Saving HMS Caroline

[+MigBuster]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29672262

 

Last survivor of the Battle of Jutland gets restoration funding.

[B52STRATO]

Awesome news! At least some know to preserve their historical parts and maintain their memories.

 

It's not going to happen in our nation, there just has to see the dark destiny of our CG Colbert : disarmed, floating museum in Bordeaux, bankruptcy, towed to Brest to rot with other fellow warships at Penfeld, then towed again back to Bordeaux a few days ago to be dismantled (!). But nothing surprising in a country where the global mentality sees you as a nationalist / fascist / whateveryouwantuntilitsbad if you have a bit interest in military history.

[+Fubar512]

I'm glad to see that the Caroline is in good hands.  BTW, the gent who stated that she's the last remaining WW 1 warship, must have really meant "the last remaining WW 1 warship in the UK".  The battleship USS Texas served during WW 1, and is actually older than the Caroline.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35)

 

I visited the Texas at least twice, and I was always taken by how cramped she is, as though she was intended for crew members no taller than 5'8" in height.