And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
m9777 says: Hellava warship! Hit with bombs and torpedos during numerous engagements suffering major damage and casualties but refused offers to withdraw.
That would make sense. She has her canvas out, covering her after turret and decks all around X Turret (or Number 3 Main battery turret in USN parlance). She also has some canvas around A Turret (Number 1) so the crew might be in process of putting it up. Canvas was used before air conditioning became universal to cool the interior of the ship. Just putting the main deck in the shade could lower internal temperatures. And Panama is definitely in the tropics!
m9777 says: Hellava warship! Hit with bombs and torpedos during numerous engagements suffering major damage and casualties but refused offers to withdraw.
ReplyDeleteActually, she's not HMS (His Majesty's Ship) Australia, but HMAS (His Majesty's Australian ship) Australia. See her Wikipedia entry for more details:
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(1911)
And it's pronounced "haitch em A ess", not "aitch etc.", if you please.
ReplyDeleteI think it's not the HMAS Australia (1911, battlecruiser) but rather HMAS Australia (1924, heavy cruiser):
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(D84)
This looks like its 1935 transit of the Panama Canal.
ReplyDeleteInteresting you say that, because that's what the place I found that picture claims. Couldn't be sure, so I left that out, but if so, then ... cool!
DeleteThat would make sense. She has her canvas out, covering her after turret and decks all around X Turret (or Number 3 Main battery turret in USN parlance). She also has some canvas around A Turret (Number 1) so the crew might be in process of putting it up.
DeleteCanvas was used before air conditioning became universal to cool the interior of the ship. Just putting the main deck in the shade could lower internal temperatures. And Panama is definitely in the tropics!
Actually, it's not "*the* HMS Australia". It's either "HMS Australia" or "the Australia".
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