USS Vesuvius - ever heard of it?

[Red_Raven_168]

http://www.spanamwar.com/vesuvius.htm

 

just to whet your appetite

 

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three 15" "dynamite" guns

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VESUVIUS joined the fleet on October 1, 1890, operating with the North Atlantic Squadron until decommissioned on April 25, 1895 for major repairs. Relaunched on January 12, 1897, she joined the Cuban Blockade on May 28, 1898. She performed various special duties, and served as a dispatch boat between Cuba and Florida into July. During the War, she conducted eight shore bombardments against Santiago and its defenses. Admiral Sampson claimed that the bombardments had "great effect"

[NagatoroHayase]

The guns on this ship sounds like something the Orks in Warhammer 40k would attempt to use...

 

+1

[sgtpepper500]

ScarlettRain, on 10 December 2012 - 06:16 AM, said:

The guns on this ship sounds like something the Orks in Warhammer 40k would attempt to use...

+1

Oh how I love the ork vehicles xD! Interesting ship(+1)

[Capcon]

ScarlettRain, on 10 December 2012 - 06:16 AM, said:

The guns on this ship sounds like something the Orks in Warhammer 40k would attempt to use...

+1

Bwa ha ha ha ha! Oh so true! +1 to you.

[JeeWeeJ]

"Ever heard of it?"

Yup.

[imlost19]

JeeWeeJ, on 10 December 2012 - 08:23 PM, said:

"Ever heard of it?"
Yup.

play nice

[Red_Raven_168]

was wondering how the dynamite ammunition would react to enemy fire

[Super_Dreadnought]

Red_Raven_168, on 11 December 2012 - 04:44 AM, said:

was wondering how the dynamite ammunition would react to enemy fire

Not very well I imagine. :tongue:

[flyingtaco]

it was not really dynamite .... they used a mixture of gun cotton and explosive gelatin.  a author in shot ( society for history of technology) called dynamite guns history's first terror weapon because there was no weapon report to let the spanish know shells were incoming.werenot too useful though, the barrels were fixed in elevation.

[commanche65]

Red_Raven_168, on 10 December 2012 - 03:26 AM, said:

http://www.spanamwar.com/vesuvius.htm

just to whet your appetite

I am sorry, but I think I have to speak up about this. You plagiarized a large section of that article. cool article, but plagiarism is illegal.

[Red_Raven_168]

commanche65, on 11 December 2012 - 11:27 PM, said:

I am sorry, but I think I have to speak up about this. You plagiarized a large section of that article. cool article, but plagiarism is illegal.

quote and link provided

read and remember that QQ is your right

[Dodge_The_Bullet]

wow dat cannon

[Thearl]

Technically, I think it was more dangerous to manufacture the gun cotton than it was for many of the ships to store it in the magazine.

 

http://www.formermil...com/?page_id=37

[AceF]

commanche65, on 11 December 2012 - 11:27 PM, said:

I am sorry, but I think I have to speak up about this. You plagiarized a large section of that article. cool article, but plagiarism is illegal.

Have you contacted the site iamsorry.com for using their catchphrase?

You should´n speak about someone beeing illegal when you using company names without their approval.

See what I did there -_-

[sgtpepper500]

How about the USS Vuvuzela  :Smile_trollface: