Videos tagged with "damage"
RRS Discovery, Dundee, Scotland. [03:16]
"Discovery" had coal-fired auxiliary steam engines, but had to rely primarily on sail beause the coal bunkers did not have sufficient capacity to take the ship on long voyages. She was rigged as a bargue. According to Shackleton, the ship was a bad sailer, and carried too much sail aft and not enough forward; while Scott worried that the design of the ship's hull was unsuitable for work in pack ice. The ship had a massively built wooden hull designed to withstand being frozen into the ice. The propeller and rudder could be hoisted out of the way to prevent ice damage. Iron -shod bows were securely raked so that when ramming the ice they would ride up over the margin and crush the ice with deadweight. The Discovery rolled badly in the open sea where the flat shallow hull, built with no protuberances to work well in ice provided minimal stability in heavy seas. The hull was made from five different types of wood to better withstand the compression of the icepack. The keep was made from the trunk of a single eucalyptus tree. Ballast in the hull was created from old iron cannon balls. Ship was rigged for scientific studies. The metallic parts of the forward part of the ship were made from bronze (non-metallic) to include the crew bed rails and anchor links. The British National Antarctic Expedition was acclaimed upon it's return but was also in serious financial trouble, and so in 1905, Discovery was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company who used her as a cargo vessel between ...
Tags: Dundee, discover, robert, scott, earnest, shackleton, angus, ship, boat, history, expetition, road, bridge, river, british, national, artarctic, visitor, attraction, museum, firth, of, tay, anchor, southern, south, mgnetic, pole, happy, mariner, discovery
Scotland: Edinburgh, The Highlands, Mary Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey [Mendelssohn's Scottish] [14:06]
A Musical Tour of Edinburgh, the Highlands and the Hebrides With music by Felix Mendelssohn Chapter I The Palace of Holyrood had its origin in a guest-house for an abbey established by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century. The abbey fell into ruin and the palace itself underwent various changes, not least after fire damage under the mid-17th century Protectorate, after which it was significantly restored under King Charles II, by the King's Surveyor-General William Bruce and the King's Master Mason Robert Mylne. Parts of the earlier building that survive, however, the include the North-West Tower, built for King James V of Scotland, father of Mary, Queen of Scots, who died a few days after her birth in 1542. The tragic story of Queen Mary, married to the the French Dauphin and after his death to Lord Darnley and, when he died, to the Earl of Bothwell, had a particular appeal to the romantic 19th century, not least through Schiller's play dealing with her death, executed after imprisonment by her cousin, Queen Elisabeth I of England, whose protection she had sought. St' Giles' Cathedral, in the Old Town, has developped gradually, with protection the medieval Burgh Kirk later provided with a Georgian Gothic casing and a Victorian internal restoration. The 15th century central tower and spire is a familiar element of the sky-line of the Old Town. The Cathedral is more properly known as the High Kirk, since, in the established Presbyterian religion of Scotland, there ...
Tags: Scotland, Highlands, Scottish Symphony, Pitlochry, Mendelssohn, yt:stretch=16:9, yt:quality=high
Monkland Canal Walk [05:13]
A walk along part of the Monkland Canal tow path in Drumpellier Country Park Coatbridge and seeing the wind damage to the trees.
Tags: Monkland, canal, wind, damage, trees, swans flying, Storm, Walk, Walking, Drumpellier, Country, Park, Coatbridge, Scotland
Knifie for Giants [00:22]
Storm 3rd Jan 2012
Tags: Storm, Scotland, Hurricane, Damage, Tree, Knife, Stab
Driving through storm with high seas - 120 mph winds [00:55]
View from car as high winds hit Largs in Scotland. Roads in and out are closed with lots of damage to local area.
Tags: storm, stormy, high winds, 120mph, scary, Largs, Scotland, 2012, Winter, sea, waves, hurricane Sea cars
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