The watchdogs for the agreement on Iran limiting storage and production of nuclear materials have confirmed that Iran is violating the agreement. The Iranian government has confirmed this. This US pulled out of the agreement because it was not an effective deterrent for Iran to proceed with the construction of a nuclear weapon. The iranian … More Iran – “Playing with Fire”
There have been several ships that were attacked in this area. None were sunk, but the damage was considerable. The attacks involved placing explosive charges on the hulls of the vessels. The charges could have come from frogmen, or from miniature submarines. Many commentators think the perpetrator was Iran. The Iranians may be responding to … More Pirate Submarines at the Straits of Hormuz?
Winston Churchill wrote a book, The River War, about the British suppression of the Mahdi rebellion in Sudan over a century ago. This is an section from the first edition of that book. How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man … More Islamic Fanatacism – Earlier Version
This is HMS Ramillies in an experimental WWI camouflage pattern. I found the pattern recently on-line at the Imperial War Museum site. But the model was painted from a copy of that pattern that went on a tour to Canada and other places. It has a lot of subtle colors and a fairly complicated pattern. … More A Model of a British First World War Battleship in Camouflage
Dazzle camouflage was developed to help protect merchant ships from U-boat attacks. Here are a couple of examples of patterns that were applied to Q-ships. Q-ships were commissioned warships that were resigned to look like merchant vessels. The submarine would be tempted to come to the surface in order to complete destroying its prey without … More Some Examples of British WWI Dazzle Camouflage
The American Army sent a massive force of ground troops to France to help bring an end to the First World War. There were no airplanes to cross the Atlantic then, Everyone came by ship. The largest of the transatlantic passenger ships have been called superliners because they were so much larger than other ships … More The Superliners at War
There were many RN warships that never received camouflage paint. Most of the Grand Fleet spent the war in a uniform coat of grey. One of the reasons for thia was that camouflage could deceive an observer regarding the course and speed of the ship. For a fleet of ships maneuvering together this could lead … More RN WWI warships in my collection that did not receive camouflage
Here are a few more models from my collection painted in their First World War “Dazzle” camouflage designs,
This is the time of the year when the Palestinians usually make another attempt to have the British Government rescind the Balfour Declaration. It’s just another way to try to keep world media focused on their problems. But it doesn’t hurt to examine the facts, Lord Arthur Balfour was the British foreign secretary during World … More Lord Balfour? Who? What?
The models featured in this post were giant transatlantic passenger liners. They usually traveled without escort. Their high speed often kept them from being attacked. But Justicia, a former Dutch ship, was sunk by a U-boat while waiting to proceed into port.
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