X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-ye0-f179.google.com ([209.85.213.179] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTPS id 6479901 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:10:49 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.213.179; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by mail-ye0-f179.google.com with SMTP id r6so2806161yen.10 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:10:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:in-reply-to:message-id:date:to :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=tCYzckrYhVt24zSayJoKOyw54GJ52RFOBvAWy6g53co=; b=grk4TlF/+olq87DHikK26PAGq4gudyVI9P69VC4l1nv1xFj3t2WdzgBgrOvgs29WOE AtBS8Eq4JntpoQW3BAsrs3Zw/qNLBgqHoU9ggNmnUE2oiXBpvbc92nVcZaTuZQirC4Yq 0LX0F+qTa/zRjtlij+NiEVDBjeGhCuRWhuw6RnaEvGH5Rhg2cUTwbPiqSbgOM3GCwOZc f0krqiJBOee0jvWX00TcYRNav9pw8QBw5eJgwIZu6/yshywk3tW2nQfX8l8dIuiqi1CM dIIDidzjpVFup2B6LVeJsdeQeL03c65+taCYiaE+5A3mPcIDdtQnL31+a3UOkG6cl79Q nOvQ== X-Received: by 10.236.134.137 with SMTP id s9mr43738yhi.133.1379499015295; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:10:15 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.2] (67.sub-70-209-1.myvzw.com. [70.209.1.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 9sm1485206yhd.19.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: A Tot of Rum! References: From: Tracy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-60CD08D1-7458-47D7-A07C-ADB58986067E X-Mailer: iPad Mail (10B329) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <1663B248-4412-4EC7-9C63-A9FFE843E309@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:10:12 -0400 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-60CD08D1-7458-47D7-A07C-ADB58986067E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wonder how they managed to use all that canon shot and gunpowder if it IS= true! Sent from my iPad On Sep 17, 2013, at 23:12, David Leonard wrote: > I have always wondered it that one is true. Go Navy is right. >=20 >=20 > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Bill Bradburry = wrote: >> This is for David Leonard!!=20 >>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,6= 00 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was suf= ficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no ev= aporators (i.e. fresh water distillers). >>=20 >> However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1= 798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 47= 5 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600= pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."=20 >>=20 >> Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping." >>=20 >> Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 g= allons of rum. >>=20 >> Then she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12 November. She provisio= ned with 550 pounds of beef and64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine. >>=20 >> On 18 November, she set sail for England . In the ensuing days she defeat= ed five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant shi= ps, salvaging only the rum aboard each. >>=20 >> By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although= unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland . Her landi= ng party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of sin= gle malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home. >>=20 >> The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no c= annon shot, no food, no powder,no rum, no wine, no whiskey, and 38,600 gallo= ns of water . >> GO NAVY! >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > David Leonard >=20 > Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY > http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net > http://RotaryRoster.net --Apple-Mail-60CD08D1-7458-47D7-A07C-ADB58986067E Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I wonder how they managed to use all t= hat canon shot and gunpowder if it  IS true!

Sent from my= iPad

On Sep 17, 2013, at 23:12, David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com> wrote:

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I have always wondered it th= at one is true.  Go Navy is right.

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On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Bill Bradbur= ry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wrote:

This is for Davi= d Leonard!! 

 

 

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LITTLE KNO= WN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY.

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The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat v= essel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water = for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. S= he carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).

However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officer= s and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum.= " 

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."

Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300= gallons of rum.

Then she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12 November. She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and<= b>64,30= 0 gallons of Portuguese wine.

On 18 November, she set sail for England . In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships, salvaging only the rum <= /span>aboard each.

By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed s= he made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland<= /u> . Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallo= ns of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.

The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder,no rum, no wine= , <= span style=3D"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold;= font-style:italic">no whiskey, and 38,600 gallons of water= .= =
GO NAVY!

 

 




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