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.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
HMS KING GEORGE V in dry dock at Rosyth, seen from one of the huge cranes in the naval dockyard.
Small world. Met my wife and lived in Rosyth for nearly 10 years before moving back to Ireland. The Brit Navy built part of their new Aircraft Carriers there. They also store old subs there.
Books could be written on the history of that beast and her crew; probably several out there I have not read.
ReplyDeletedoes it have a rocket projector on the bow?
ReplyDeleteYes, that is an Unrotated Projectile (i.e. rocket) launcher on the stern.
DeleteChurchill wanted the class to have fewer 16 inch guns, but they were built with 14 inchers.
ReplyDeleteSmall world. Met my wife and lived in Rosyth for nearly 10 years before moving back to Ireland. The Brit Navy built part of their new Aircraft Carriers there. They also store old subs there.
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