Cost to build a napoleonic era ship of the line?
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Ayahuasca said:
We had a 92-gun ship-of-the-line until the 1950's when it broke its back on the Swellies in the Menai Strait.
I know a retired Royal Navy Captain who remembers that incident well. In his opinion it was a set up job by deliberately not using sufficient or powerful enough tugs for the tow. Conway (ex Nile) was getting a bit costly to maintain and "anyway, we've got Victory, we don't need to fund two"Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff