Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Navy - Military - Battleships: => Topic started by: Ian K on May 16, 2019, 08:47:43 pm

Title: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Ian K on May 16, 2019, 08:47:43 pm

Very nice archive footage  :-))


https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-torpedo-flotilla-visit-to-manchester-1901-1901-online


Enjoy!


Ian
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: raflaunches on May 16, 2019, 09:11:55 pm
Hi Ian


That is absolutely stunning, both in quality and interest. Thanks for sharing the film. I’ll be studying it in detail for some of my future work, I find it interesting in the way that the crews of different TBDs used different boilers for cruising up the canal as they definitely had steam coming from different funnels in the film.
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 17, 2019, 01:29:04 am
Apparently, this is April 1901 and one of the vessels is HMS Gipsy. A little bit about the visit and career of the ship can be found here: http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_HMS_Gipsy_1897.html

LB
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Klunk on May 17, 2019, 02:05:36 am
interesting, I noted on one of the TBD's a large amount of water coming out the bilge pumps!
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Klunk on May 17, 2019, 02:06:11 am
plus the crowds getting out of the way for the band! can you imagine that happening now!
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: tonyH on May 17, 2019, 03:37:03 pm
Absolutely beautiful boats. None of the clinical, almost sterile, appearance of the recent past and present.
It's just a pity we can't get a scale black/brown smoke generator for the finishing touch %)
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: dodes on June 23, 2019, 07:37:56 pm
In a word brilliant , thanks for sharing this film footage.
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Akira on June 27, 2019, 12:06:48 pm
AAAAAARRRRRGGGGG! The player will not open for us "outsiders".Is this some Ppre-Brexit move? :D
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Colin Bishop on June 27, 2019, 12:47:37 pm
Amazing footage, only small warships but how menacing they looked.

The water coming from the side would almost certainly be the condenser discharge. You can see the same thing on the cargo ship - that was an interesting vessel too.

Colin
Title: Re: BFI silent archive Torpedo Flotilla
Post by: Antipodean on June 27, 2019, 06:00:59 pm
Cannot be played outside UK. Shame, it would be great to see it.