'undefined';

'undefined';

'>>8047405';

'>>8047449';

'>>8047450';

'>>8047451';

'>>8047405';

'V2DT';

'undefined';

'undefined';

'undefined';

'undefined';

'has been my pape for 5+ years now, starting to feel like I'm never changing it';

'Captcha: NAV4
must be an omen';

'undefined';

'undefined';

'>>8051919
saved';

'>>8047407
>muh state of the art fully loaded aircraft carrier worth billions
>muh oceanic supremacy
Absolutely fucking MOGGED by a wooden Spaniard barque';

'undefined';

'undefined';

'undefined';

'>>8051919
>>8051921
Grimshaw. He painted a lovely one of my hometown, Hull - once a city of fine maritime tradition (unfortunately in a state of decay and decline for years now)';

'undefined';

'>>8050194
Same, but for like a year.';

'I feel like a fool for ever having picked up the pencil because no matter how hard I drew, I could never capture beauty like this even in the course of the daily efforts over the 3 1/2 years I tried.';

'>>8054757
>unfortunately in a state of decay and decline for years now
So like the rest of the western world.';

'>>8054892
Yes, but even predating the current issues around cultural enrichment, it was back in the 1970s that the fishing and shipbuilding industry began dying a slow death. They fought it but the writing was on the wall.

Related is one of the more bizarre episodes of the 20th century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars';

'>>8047405
my favorite subject
phoneposter bump until I can contribute to the thread from home';