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Glad I didnt sleep today as after three days of watching the Swan slowly sink itself beneath the water she is finally being loaded.
The Ordnance BL 9.2 inch howitzer was a heavy siege weapon, among the largest British artillery pieces in World War I.
The origins of a British heavy "siege" howitzer broken down into multiple wheeled loads for transport perhaps lie in the Skoda 9.45-inch howitzer that Britain had bought from Austria in 1900 for trials. Britain decided to develop its own heavy weapon instead, but retained the Skoda transport technique, with the 9.2-inch prototype resulting in 1913.
The weapon incorporated a sophisticated variable recoil mechanism. Full recoil (40 inch Mk I, 44 inch Mk II) was allowed at lower elevation, hence absorbing most of the horizontal (i.e. backward) force. A shorter recoil (23 inch Mk I, 20 inch Mk II) was allowed at high elevation where the ground itself could absorb much of the vertical (i.e. downward) recoil force. This prevented the breech from approaching the carriage base.
The weapon was undergoing trials as World War I began, and the prototype, "Mother", was in action in France on October 31, 1914. This was soon followed by the production Mk. I.
Mk I's range was relatively limited. On 24 June 1916 the MGRA (Major-General, Royal Artillery), the senior Artillery commander in France, Major General Birch, requested among other artillery improvements an increase in range to 15,000 yards "even if an increase of the weight of the equipment is entailed". This resulted in Mk. II in December 1916 with heavier maximum propellant charge and longer barrel which increased the range to 13,935 yards.
Some went to France early in World War II but their main use was as British coastal defences.
It was transported in 3 separate loads - body and cradle, bed, barrel - towed either by heavy horses or a Holt tractor. A "holdfast" had to be buried to provide a secure platform, the weapon assembled on top, and a box containing 9 tons of earth further anchored the holdfast in front, to counteract the tendency of the carriage front to lift on firing.
The barrel had to be depressed 3° for loading.
One disadvantage of the dismantling system was an inability to fire directly from the travelling carriage the way the 8-inch (203 mm) howitzer could. In addition the time required to bring the weapon into action was increased. However the stability of the siege mounting made it "the most accurate of heavy howitzers".
The gun was used to demolish deep fortifications and enemy batteries. GHQ considered howitzers "par excellence the counter-battery weapon for destructive purposes, owing to the advantages it possesses over the gun in accuracy and its ability to deliver its shell at very steep angles of descent". But the same document estimated that even for the 9.2 a minimum 60 rounds "will be required to effect the complete destruction of a single well-protected gun pit".
The barrel seen here, nicknamed "Mother", is the original prototype of the 9.2-inch heavy siege howitzer.
After firing trials in July 1914 it was hastely shipped to France and from October 1914 to July 1915 it served with the 8th and 10th Siege batteries, Royal Garrison Artillery. The barrel was re-lined in 1917 and returned to France in January 1918. The carriage is of an identical pattern to the barrel's original mount.
Calibre: 9.2-inch (23.4cm)
Weight: 15 tons (15,240kg)
Range: 10,060 yards (9198m)
Ammunition: 290lb (131kg) high explosive
Well Dodge says it's a truck so I thought I would see. The Dodge Journey handled this load quite well.
R614 loads its second cut of cars at Lynch 3 with a pair of ES40DC's. On occasion, when the power seems to be a bit "under the weather," the crews will split their typical 110 car train and load at Lynch 3 in two cuts. Today, the train is 108 cars and for US Steel, seen here passing the derail.
Wide Load - moving House .. 18 wheeler transporting single storey building - down the Local road .. just Wide enough ..
Guildford, Surrey ..
CEA were employed for the cleaning and loading of a very valuable speedboat.
The boats hull was cleaned with pressure washers, while the internal sections were cleaned by hand. After drying out the boat was vacuumed and polished and all the seats were wrapped in protective sheeting. A specially designed wooden cradle had been manufactured by CEA to hold the boat securely when in the container.
All lifting lugs were sealed and the windshield removed. The boat was lashed to its cradle and foam protectors attached at the point of contact with the boat. After all lashing was in place and the boat secure the team then carefully moved the cradle and boat into a 40ft HC.
Block and braces were installed to secure the cradle in the container and all loose items were lashed securely in place ready for transportation and shipping.
GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 13, 2016) Cpl. Matthew Sroufe, assigned to the âRidge Runnersâ of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), loads a rocket onto an AH-1 Cobra helicopter aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during Exercise Alligator Dagger. The unilateral exercise is designed to provide an opportunity for the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to train in amphibious operations within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Somerset is deployed as part of the Makin Island (ARG) to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Chavez)
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Thanks to all of you who offered support and tips on my foray into digital scrapbooking. This layout has been on my to-do list for months. I bought the Ali Edwards template ages ago but never had the nerve to do the layout. The paper is from Jessica Sprague.
This took way longer than I planned, but I am so glad I decided to use the tips I learned yesterday - it will help me to learn to do this faster I am sure.
Ahhhhh...Mythbusters! Our family's favorite show. (Though technically the baby doesn't care.) I downloaded some images from the internet for the photos and manipulated an image of the show's logo in Photoshop to make the title.
