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HMS Royal George - Triumph and Tragedy.
Part Two.
On the 29th of August 1782, the greatest fleet ever assembled in British waters lay off Spithead. Apart from the two 100 gun ships of the line - HMS Royal George and HMS Victory, there were 50 warships, plus 300 merchant ships.
In fear of desertions all shore leave was cancelled for the crew of the Royal George, with the exception of 60 marines. However, also aboard were 400 extra people who were crew families, merchants, and prostitutes. This was for the traditional 'Wedding Garland' which was the traditional farewell for the crew prior to sailing.
All these extra people created an additional weight of 70 tons though. The Royal George was the flagship of Admiral Kempenfeldt
However, Captain Waghorn decided against all advice to carry out a minor repair to a seacock which provided sea water to wash the gun decks after action. To do this repair entailed heeling the ship slightly so as to bring the seacock in question above the waterline. To achieve this, the cannons had to be moved to the other side of the ship so as to provide the required heel.
Worse all the usual officers who would oversee such an operation were ashore - the Master, the Boatswain, and the Gunner. So nobody would be supervising the operation below decks.
Even worse, Captain Waghorn ordered that the lower gun ports should stay open so as to quicken the loading of supplies. This again flew in the face of standard procedure which required the gunports to be CLOSED when heeling a ship.๐คฆโโ๏ธ
The open gun ports were already only a foot above the water which was now starting to seep in.
At 9am the cutter Lark started loading rum supplies through the open gun ports, and ominously rats and mice were seen leaving the Royal George and boarding the Lark.
The weight of the barrels of rum was such that it caused water to flood in through the open gun ports.
Seeing this, the ship's Carpenter rushed up to the officer of the watch - a Lieutenant Hollins Hollingbery, asking for the ship to be righted. This was snootily dismissed by Hollingbery. The Carpenter returned below to see things were now even worse. In despair he returned to the deck and again requested Lt. Hollingberry to right the ship.
He was again dismissed this time with the words "Damn Sir! If you can manage the ship better than I, then you had better take command!"
In despair, the Carpenter went straight to Captain Waghorn himself who actually listened, and sent the First Officer to investigate. Horrified by what he saw, the First Officer reported to Captain Waghorn who gave the order to right the ship.
However, at that moment the ship started to capsize.
In desperation men went below to move the guns but such was the angle, that even 18 men could not move a single gun.
Water now poured in through the starboard gun ports killing the hundreds of men below - only 3 of whom would survive.
Captain Waghorn ran to the cabin of Admiral Kempenfeldt to warn him but it was too late, the door was jammed and the Admiral drowned.
Captain Waghorn jumped into the water but his son drowned.
The Royal George heeled over to starboard then heeled over to port. Then she sank almost immediately leaving only her masts sticking out of the water. She had sunk completely upright.
Of the 1200 people aboard, only 255 survived making this the greatest loss of life on a British sip prior to the Titanic. Of the lost 300 were women and 60 were children.
People reported seeing the mast of the sunken Royal George completely decorated. The 'decorations' were in fact dead bodies.
The ensuing cover up by the Royal Navy would be nothing short of breathtaking.
Part Three to follow.
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The Telegraph has carried out a poll of just under 112K people about rejoining the EU.
Guess what?๐ค
86% said NO.๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Shock! Horror!
A new poll from Opinium has Reform in second place, with the Tories back in third place.๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
NEW WESTMINSTER VI
LAB: 30%
REFORM: 22%
CON: 20%
GREEN: 10%
LIB: 9%
SNP: 3%
PLAID: 1%
OTHER: 5%
via @OpiniumResearch, 21-23 Oct
pollingreport.uk/polls
Reform to raise the tax free threshold to ยฃ15K. Great for working and retired people.
The Tories on the other hand put their rich mates first with an IHT cut.
