maritime shenanigans thread

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OMG! How could we forget this gem?!

I hate it that the music had to be removed in the one spot because of copywrite whatever. Someone get me the version that has the correct music in that section.

Lol, it took me two hours to watch a 46 minute video. Yay, autism!

If you are watching an Internet Historian video and you are not pausing constantly to read what he wrote, you are doing it wrong.

 

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i had never heard of this sinking before and then watching this i laughed hysterically

"hey we can just go straight through you won't hit us, right?"
"yeh sure"
/slams into side of ship

OMG! Leave it to the Soviets to turn a battleship into a cruise ship! I'm dying.

 

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This is where I'll leave these pictures as well. My mother's father's prized model (apparently) that isn't really worth that much, come to find out. I may just have to put this thing together myself and post it here someday.

Maybe I'll practice on the Thermopylae first

My grandpa bought tons and tons of WWII models from all of the model kits from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Most of the good ones were long ago sold. I need to build a few of these things. I'm going to take a picture and post it here:

 

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I guess at least they didn't drown.

 

[moogs]

i've been reading about the victual brothers recently, they started as your usual mercenary company, then had a robin hood phase of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor (hence victual in their name) until falling to inevitable fate of becoming regular pirates. love me some Hanseatic Baltic shenanigans

Klaus Störtebeker
"His name is both a nickname and a surname, meaning "empty the mug with one gulp""

 

[minty]

my friend mike brady from oceanliner designs who puts time and effort into learning the blueprints, history, and passenger manifests of old ships doesn't like content-stealing ai-generated clickbait/viewfarm slop n i don't either