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**Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]**

Rob Arndt wrote in
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On Jan 19, 5:56 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Rob Arndt wrote
innews:bc504ecb-6c9f-4ef0-ad45-9700a14
:

On Jan 19, 9:36Â am, FledgeIII wrote:
On Jan 19, 12:14 pm, Rob Arndt wrote:

On Jan 19, 5:44 am, "Dean A. Markley"
wrote:

Rob Arndt wrote:
On Jan 18, 2:28 pm, "
wrote:
On Jan 18, 5:23 pm, Rob Arndt wrote:

On Jan 18, 12:58ï¿1/2 pm, (Harry
Andre
as)
wrote:
In article
7926405c-5309-4b31-a4c1-837d1d5ec...

@h11g2000prf.googlegroup

s.co
m,
beausabre wrote:
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
A Continuing Series of Military, Naval & Aviation
Subjects
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...EN237/cutter1-
1.jpg
The Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WPG 49) shows the
effectivenes
s of
the dull white and pale blue of her Measure 16 "Thayer
System" A
rctic
camouflage while operating in the ice off Greenland in a
picture
that,
judging by her radar (SO or SL on foremast and SK-2 on
main) dat
es to
1944. Note the prominent life rafts on the bridge face.
ï
¿
1/2
Very interesting, and dare I say it....cool.
Those big square things on the bridge face are life
rafts? They don't look like any I've seen.
There is a life raft visible on the side of the bridge
(just to
the right
of the hanging lifeboat), which is ï¿1/2 the type I'm
used
to
seeing on these
period photos.
If the big square things are not life rafts, then what?
Inquiring minds
--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur
Wow... yawn... and now for something completley different.
Here's what the German Superbattleship H44 "Goetz von
Berlichingen
" or
possibly "Ulrich von Hutten" would have looked like next
to Tirpit
z:http://forum.axishistory.com/files/h-44-design.jpg
Part of the Z--Plan projections from H39-H44 (1939-1946).
Rob
Â Â What's funny is that the little Coast Guard cutter cou
ld kick the
big bad battleship's butt......because....wait for it.....
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Ah, c'mon... he's posting PICTURE OF THE WEEK and so far we
got an artillery piece and a ship.

I'm only slightly mocking the TOPIC, not the poster.

Gotta admit that the Kriegsmarine fake pic is impressive, no
matter what the reality was. H39 "Hindenburg" was actually
laid down in 193
9
but scrapped. H44 is the 1946 projection of the greatest
battleship ever planned- a 70,000 ton beast. Would have made
Bismarck look weak

by comparison.

Rob

Bismarck was nothing but a rehash of the WWI Baden class. Â It
was
not a
particularly good design. Â Yes it did indeed take quite a
wallopi
ng but
it was mission-killed by one rather small torpedo fired by
another WWI

design derivative, the Swordfish (note, now qualifies as
aviation related). Â The H-39 and H-44 classes were enlarged
Bismarcks and

would
have been a complete waste of resources.

As an aside, my golden retriever is named Bismarck....when he
was a pu
p,
Â it was noted that he had huge paws and was likely to be
destruc
tive,
hence the name.

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That's nothing compared to Bismarck's secret weapon- Oscar the
cat!

http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/war/02oscar.jpg

Â Bismarck, the German battleship, was sunk on 27 May 1941. Of
more

than 2200 men on board, only 116 survived âEURO" together with
Osca
r,
the
ship's cat (left). He was picked up by the British destroyer HMS
Cossack, but that too was torpedoed a few months later, on 24
October, with the loss of 159 lives. Attempts to rescue the ship
failed, and it was abandoned and sank two days later. Oscar
survived again, was taken to Gibraltar, and then was taken on by
HMS Ark Royal. His stay there was even shorter, as the aircraft
carrier was torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November, eventually
capsizing and sinking only 30 miles (50 km) from Gibraltar. Yet
again Oscar was lucky âEURO" but there were no more sh
ips
for him, as it was decided that his presence was certainly not
lucky! By now known as 'Unsinkable Sam', this great survivor
among cats stayed as mouse-catcher in the Governor General of
Gibraltar's office buildings until he was taken by a brave ship
to Belfast, in Northern Ireland (although some reports say
Plymouth). There he lived until his death in 1955, at the 'Home
for Sailors'. A portrait of him has a place of honour in the
National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, on the River Thames near
London.

A battleship (HMS Hood), a destroyer (HMS Cossack), and an
aircraft carrier (HMS Ark Royal)... DAMN, that cat was good

Rob

p.s. First feline POW was Tiger from a Ju-88:

During WW2 a German bomber was shot down near Newport, in South
Wales, and was found to have a cat on board! He became the first
feline prisoner of war when he was taken to an animal shelter in
the area, run by Our Dumb Friends' League (later part of the
PDSA). He was named Tiger, and initially was said to 'show
several German characteristics' (not enlarged upon). After
living in the League's care for a while, he apparently became 'a
docile, well-mannered and well-behaved cat'.

Unknown German ship's cat U-boat:

The story is told of a cat called U-Boat, from a ship of unknown
name, who loved to take shore leave âEURO" sometimes for days
âEU
RO" as
soon as his
ship reached port, but with a cat's uncanny instinct would
always return just before sailing time. One day he misjudged his
timing and missed roll call âEURO" so the ship had to get under
way. As th
e
crew

looked back, they saw U-Boat running helter-skelter along the
dock before making a death-defying leap onto the deck. He
promptly sat down to wash himself and regain his composure, to
the delight of the crew who were so pleased to have their 'good
luck mascot' safely back.

Which is the same lame "Bismark's Mascot" trash you posted two
weeks ago:

Bismarck, the German battleship, was sunk on 27 May 1941. Of more
than 2200
men on board, only 116 survived -- together with Oscar, the ship's
cat (left).
He was picked up by the British destroyer HMS Cossack, but that
too was torpedoed
a few months later, on 24 October, with the loss of 159 lives. ...
Dec 31 2007 by Rob Arndt - 2 messages - 2 authors

Wow... yawn... and now for something completley different.

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Fine, match these for vessels.

http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/VS%205.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us...ot%20Linse.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/TR.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/Manta.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us...0SEETEUFEL.htm

As a matter of fact, post ANYTHING that relates to the topic... if
you are capable. OP is on vessels now...

Hello, remember me/

Bertie- Hide quoted text -

Apparently you do.

Bertie