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I'm disappointed, I thought Gavin's answer was clever.
PeterV
Finn K197 & GBR564
Warsash
Finn K197 & GBR564
Warsash
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Gavin. further west than the Tamar.
hint.. HMS Warrior lived as a hulk/Jetty on the opposite bank here.
hint.. HMS Warrior lived as a hulk/Jetty on the opposite bank here.
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Not Falmouth, Rupert...go north.
The last and largest wooden warship was built near here. it displace twice as much as HMS Victory and was fitted with a steam engine as well as sails. But it never saw service.
Your number five wasnt a Lightning by any chance?
The last and largest wooden warship was built near here. it displace twice as much as HMS Victory and was fitted with a steam engine as well as sails. But it never saw service.
Your number five wasnt a Lightning by any chance?
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River Cleddau?
Tideway 206
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Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
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Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
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yes Michael, the GWR teminated at Neyland on the north bank of the Cleddau about four miles up stream from Milford Haven. In fact for a time they called the terminus Milford. it became a busy deep water port, even the great Eastern put in few times for repairs. the track was originally broad gauge and a few samples survive being used as railings.car park, boat works and a marina now fill the site. On the other bank is Pembroke dock the Royal Naval dockyard had thirteen covered building slips. a great deal of history here.
Bobsleigh Track ...Cresta? Rupert. i give up on the non existent one though.
Bobsleigh Track ...Cresta? Rupert. i give up on the non existent one though.
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But technically that wasn't *Brunel's* Great Western Railway... Neyland was the South Wales Railway, which wasn't amalgamated with the Great Western until after Brunel died...
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I take your point, Jim, but on the other hand Brunel was the engineer for the SWR, thus ,presumably, the use of broad gauge originally; and the GWR funded the construction, not sure if that was completely or not, and it seems the two companies were in partnership before they amalgamated. Brunel the overall mastermind.
The old quay is still called Brunel quay.
As a complete tangent I have just realised the early merlins were almost exactly the same width as Standard guage and the widest ones Broad gauge railway track.
The old quay is still called Brunel quay.
As a complete tangent I have just realised the early merlins were almost exactly the same width as Standard guage and the widest ones Broad gauge railway track.
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Rupert's no5 = Silhouette?. I know it's not strictly a dinghy but almost.
OK 1211 Peter Crew wood 1968
Gull 2892 Hartley MK6 Plastic 2014
Streaker 1582. Home built. Wood 2005
Gull 2892 Hartley MK6 Plastic 2014
Streaker 1582. Home built. Wood 2005
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Is there a Mirage dinghy?
Tideway 206
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.