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Offline carojon

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HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« on: 21 March 2022, 09:11:59 AM »
Last week I spent time walking in the Yorkshire Dales and managed to squeeze in a trip to Hartlepool to visit a very unique historic ship, the Bombay built, Leda class, 38-gun British frigate, HMS Trincomalee, the second oldest warship afloat.



Visits to historic ships like these, beautifully restored to allow the public to get a vivid impression of how these ships looked and what they were like to live and fight in are an excellent way to feed the imagination when it comes to our hobby and to help understand how these ships go together when building models of them, and if you get a chance to visit Trincomalee, which is very similar to Victory and yet very different, I would highly recommend it.



If you would like to get an impression of my visit, then just follow the link to JJ's

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2022/03/hms-trincomalee-national-museum-of.html

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Re: HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« Reply #1 on: 21 March 2022, 09:46:07 AM »
Gorgeous ship. Much like HMS Victory, I regret not seeing her when I lived in the UK.
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Offline jon_1066

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Re: HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« Reply #2 on: 21 March 2022, 10:27:07 AM »
What a great write up - an excellent advert for them as it certainly made me want to visit.


Offline Emir of Askaristan

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Re: HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« Reply #3 on: 21 March 2022, 10:29:27 AM »
Popped over to your blog and left a note.

Excellent post!

Offline Golgotha

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Re: HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« Reply #4 on: 21 March 2022, 12:26:12 PM »
Great write up and do like your blog too. As was said great advert for any visitors.

Offline Black Burt

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Re: HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« Reply #5 on: 21 March 2022, 04:01:59 PM »
I visited it a few years ago, it's well worth a visit if you are interested in the period.

Offline carojon

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Re: HMS Trincomalee - Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
« Reply #6 on: 22 March 2022, 09:57:42 AM »
Hi Chaps,
Thanks very much for your comments, glad you enjoyed the read and the blog.
Replies on the blog to those who left them.

Cheers
JJ

 

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