sinking! Of course the ram function become more stylised over time and ended up as little more than a bulbous bow on dreadnaughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Wow, strange to think about the ship standing on its nose! Cool link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bystander Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Wow, strange to think about the ship standing on its nose! Cool link. Yes I thought that it was pretty amazing - I cannot recall another example of a vessel sticking in the seabed like a tombstone. Does anybody else know differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yes I thought that it was pretty amazing - I cannot recall another example of a vessel sticking in the seabed like a tombstone. Does anybody else know differently? Thanks for that link, really eerie images, that must be giving Hollywood some ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Quite amazing. I knew nothing about this accident. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bystander Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Quite amazing. I knew nothing about this accident. Tim (too) There was a book writen on the subject c1970 by (I seem to recall Richard Hough, but my memory might be wrong) that I read as library book many years ago, that I think was a reasonably interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) Enthusiasm for the ram had got to the police in Denver by 1921, this 90 hp armored car was intended to chase bandits! Any one ever heard of a real one? I like the little seat on the running board, just the place to be when the ram hit home! Edited February 1, 2009 by gritineye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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