It appears that if you have a cannon foundry in your city, you end up with a lot of excess cannons a few hundred years down the road. Saint George's castle looks out over Lisbon and has quite the collection. Perhaps they could loan us a few?
A bus tour to the National Palace of Pena provided some interesting sights. Wouldn't this be a grand room to hold a mess dinner? How about a games night in the blue room? The highlight of the visit was the unique miniature cannon with a magnifying glass that would automatically light the fuze to announce lunch at noon. Where can I get one?
Museo do Combatente was initiated and maintained by the Liga dos Combatente. The displays included scale models, helmets and a World War 1 trench mock up.
I thought it was a little odd that the Museo Militar in Lisbon was focused primarily on ancient history and stopped at the First World War. From my limited knowlege of Portugese history I was sure that there was significant military involvement in more recent years. That's when we stumbled on the Museo do Combatente.
Professor Andrea Lane is a Defence Scientist with the Maritime Operational Research Team, providing operations research support to Maritime Forces Pacific in Esquimalt. She is part of a team of defence scientists who do deep dive research into defence topics of interest to commanders. Check out the additional photos on our 2024 yearbook page.
On Sept 5, 2022, Greg and Marilyn Pyke from Graham, Washington, USA, anchored along the South Cove of Yorke Island to check out a concrete structure they had seen an old photo of in the nautical guide, "Exploring The South Coast of British Columbia" * by Don and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Check out the rest of their story here. |
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