Photos Midwest Naval Combat Club action in Xenia, Ohio

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  1. rcengr

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    Yes, the French can be counted on to scuttle - even when they have a captured German battleship.
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  2. NASAAN101

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    Which boat was that?
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    Does this help?
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    I wish i was there to help Mikey with her!!! Poor old Bismarck :'(
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    He wished you were there to help too. As you can tell by the timid way he's entering the water in the first picture, it was cold!
     
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    Hey Mark,
    did anyone get Bismarck's sink on video? or no?
    Nikki
     
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    I'm going to cry now :crying:
     
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    Cry havoc
     
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    Great pictures, love the sink series
     
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    I do to. But Bismarck one of my favorite ships, next to his old/little sister, Prinz Eugen :) How far from shore did She go down?
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  13. froggyfrenchman

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    Some photos from our May event in Xenia, Ohio.
    Treaty fleet battles.
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    Battlestations. TIM_3108.JPG TIM_3111.JPG TIM_3112.JPG TIM_3113.JPG TIM_3114.JPG
     
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    Sweet sink :)
     
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    Phil's Tashkent being sunk by an un-armed convoy- TIM_3115.JPG TIM_3116.JPG TIM_3117.JPG TIM_3120.JPG ship!
     
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    I was so close to falling in. :) but that will teach you not to get in front of a convoy ship. She'll run your butt over :-D
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  18. Panzer

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    Man, you had me going there, I was expecting the last picture to be : The Tashkent sitting on the "launching area" and Nikki Sinking......:laugh::laugh::laugh:
    I was ready to laugh and everything...
     
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    Looked like a Great battle
     
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  20. NASAAN101

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    Panzer,
    All I have to say to that is :p
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