I present to you the Navantian "Frigate"! Any suggestions?

JackRellik@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.world – 124 points –

After working on this piece for hours and only getting 22 upvotes on reddit thought that maybe this community would appreciate it more. TLDR: Viktor left his legaly aquired yatch in Menorca(Spain) and it got siezed. So some upcicling would be nice. this is my rendition of what it would look like.

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Needs some hemp rope armor

I see Hairy Mary is getting popular. But after all, who could resist those thicc ropes?

who summoned this beast of beauty?

The Brits in South Africa during the Second Boer War. The ropes used were from the Royal Navy.

i was thinking more about a specific content creator that brought it to light. but that is also a valid answer.

Oh, in that case, tis me

I ran across it while searching for armored trains, because armored trains are cool. Little did I realize I would discover the coolest one of them all

thanks man. ima continue investigating how the fedyverse works :)

beautifull, was this actually efective? against what? distracting kittens?

During the Second Boer War, the engine Havelock was prepared to see action while serving on armoured trains. Unlike usual practice in such cases, the engine was not equipped with armour plate protection, but was draped in strands of thick hemp rope which covered it from front to back. This earned the loco­motive the apt nickname Hairy Mary amongst the troops.

Doesn't say why they used this instead of regular armor on wikipedia. But who could pass up having their ship being so handsome?

wild. was it effective? its definitely effective at distracting me with those glorious... strands. edit: guess it didnt actually reach cobat to try it out