One of the places I walked in Devon last week was Hope Cove to Thurlestone. Hope Cove is where HMS Ramillies was wrecked in 1760 - see this website for details:
http://www.submerged.co.uk/ramillies.phpScary stuff - Britain only lost a handfull of ships to enemy action, but the sea took many, many more.
Andy
| QUOTE (The Navy Clerk @ Jul 13 2006, 05:31 PM) |
Scary stuff - Britain only lost a handfull of ships to enemy action, but the sea took many, many more.
Andy |
That was the reason for Red and me to 'reduce' the effect of BR 6 from 'sunk' to 'needs some month of reparation'! :)
BTW.: A really good article! ;)
Matthias Ex- :capt: