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**Bunkerbarge** · 13-02-2006

Jason,

I think most of us are members of more than one forum but don't think of ourselves necessarlly as "Ladies of the Night"!!

Make the most of all of them and, above all, enjoy your postings. I am sure that you will find, as I have, that the atmosphere on all forums actually varies quite a bit and you will tend to find that you spend more time on the ones that you enjoy most. I actually remain a member of a few but only post occassionally on most and one of them I make a point of never writing too as I find the attitude very condescending.

As with so many things you will get out as much as you put in so feel free to contribute whenever you want and never forget that there is no such thing as a stupid question!

magpie · 13-02-2006

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Originally Posted by Bunkerbarge

Jason,

I think most of us are members of more than one forum but don't think of ourselves necessarlly as "Ladies of the Night"!!

Make the most of all of them and, above all, enjoy your postings. I am sure that you will find, as I have, that the atmosphere on all forums actually varies quite a bit and you will tend to find that you spend more time on the ones that you enjoy most. I actually remain a member of a few but only post occassionally on most and one of them I make a point of never writing too as I find the attitude very condescending.

As with so many things you will get out as much as you put in so feel free to contribute whenever you want and never forget that there is no such thing as a stupid question!

Thanks for that Richard.
Very kind words. BTW. I love the emoticons!
Jason

new to trains · 13-02-2006

welcome to the forum.... YAY another model submariner !

**John** · 13-02-2006

Good to have you here Magpie always nice to welcome new members

duncan · 13-02-2006

Jason that is about right 1988 ,didnt get any pics on your post. For all the other submarine enthusiasts, does anyone know where the first German torpedo was invented and tested ?

**John** · 13-02-2006

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Originally Posted by duncan

does anyone know where the first German torpedo was invented and tested ?

While looking for this I got side tracked, I didn't know the torpedo was as old as it is

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The first prototypes of a self-propelled torpedo were created by Ivan Lupis-Vukić, a retired Croatian naval engineer who served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The design was presented to the Emperor Franz Joseph in the port city of Rijeka in 1860. Robert Whitehead, an English engineer/entrepreneur, was working in the Trieste port on navy projects, so in 1864 Lupis made a contract with him in order to perfect the invention. This resulted in Minenschiff, the first self-propelling torpedo, officially presented to the Imperial Naval commission on December 21, 1866.

Narrow miss by a German torpedo in World War I
After the government decided to invest in the invention, Whitehead started the first torpedo factory in Rijeka. In 1870, they improved the devices to travel up to 1,000 yards (914 m) at a speed of up to six knots, and by 1881 the factory was exporting its torpedoes to ten other countries. The torpedo was powered by compressed air and had an explosive charge of gloxyline or gun-cotton. Whitehead went on to develop more efficient devices, demonstrating torpedoes capable of 18 knots (1876), 24 knots (1886) and finally 30 knots (1890).

For more info http://experts.about.com/e/t/to/Torpedo.htm

You learn something new every day

duncan · 13-02-2006

Thanks John, they are earlier than that if you count the American Civil War efforts ....they were rowed to the target ! The reason I ask is that I found a curious mention in a civil service/ local government survey that said " Loch Alvie, the first German torpedos were invented here". I wonder if Whitehead took his holidays in the Highlands? The same Loch Alvie was part of Lady Houston`s estate (Schnieder Trophy and Mt. Everest Flight sponsor) but that was much later than first torpedo era. I`ve posted the same question on a U boat site, I`ll let you know if I get a result

magpie · 14-02-2006

Thanks for the welcome guys.
Sorry Duncan. I uploaded it to the gallery where I should have put it in my post. Silly me!
Here's another pic of some Australian Hotties you might like too!!!
Jason

duncan · 14-02-2006

Hey Jason ...do you know something my wife doesnt know !? Aussie Shielas rule !, OK....... where were we..... Ah the liner ...that is the one. Do you happen to know what happened to it ? Rumoured to be in a boatyard up the Gold Coast somewhere a couple of years ago. That looks like Sydney Harbour in the pic, pretty rough water too. Thanks for your help.

magpie · 15-02-2006

[quote=duncan]Hey Jason ...

Sorry no I don't know where it is now. Yes that's taken at the start of an ocean race in Sydney.
Jason