Nigel Farage explains how anyone earning above ยฃ20,000 will be ยฃ486 richer if he is PM
Reform UK leader unveils plan for low earners to keep more of their hard-earned money.
express.co.uk/news/politics/โฆ
Once again, Labour are going to continue to shrink the job market with their blinkered dogma and sheer stupidity.๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Healey to announce inflation-busting minimum wage rise.
Fresh headache for businesses coping with rising energy costs and taxes.
telegraph.co.uk/business/202โฆ
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HMS Royal George - Triumph and Tragedy.
Part Two.
On the 29th of August 1782, the greatest fleet ever assembled in British waters lay off Spithead. Apart from the two 100 gun ships of the line - HMS Royal George and HMS Victory, there were 50 warships, plus 300 merchant ships.
In fear of desertions all shore leave was cancelled for the crew of the Royal George, with the exception of 60 marines. However, also aboard were 400 extra people who were crew families, merchants, and prostitutes. This was for the traditional 'Wedding Garland' which was the traditional farewell for the crew prior to sailing.
All these extra people created an additional weight of 70 tons though. The Royal George was the flagship of Admiral Kempenfeldt
However, Captain Waghorn decided against all advice to carry out a minor repair to a seacock which provided sea water to wash the gun decks after action. To do this repair entailed heeling the ship slightly so as to bring the seacock in question above the waterline. To achieve this, the cannons had to be moved to the other side of the ship so as to provide the required heel.
Worse all the usual officers who would oversee such an operation were ashore - the Master, the Boatswain, and the Gunner. So nobody would be supervising the operation below decks.
Even worse, Captain Waghorn ordered that the lower gun ports should stay open so as to quicken the loading of supplies. This again flew in the face of standard procedure which required the gunports to be CLOSED when heeling a ship.๐คฆโโ๏ธ
The open gun ports were already only a foot above the water which was now starting to seep in.
At 9am the cutter Lark started loading rum supplies through the open gun ports, and ominously rats and mice were seen leaving the Royal George and boarding the Lark.
The weight of the barrels of rum was such that it caused water to flood in through the open gun ports.
Seeing this, the ship's Carpenter rushed up to the officer of the watch - a Lieutenant Hollins Hollingbery, asking for the ship to be righted. This was snootily dismissed by Hollingbery. The Carpenter returned below to see things were now even worse. In despair he returned to the deck and again requested Lt. Hollingberry to right the ship.
He was again dismissed this time with the words "Damn Sir! If you can manage the ship better than I, then you had better take command!"
In despair, the Carpenter went straight to Captain Waghorn himself who actually listened, and sent the First Officer to investigate. Horrified by what he saw, the First Officer reported to Captain Waghorn who gave the order to right the ship.
However, at that moment the ship started to capsize.
In desperation men went below to move the guns but such was the angle, that even 18 men could not move a single gun.
Water now poured in through the starboard gun ports killing the hundreds of men below - only 3 of whom would survive.
Captain Waghorn ran to the cabin of Admiral Kempenfeldt to warn him but it was too late, the door was jammed and the Admiral drowned.
Captain Waghorn jumped into the water but his son drowned.
The Royal George heeled over to starboard then heeled over to port. Then she sank almost immediately leaving only her masts sticking out of the water. She had sunk completely upright.
Of the 1200 people aboard, only 255 survived making this the greatest loss of life on a British sip prior to the Titanic. Of the lost 300 were women and 60 were children.
People reported seeing the mast of the sunken Royal George completely decorated. The 'decorations' were in fact dead bodies.
The ensuing cover up by the Royal Navy would be nothing short of breathtaking.
Part Three to follow.
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No wonder Burnham is retreating under fire over his ridiculous raising of Free Movement over the weekend.
NOT MY PM EVER.
Yet another U-turn under fire from Burnham as he retreats over Freedom of Movement.
A joke PM leading a joke government.๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ
Burnham in retreat over EU freedom of movement
No 10 insists Prime Minister not proposing a return to bloc despite his earlier comments asking for โevidence-based debateโ on issue.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202โฆ
Has anyone else noticed Tories on here asking people not to refer to their 14 years in power or saying stuff like "you can trust the Reform cult to raise the 14 years"?๐ค
At the very best these people are in self denial or what is far more likely, they are very simply blatant liars who are being evasive, and do not want the truth to be put out there at this time.
