So that was that captain who got apparently his brand new cruiser because he was friend with the minister.
So his cruiser named Sully goes to French Indochina, and one day (15 march 1905) he decides that indeed the rocks on the Along bay are really fab' and he goes a bit *too* close from them.


Didn't look that bad at first but divers found a 100 feet breech, so here what was the boat looking like after a few months on its rock


I have been collecting the postcards of that one, looks better than my dioramas

The topic Title get my attention! :-)
A future dio maybe?
Just love those old postcards.

Bye JB
Alex.

could be for the dio!

You know the minister who appointed the captain was Camille Pelletan, he was apparently particularly inept even for French standards, do you know who is his grand grand grand son or something?
JL Debré..
talking about arch-stupid people

the Sully cost 25M Francs

Would work nicely in 1:700 or 1:350 Jean-Bernard ...... hmmmm, are you up for the challange

Cheers/Jan

hey Jan, no Sully class model exists (Gloire, Condé, Marseillaise, Amiral Aube) and then really for me the diorama should both show the white of the eye of the guys and the metal. Here i would only get the metal. I/35 for me not 1/350!
BUT there surely be one way to twist the thing

Hahahah can't believe it !
But the Assemblée Nationale cost mort than 25M Francs a year!

Yes, the title caught my eye. Some words just sound so much "nicer" in a different language.

Those are some nice post cards. That would make a very unique dio, too bad there are no models of the ship.

Indeed Jim, "Merde" is an historical word
yep too bad about the lack of model, I indeed think a small sclae ship builder could have had a lot of fun building a diorama out of that -the rocks of Along bay are really terrific!
isns't it on Along bay that some US destroyer was bombed by North vietnamese Migs?
Such a beautiful place anyay,
I enclose some pics of the boats of the same class

http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Campaigns&file=index&req=showcontent&id=323

great pic sequence thanks for sharing!

both my daughters do ballet, instead of "break a leg" before a performance, they say "merde", only time they can 'curse" in front of me

Ah ah I was waiting for THAT one to reply!


thanks for commenting guys,
-Jan i would say it's a project for YOU
-James some curses really sound better than others, I remember being 15 and mixing streets in London and saying the M word, and that elderly person came to me and asked me if I was lost