Modern Destroyers are roughly the size of WWII Cruisers, though more 
lightly armored.


Doug Franklin wrote:

>Douglas Newman wrote:
>  
>
>>The North Atlantic can be a dark and stormy sea any
>>time of year... And it can also be quite pleasant if
>>you're lucky.
>>    
>>
>
>I've read so many books about the "U-boat War" in the North Atlantic
>during WW2 that I've always wanted to do a winter crossing.  It'd have
>to be on something the size of the QE2 or the QM2, though.  No bleedin'
>way I'm doing that in something the size of a destroyer or frigate or,
>God forbid, a seagoing tug!  Maybe deck crew for a supertanker or modern
>aircraft carrier or something else of similar size to decent island.
>
>I'll pass on the winter Murmansk run, though. ;-)
>
>  
>


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                        --Albert Einstein



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