Ships Sea and Makings

 

 

 

 

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I’ll finish the tour of HMS Warrior then show you what I’ve been making.

The rum container has “The Queen God Bless Her” in brass letters as a toast.

It was meaning Queen Victoria not our current Queen Elizabeth.

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A section showing the construction of Warrior.

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Marine’s Store

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Issuing Room- cute shelves.

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Seamen classification- click to read.

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Ship’s Library

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Click to read about the library.

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Gunroom

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Surgical Instruments belonging to the ship’s doctor.

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Click to read what is what in the case.

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A closer look -if you dare!

A lot of surgery involved amputation as it was kinder than an infection from wood splinters or even cannon balls themselves shattering bones.

A ship’s surgeon had to be quick and cauterise quickly.

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Paymaster’s Cabin

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3rd Lieutenant’s Cabin

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Officer’s Dining Room

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2nd Lieutenant’s Cabin

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4th Lieutenant’s Cabin

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Handing room- for passing down of missiles.

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Back on deck it is still raining.

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Good job the deck has plug holes to drain it.

Now for The Makings

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I’ve been baking for our mini holiday.

Daughter will ice the cup cakes and decorate the most perfect chocolate cake I have ever made for my birthday.

Honestly, I’m not much of a cook but this cake almost hop-skippetied out of the cake tin by itself. I was so impressed!

I also made a cherry and apple crumble and a tray of flapjacks.

Some will stay with Son who is hound sitting.

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I tried showing the finished Atlantic Link quilt the sea (well I had to with a name like that), but look how windy it was!

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I tried again in the shelter of the garden and had issues with shadows.

It will go and live inland as a belated birthday present, so I wonder if it will ever see the sea again?

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Today the mini jewellery making set I bought on Ebay arrived. I haven’t got a clue what dohicky is called what, so although I knew what I wanted to do, to make the matching goldstone earrings to the necklace, I couldn’t do a search for those specific parts. There is a whole language out there for metal twiddly bits just as there is for gem shapes and types.

I’m still baffled!

There have been all sorts of secret makings here that I can’t share just yet.  I am excited about them!

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Sunset in Portsmouth courtesy of Daughter.


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