life at sea is better
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HMS Surprise crew practising setting sail while docked.
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A sloth on the HMS Surprise.
this makes me inordinately happy.
:D I love our sloth! Took this picture in 2008. He had a red shirt in 2009 so he could match the rest of the Sail Crew.
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Dolphins seen from Californian on 6 March 2011.
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HMS Surprise fires a 12-gun rolling broadside.
This was so much fun! Poor Surprise is only fitted with fake Hollywood guns, so we decided to fire on Californian the only way we could before she hit us with her six-pounders.
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Taken from Californian during an eleven-day trip to the Channel Islands of California.
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“HMS Surprise”
© 2010 Tuggerdave of Flickr. Taken less than a month ago - don’t she look good?
I AM FINALLY ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, HUZZAH!!
I was aboard Surprise when this picture was taken. When was this picture taken? Why, last summer when Surprise had a role in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (coming to a cinema near you on 20 May). Even though we all rather hate pirates at the Maritime Museum, Surprise (supposedly) played a privateer… Or something. With a pirate captain and Navy crew? I don’t know what we were supposed to be, but we were clearly British. As you can tell by that ginormous flag (of the wrong period). Aside from the long hours, wearing harnesses under costumes, and Very Uncomfortable Shoes, it was a rather fun experience. Surprise now joins the Real Ships Used in the Pirates Films Club, along with HMS Bounty and Lady Washington.
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Sunset photo, taken from aboard Californian.
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American Privateer Lynx, seen from HMS Surprise.
Hello, there! My name's Katherine. I work at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, where I get to sail some lovely ships.
Here I post about my adventures aboard 