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Prussia, of course !............;)
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and here my ship : Fregatte Thetis, 1897
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I voted other.
I guess I have too much entrepreneur in me.
Steve (Anav) had one of the best for a while as his avatar, Edward Preble. Without him Isaac Hull, Stephen Decatur, William Bainbridge, Charles Stewart, Thomas Macdonough, James Lawrence, and David Porter probably would not all have turned out to be the commanders they were.
I think Russian, its navy was big and if it lost a ship just build a new one. The sea life of a Russian ship was short around 10 years, but they built ships like Ford builds cars. So lose a ship! Use the same model just give it a new name.
Rory
Austrian Imperial Navy for me.:cool:
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...navy_c1820.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Navy
In case you are unaware, there is a game coming out on the Russian fleet. It is part of the Flying Colors series:
http://www.gmtgames.com/p-427-blue-c...te-ensign.aspx
US... I'm a us citizens so it is only natural, put me on the Constitution or Enterprise please!
Hard one, at one time the Holgrens were Earls of Gotland Sweden. But, with a Dutch explorer in the family who discovered the Cape Horn I would have to go with the Netherlands.
If the Hungarians had a navy (and not just a pleasure boat on Lake Balaton), then I'd probably serve on it. But otherwise it's the US for me.
I had to vote "other" since I would consider it an honor to serve in McHale's Navy.
Which one, Quinton the Elder (played by Ernest Borgnine) or his son Quinton the Younger (played by Tom Arnold)? LOL
Point of canon continuity, showing the movie wasn't a remake... in the movie, Arnold's McHale refers to Borgnine's character as "Dad", who then asks "How's MY old boat?"--which establishes at least intent of a continuity link and acknowledgment of something that came before, a refreshing change from craptastic TV-to-film ripoffs like The A-Team. (I PITY DA FOO who thought those jokers could measure up to Peppard, Schultz, Benedict and Mr. T!)
I think Vik is referring to the actor that played McHale, Ernest Borgnine. Here's a link for more about him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine
I completely misread title...
So, it would be Shaykashi (Tchkaikisten) on Danube river.
I definitely would be in the good ol' U.S. Navy!! Besides I already spent 22 years in it, so prior experience would have given me fore knowledge of it's short comings and pit falls!! :happy::beer::beer::beer:
I thought it was just your sense of humor.:beer:
Well, at least it sounded funny :beer:
I guess it would be British, possibly for patriotic reasons but mostly because I worked in Portsmouth for a while in my younger days and during that period I was to be found not infrequently in a harbour side pub, The Still and West if memory serves drinking Gales Ales :beer::drinks::dazed:. Therefore I would probably have been bopped over the head at some time and pressed aboard one of HM Ships :help::shock:, although I'm not sure what use they would have found for a computer programmer. :question:
Ships Master or Purser :thumbsup: I to have sat out-side that pub, whiching the world (ships) go by. Looking into the harbour at the masts of H.M.S Victory and The Warrior, thinking how it would have looked 200 plus years ago. :beer: :sleep: :minis::minis:
Be Safe
Rory
Yes a great place to sit on a warm summer's evening :beer:, many years since I've been there and I'm hoping that it hasn't changed too much, which I expect is a slightly forlorn hope :hmmm:. Still I can at least hope that it hasn't changed for the worse :thumbsup:.
My family came to the US from Scotland. Hence, I would have probably been in the British Navy. My people are from Strathclyde, right on the border (Cheviots). My ancestors were cattle thieves and fought with the Bonnie Prince at Culloden. Funny, right about that same time the family emigrated to the US!
Swedish Navy, in the 17th Century. Not very successful, I know, but a h*ll lot of action :happy:
Being British and living in Nelson's county, it has to be the Royal Navy.
Swiss navy.
Lots of water in and around Switzerland.
They do not have a navy, but do have a Boat-Service. Small armed Cutters and lots of Zodiac's. It has the biggest standing army in Europe. If Switzerland was to go on a war footing Switzerland becomes one big fort with 600,000 troops yes 600,000 defending it. The lakes bits too! All Swiss males between 18-35 must get to there battalion stations within 24 hours. All 35-45 must go to there home and man all the bunkers etc, in there area. All the bunkers are working and armed. Most of the motor-ways can be made into runways and tunnels (Lots of Tunnels in Switzerland) are made to turn into hangers. Tank-traps chris-cross all of the country-side All Swiss men have weapons and kit at home ready to go. They do a 18 weeks training the first time they go, then 3 weeks each year. The older men do 2 weeks each year until 40 then 2 weeks each 2 years. The Israeli's base there arm forces on the Swiss army. It works O.K. for them! A little side note. They think that around 10% of the males will not show-up within the 24 hours or not at all. That is still over half million armed and trained troops to defend the not so flat land.
Be safe, I would not knock the 6 million Swiss!
Rory
P.S. All Swiss homes/blocks of flats have fall-out bunkers built into them by law. All schools have bunkers too. They can be all made into underground hospitals, H.Q.'s or safe places for the people to go too. They all know what to do. It's a little bit like an ants-nest.