Is it any wonder that Britain is strangled economically by decades of ridiculous red tape courtesy of the TORIES and LABOUR?๐ค
Reform are offering a detailed and sensible list of solutions to this largely political malaise.
Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again.
Thatโs why Reformโs Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures Iโd take if I were Chancellor:
๐จ๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ
1. Approve Rosebank
2. Restart oil and gas licensing
3. Legalise onshore exploration
4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy
5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป
6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme
7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8
9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full
10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs
๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites
12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing
13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain
14. Exit the Aarhus Convention
15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality
16. End the boiler ban
17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules
18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements
19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard
20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act
๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick
22. Auction airport landing slots
23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation
24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications
25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects
26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop
27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions
28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules
29. Scrap the social value test in procurement
30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport
31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail
๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption
33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8%
35. Introduce a migrant worker levy
36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act
37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses
38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications
๐จ๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐
39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending
40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits
41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules
๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies'
43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates
44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips
45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods
46. Back the M4 Relief Road
47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years
48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
๐จ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐
49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act
50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units
51. Review all unchanged EU law
52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐
53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary
54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors
55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56
56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent
57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays
58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules
59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate
60. Abolish the packaging tax
61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms
62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty
63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs
64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations
And there are more to come!
Britainโs full potential is waiting to be unleashed ๐
A Lib Dem Council Speaker in Bedford is arrested and charged with making death threats and possessing a weapon.
Can we expect the same media circus if he had been Reform? ๐ค๐ค๐ค
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlyโฆ
Good. Moving it to 67 was vile and of course carried out by the TORIES.
Life expectancy does NOT support a state pension age of 67.
State pension age change to 65 massive update as it crosses threshold after DWP response.
Pressure mounts on Chancellor John Healey before budget as concerns rise that levels of poor health are increasing in the UK.
express.co.uk/finance/personโฆ
The Uni-party of Labour/ Tories/ Lib Dems etc just love to slag off Reform councils as "failing".
Well guess what? Here in Reform controlled Kent County Council, we have had the lowest rises in Council Tax that I can recall for a long time.
Unlike the previous TORY administrations that raised Council Tax without fail EVERY year by the full 5%!
The offender in this case was an Irish American. So no surprise to see her hating the English.๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ
Architect is struck off after calling her neighbours racist during row 'because they cheered for England and occasionally flew a Union Jack flag'
dailymail.com/news/article-1โฆ
Khan will be remembered as the most poisonous, destructive, and out of touch Mayor of all time to soil London.๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ
Oxford Street goes traffic free: Pedestrianisation sparks fear of an 'unmanaged mess' as Sadiq Khan's controversial ยฃ150m car-free plan gets underway.
dailymail.com/news/article-1โฆ
The BBC does not just need defunding, it seriously needs to be closed down for what it is. A cess pit of deviance, leftism, and anti semitism.
"The BBC has agreed a ยฃ400,000 payout to a Jewish documentary-maker who says she was the victim of anti-Semitism and was bullied out of the broadcaster.
Lucie Kon, whose work for the BBC won awards including an Oscar and an Emmy, says she was victimised in the wake of the Oct 7 terrorist attacks in Israel by colleagues who said Zionists such as her were โevilโ.
Ms Kon, who has family in Israel, claims she was told that โif you want to call Hamas terrorists then you have to call Israel terrorists, tooโ and that she should โthink about what drove Hamas to do what they didโ.
When she made a formal complaint about her treatment, the BBC told Ms Kon to stay at home for months, sidelined her and eventually put her out of work."
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10โฆ
The true face of Olukemi Badenoch.
Never vote Tory with this use at the helm.

















