Tuesday, July 27, 2010

chatham




yesterday we went to the Chatham historic docks. they had 2 ships in the dry docks and 1 submarine also in a dry dock. the oldest ship there was called HMS Gannet it was built in 1878 and was one of the first steam and sailing ships. the HMS Cavalier is a destroyer there it was one of 96 built in the second world war. it is the last operational destroyer used in the second world war 142 royal navy destroyers sunk in the second world war including the HMS Maori and the HMS Zulu. the submarine we went on was called the HM submarine Ocelot was the last warship to be built for the royal navy at Chatham. this design was most successful for patrol submarines. and therefore 13 more were built. the last place we went to at Chatham was a historic ropery which was and still is making rope since 1618. the tour guide presented it perfectly making most of the humor on the spot he showed us a small cannon ball and how heavy it was and then he asked us who wanted to lift up a big cannon ball since nobody else would i tried and it ended up being hollow and make of plastic. then we went upstairs and we made some rope out of cannabis, i did the most work so i got the longest bit, at the end of the tour he showed a quarter of a mile long hall which they use to make six quarter of a mile long pieces of rope. when we got home i tied a knot in the end of my rope and started whipping my cousin.

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