"1667 Medway project update - and a fly past!" Topic

Sometimes your dreams come true. A flight over the battle area. Loads of shots on the blog here:

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Project and reality here

Chatham dockyard

This is it!

Here come the Dutch!

Burning the battleships – the scenario being played.

Looks stunning

Fabulous! Well done.

Really spectacular stuff!

I can't wait for the virus to eventually disappear so that we can game this battle.

You'll enjoy it Dave. Hand brake turns in a river are pretty tricky!

Hi, who makes the buildings?

Brigade Models make the buildings

Barry,
When is your trip to see a VOC Trading station somewhere in modern day Indonesia going to take place?
John

Hello John,

can't do Indonesia yet but I can do Goa! Portuguese fort of Reis Magos (16th/17th century). read about my visit here:

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One of the next scenarios on the blog is The Battle of Goa 1638 (so back to Goa soon!)

Some pics here:

"You'll enjoy it Dave. Hand brake turns in a river are pretty tricky"

Looking again at the photos it's hard to imagine that anyone in their right mind would sail a fleet up there trying to avoid the shore, hostile forts, fight a battle then expect to get away. I wonder if the river was much wider back then?

Not to my knowledge. Examination of the maps show much the same configuration. If anything, channels may have been a little narrower and shallower here and there. The dock basin follows the old route of St Mary's Creek. This was dug out and industrialized in Victorian pre-Victorian times connecting the Gillingham Reach to the Upnor Reach. You can see it clearly in the aerial shots.

I've sent you some more interesting Ottoman naval illustrations.

Thanks Dave, got it all – very interesting!