Picture of the day.

[Wurger]

This is the wharf crane in Gdańsk. It is located at the Brama Szeroka ( Wide Gate ) on the Motlava river. It is the oldest harbour crane in the Europe and was built in 1442-1444. Although the first mention is from 1367. It was used for shipping of berrels of beer and other goods, dead weights and setting of ship masts. The wooden part of the crane was burnt by the Red Army in 1945. And then it was restored.

 

[GrauGeist]

wow...great bit of history there!

Thank you for the info!

 

[Wurger]

A couple of images....

 

[fubar57]

Nice, slight claustrophobic tremor sets in.....



Geo

 

[fastmongrel]

Staghound Armoured Car fitted with a 3 inch close support howitzer instead of the usual 37mm

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

A series of awesome shots

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Wurger]

The U-6 assembling by the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel ..

 

[Capt. Vick]

Will ya look at that. Very nice. For some reason I just love production pictures.

 

[fubar57]

Nice, but even on shore, I would never get into one.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Boy they were really scrapping the bottom of the barrel at the end there huh?

 

[GrauGeist]

Boy they were really scrapping the bottom of the barrel at the end there huh?

Dunno...seems like the whole war was going to the dogs...

Pfc. Thorn - 1944

 

[Capt. Vick]

Hahahahahaha! He has a pipe! Hahahahaha!

 

[fastmongrel]

Pity this is such a small picture of such an interesting subject. A pair of Tugs manouver a breakwater caisson for a Mulberry harbour. Note the Bofors ready for action these caissons could only be towed at 4 knots so were a big fat target for any LW bomber.

 

[fubar57]

Nice. "Big fat target" reminds me of a story I read where, just before D-Day, a soldier asked a sailor what LST stood for and the sailor replied, "Long Slow Target".


Geo

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

British being British...

Geo

 

[fastmongrel]

Half an hour !! its only an invasion whats all the fuss about its not as if its something important like England winning the World Cup or a Snowstorm.