philbow49
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Petty Officer 2nd Class · 164 pts
BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Member since Feb 2013
Last online 1 year ago
Age 77
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Member of the Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club UK
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Question of the Day?Got it! I'm buzzing!!😎♥ 21 likes450 viewsQuestion of the Day?Went on the Britannia recently. Really brought home the privilege afforded to the “upper classes”! Lovely ship though. They spent our money well!♥ 21 likes439 viewsQuestion of the Day?For anyone who hasn't already done so, I really, really, really, recommend the book written by Michael Palin called (Erebus: The Name of a Ship). Incredibly well written and makes you understand the harsh real…♥ 21 likes484 viewsQuestion of the Day?Well, that was tricky. Assumed bunker fuel referred to coal but obviously not! My wife got it right but I overruled her. She’s now looking very smug. 😠 Every day is an education ….♥ 21 likes405 viewsQuestion of the Day?Well done Hermank! Join the club. 52 years and still going strong for us!♥ 21 likes442 viewsQuestion of the Day?Got one right! I’m on a roll!♥ 21 likes455 viewsQuestion of the Day?Well I’m blowed! I’ve always thought it was Save Our Souls. I’m sure that we were told that when I was a Boy Scout ( morse code was one of our badges!). Just shows, you never stop learning!♥ 21 likes458 viewsQuestion of the Day?I went for cargo as well. Looked it up after to find that the Selandia was the first ship to be credited as fully powered by diesel. It was a cargo/passenger ship. I also found a reference to a US submarine pa…♥ 21 likes464 viewsQuestion of the Day?Great questions. Prompting me to know more about the subjects concerned. Did you know that the first measurement of longitude on a ship was on the Aurore in 1767? It was a French expedition under de Montmirail.♥ 21 likes480 viewsQuestion of the Day?Just a thought on the flush deck question. Having got it wrong (again!) thought I would learn a bit more. Every day is a school day! It seems a chap working for the East India Company as their chief marine arc…♥ 21 likes521 views