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BRITAIN'S ARMED PEACE: HMS THUNDERER 1878


BRITAIN'S ARMED PEACE: HMS THUNDERER 1878
Another Etching from 'The Penny Illustrated Paper', March 9, 1878.
The report says:
It was most seasonable as well as hospitable and graceful on the part of the chief officers of her Majesty's ship Thunderer to invite the Speaker and a goodly number of hon. members to view the floating fortress on Saturday last , and also to see with their own eyes that England is by no means wanting in those new means of offence and defence at sea ...
#vintage   #etching   #ship
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  1. Mike MartinApril 2, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    Sail and steam. Crew training must have been pretty intense!

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  2. Darran HughesApril 2, 2015 at 11:09 AM

    My word she lays low in the water

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  3. Ann KennedyApril 2, 2015 at 2:01 PM

    Floating fortress is a good term for this vessel! Quite a hulk.

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  4. Mike PerryApril 3, 2015 at 4:01 AM

    Darran Hughes I was reading that the Thunderer had 12 inches of ironclad armour from end to end, weighing over 6,000 tons - so no wonder it was low in the water!

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  5. Mike PerryApril 3, 2015 at 4:07 AM

    Mike Martin The Thunderer was classed as one of the world's first mastless battleships.

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  6. Mike PerryApril 3, 2015 at 4:09 AM

    Ann Kennedy At the time appeared quite a fortress - though was sold for scarp in 1909.

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  7. Laurent TruilletApril 3, 2015 at 11:05 AM

    I would like to know how many million tons of steel went down to the bottom during WW 1 & 2, how many million tons of coal were needed to produce the steel and how many million tons of CO2 resulted from burning the coal !
    LT

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  8. Mike PerryApril 4, 2015 at 1:50 AM

    Laurent TRUILLET Indeed, but at the time there wasn't really an alternative. I guess we'll never know the answer to your question.

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  9. Laurent TruilletApril 4, 2015 at 1:57 AM

    Mike Perry You are right ! No aternative !
    But Jesus ! What a mess !
    And we are only talking about a material mess here. About people, it is anothe chapter...

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  10. Mike PerryApril 4, 2015 at 7:25 AM

    Laurent TRUILLET ... and 'we' still haven't learned the lessons.

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  11. Laurent TruilletApril 4, 2015 at 7:29 AM

    Mike Perry I have a French saying for that (and I'm sure you can understand) :
    "L'Histoire est un professeur dont l'homme est condamné à ne jamais apprendre les leçons"
    (In English, it could be something like "History is a teacher from whom mankind is condemned never to learn any lesson")
    LT

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  12. Mike PerryApril 4, 2015 at 7:45 AM

    Laurent TRUILLET Haven't heard that saying before - thanks!

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  13. Laurent TruilletApril 4, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    Mike Perry It's quite normal that you haven't heard it before. I invented it !
    I've got a few others...
    LT

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  14. Mike PerryApril 5, 2015 at 1:43 AM

    Laurent TRUILLET :-)

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  15. Oshi ShikigamiApril 8, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    No longer Iron clad, but the "Iron Ships". No vestiges of a sail ship, any more...

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  16. Mike PerryApril 9, 2015 at 4:09 AM

    Oshi Shikigami We have moved on - for better or worse ...

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