I used a sketch from the Ella Publishing sketch challenge for this one.
This rather grainy photo shows the method - known as "hoist loading" - of loading vehicles on to the first three car ferries to operate on the west coast of Scotland (outside the Firth of Clyde), the MVs Hebrides, Columba and Clansman of 1964 operated by David MacBrayne Ltd (latterly Caledonian MacBrayne after merger in 1973 with the Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd which ran the ferries on the Clyde.)
Instead of driving down a ramp adjustable according to the state of the tide (a "linkspan") directly on to the ship's cardeck at the bow or (more usually with 60s ferries) the stern, hoist loading involved the ship being equipped with a transverse platform which was raised from the car deck by pulleys or hydraulic rams to the level of the pier. A ramp was lowered and 4 or 5 cars could drive on. Turntables set in to the platform enabled some of the cars to be swung round through 90 degrees to ease them being driven off onto the car deck once the platform had been lowered back down.
It was pretty laborious - and almost useless for HGVs - but was necessitated because, whilst the Government was prepared in the early 1960s to invest in ships designed to carry vehicles, it was not at that time yet prepared to invest in linkspans.
Linkspans began to be provided in the early 70s but the process was gradual and I think I'm right in saying that the last service to be converted to "end-loading" ro-ro operations was Mallaig-Armadale in 1994/95.
The only photograph ever taken by me of hoist loading is here at Castlebay although note the end is nigh with the construction of the linkspan ongoing in the background. The ship pictured there has a hoist as well as a ramp at the stern allowing it to operate from linkspans as well. Some Calmac ferries still have hoist systems (as well as the now normal ramps at bow and stern) which would only be deployed in emergency if the linkspan at an island broke down.
I don't know which of the three original ferries it is in the picture or where it is (Craignure on Mull, possibly) but note the MacBrayne's bus on the pier.
This is a scan from an old BBC publication which I think was meant to accompany educational radio broadcast.
It took a superhuman effort to get my sewing machine out but I did it! One more day to go. . . .
This is a lift of Tania at Lotus Paperie
Supply roll-up, project #5, all open and ready to be rolled! This project took me over 5 hours to do! I had to figure out a way to have two pockets with different divisions. It was a good brain-workout! Difficult, but worth the results! :)
Pictures that far back are buried in a closet - one of these days I'll dig them out and put pictures on the opposite page.
Forgot to say that his hometown where we still live is St. Albans, ME...
After the Panama Canal Transit, we stopped for a day in Cartagena, Columbia. It was hot, Humid and beautiful. Ever since seeing Romancing the Stone, I have wanted to see Cartagena.
Day Five
Ordinarily, I'd be all about the texture...goodness knows I've got more embossing folders than I know what to do with. However, today was just different...I took a different approach.
The grid-style seems to be working recently, so I'm back at it again.
Same size as the others, 6.5 x 11.
Journaling reads:
"It only took a ping pong ball & a fishbowl at the local church festival - & Jon & I won ourselves a pair of fish! We named them Jager & Meister. We took a midnight run to WalMart to get a bowl & fish food. We loved them for an entire week. However, our out of town trip resulted in a fish casualty. They lasted six days longer than expected. :)"
Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Doodlebug [pink]
Patterned Paper: Doodlebug [blue], My Mind's Eye [purple]
Rub-ons: Doodlebug
Letter stickers: Doodlebug
Buttons: Doodlebug
Baker's Twine: My Mind's Eye
Embossing folder: Quickutz
Circle punch: Fiskars
Pen: Staedtler
Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives, Scotch
Ink: Ink It Up!
Thanks for looking!
Loading timber on the "Şevkettin Sonay" (IMO 9334313) at the ABES Terminal at the 5th Haven Dock at the port of Antwerp
Country Music
[My plan is to rescan the past 7 days of layouts in tomorrow, so please forgive yet another horrible cell phone picture. Blah!!!]
Journaling reads:
"I always thought country music was about the neighbor's dog stealing your wife...tunes that only people out in the styx would listen to, or relate to. Never once did I think country music would come to mean so much to me. A summer full of sunny days and loud music. The chance to be the first car in the parking lot...ready for some serious tailgating. The opportunity to be caller number 9 on a local radio call-in contest...winning tickets & meeting a country star [Justin Moore]. Building jenga towers and being the envy of all tailgaters and concert-goers. Being THISCLOSE to Tim McGraw as he rocked out. Having meaningful lyrics that perfectly tell our love story...roadtrips around the state. Getting ON STAGE to take photos at the HOB. Giant jenga down. Discovering a secret love of ice cold budlight. Seats reserved at standing-room-only shows. I never imagined any of this...and now, I won't listen to anything else. 2-7-12"
Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Bazzill [blue]
Patterned Paper: Echo Park [green], Imaginese [squares and guitars]
Letter Stickers: American Crafts
Pen: Staedtler
Adhesive: Scotch
Thanks for looking!
Trying new genre of street photography inspired by James Yeung and Jeff Krol.
You can find their photos at the link below:
www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkrol/
www.flickr.com/photos/jamesyeung/
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