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Post by: brady on June 27, 2003, 03:33:41 PM: ???

(http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/52495/0.jpg)
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Post by: Reschke on June 27, 2003, 07:07:45 PM: Funny looking boat with 134 on the hull? ;)
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Post by: Pongo on June 27, 2003, 08:47:28 PM: I would guess the La Bayonnaise, a French Torpedo Boat, Circa 1937
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Post by: pugg666 on June 28, 2003, 02:46:55 PM: no clue but it's not La Bayonnaise.

hmmm?
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Post by: brady on June 28, 2003, 02:53:09 PM: La Bayonnaise, it is:)

So say's my Conway's, and Pongo's to I suspect:)
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Post by: Arlo on June 28, 2003, 02:56:43 PM: Dayum! The French sure make some big arsed torpedo boats!
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Post by: brady on June 28, 2003, 03:04:26 PM: Most Navy's during this time frame had Tprpedo Boats that resembled this one pictured above they were fast and lightly armed gun wise, thier reasion for existance was to deleave a large spread of torpedos aganst the enemy battle line, then retire or die trying:), PT or Patrol Torpedo were totaly different beast's obviously and most Navy's at this time had somthing resembling them as well.
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Post by: Arlo on June 28, 2003, 03:16:29 PM: Heck .... there were small fast "PT"s in WWI. :D
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Post by: pugg666 on June 28, 2003, 03:28:25 PM: I did a search last night and I found a picture of a ship that was similar to this one but I believe had 2 guns forwardand slight difference aft, was it upgraded after launch brady?

if I can find the picture again I'll post it.
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Post by: Pongo on June 28, 2003, 03:56:11 PM: The destroyer class emerged from torpedo boats.
Ya its in conways. But I knew from those big bellybutton numbers and the flag it was french and from the light gun armement it was probably a torpedo boat.
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Post by: pugg666 on June 28, 2003, 04:19:07 PM: Quote
The destroyer class emerged from torpedo boats.

yep they where designed to destroy torpedoe boats, go figure :)

but honestly the picture of La Bayonnaise that I found looks different.
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Post by: Arlo on June 28, 2003, 04:23:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Pongo
The destroyer class emerged from torpedo boats.
Ya its in conways. But I knew from those big bellybutton numbers and the flag it was french and from the light gun armement it was probably a torpedo boat.

I dunno about emerged from as much as were developed to counter from what I've just found ....

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtorpedoB.htm

I've also seen (just from search engining today) reference to early destroyers being refered to as "torpedo boat destroyers."

The U.S. Navy built it's first destroyer (DD-1, U.S.S. Bainridge) in 1902.

Heh ... learn somethin' new every day.
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Post by: brady on June 28, 2003, 07:36:16 PM: Well, Conway's doesent realy mention any magor refit's that might of altered hear apearance drasticaly, She was Used by the Italians for a while, but I dont what to say other than that your source may be in eror, Conways is prety reliable I have found, or perhaps is simply a different aspect or maybe a later Photo.
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Post by: pugg666 on June 28, 2003, 08:57:43 PM: No, your more than likely correct, like I said the picture I found( wich I still can't find again ?) had 2 turrets forward wich would be quite a modification.