Thanks for the update Simon.
Hopefully at your next meeting you can get a few pictures to share with us here at the Anchorage. We are always hungary...
The following morning we tied up at the Slaughter Creek marina to explore the island. A funny thing was that the marina owner informed us that he had...
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
I hope this helps to answer some of the oft asked questions about the organization of the Royal Navy shipmates.
Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries.
These were the original effort of the Royal Navy to create standardized rank and insignia system for use both at shore and at sea. The uniforms and insignia first created in the mid-1700s, lasting until the mid-1850s, have since become immortalized in such classic naval literature works
Fireships served in the Royal Navy over a period of several centuries. The earliest fireships – ships filled with combustible and flammable materials and explosives and sent into lines of enemy ships to attempt to set them on fire – were small merchant vessels deployed in large fleet actions, such as by Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588.
The first recorded deployment of bomb vessels by the English was for the Siege of Calais in 1347 when Edward III deployed single deck ships with bombardes and other artillery. The first specialised bomb vessels were built towards the end of the 17th century, based on the designs of Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray, and used by the French Navy. They were first called galiote à bombe (a word derived
She was ordered as États de Bourgogne and was launched at Brest in 1790. Like many French ships of the line during the Revolutionary period, she was renamed
Game play turn sequence : This is a listing of the order of play of the full rules in crib sheet format for quick ref.
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Game play turn sequence. : This is a listing of the order of play of the Standard rules in crib sheet format for quick ref.
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Awards Showcase - 23 Medals - 115 Guns
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Name: After Action Report
Awarded to members who have posted at least 10 AARs to the Anchorage, which were not in the campaign.
Name: Yearly Top Thread Starter
Awarded to the member that starts the most threads during the year. May only be awarded once to a member.
Name: Yearly Top Poster
Awarded to the member that makes the most posts in a year. May only be award to a member once.
Name: Recruitment 10
Awarded to members who have officially recruited at least 10 new members to the site.
Name: Reputation 500
Award to members who have received 500 or more Reputation points from their peers.
Name: Top Monthly Thread Starter - Gold
Awarded to the Sailor that starts the most new threads for four months.
Name: Top Monthly Poster - Gold
Awarded to the Sailor with the most posts in four months.
Name: How to Article Gold
Awarded to those members who have written four or more articles for the How To section.
Name: Book Review Gold
Awarded to members who have posted at least four Book Reviews for the site.
Name: 1000 Photos
Awarded members who have uploaded at least 1000 photos to their Albums.
Name: File Upload
Awarded to members who have uploaded at least 25 Files for the community.
Name: Doncaster GM - 4 Year
Doncaster Event Sails of Glory GM for 4 years
Name: Doncaster Participant - 4 Year
Awarded to members who sailed the seas at the Doncaster event for four years.
Name: Derby World Wargames Event GM - 1 Year
Derby World Wargames Event GM
Name: Derby World Wargames Participant - 1 Year
Derby World Wargames Participant
Name: Minor Con GM Medal - U.K.
For Anchorage members who GM an approved, minor U.K. convention SoG event.
Name: Minor Con Medal - U.K.
For Anchorage members who participate in an approved, minor U.K. convention SoG event.
Name: Minor Con Medal - Europe
For Anchorage members who participate in an approved, minor European convention SoG event.
Name: Donations up to $150
Awarded for those that donate up to $150 to keep the site running.
Name: Anchorage Campaign Medal - Gold
Awarded to members that have taken part in four of the various campaigns run on the site and have submitted at least 5 AARs for those campaigns.
Name: I0 year Anniversary Medal, with Fouled Anchor
Awarded to Anchorage Officers who joined between the 23rd of November 2011, and the 23rd of November 2012, and were still actively posting during November 2021.
Name: 5 Years of Service and 3000 posts
Awarded to members for five years of service and 3000+ posts.
Name: Sails of Glory Anchorage Gold Founding Member
Awarded to those members that donate to the founding of the Sails of Glory Anchorage website.
Originally Posted by Bligh
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