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Old 10th January 2012, 09:00 AM   #1
thierry_st_malo
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Default Very unlikely

Here is an unlikely image created with POV-Ray : a peaceful encounter between the British light cruiser "Centaur" and the large German destroyer "G101".
A friend of mine has remarked that the cruiser's ensign is quite large, but my answer was that this is not necessarily a mistake. At Jutland, many ships of the Grand Fleet sailed into action flying very large ensigns made in advance for such an occasion. Specially conspicuous was the scout cruiser "Blanche" which acted as a repeating ship for one of the battle squadrons and was flying no less than five very large ensigns: one at masthead and one at every one of her four funnels...
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