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In door no. 22 we return to the Netherlands and visit another VOC ship. Namely the VOC Amsterdam
VOC Amsterdam by Ashu Mathura 2014
More about her here:
The Amsterdam embarked on its first and last voyage from the Dutch island of Texel to the East Indies in 1749, after two attempts had failed - unsuccessfully due to adverse winds. But nothing went as it should. Not only did the 203-strong crew on board have to contend with a series of violent storms, but a mutiny apparently broke out in between. To make matters worse, many crew members had already died of yellow fever, but it was probably the plague after all, whereupon the sailors began to drink excessively to prevent them from dying too.
The Amsterdam's fate was grim indeed when she lost her rudder on entering Pevensey Bay harbour, leaving her defenceless against the merciless storm. Captain Klump, desperate to save his precious cargo, dropped anchor on the coast of Bulverhythe where, remarkably, much of the keel remains to this day.
At the lowest of spring tides, the ship’s ribs are exposed, and she emerges from her peaty sand grave. From top to bottom the wreck in 1969, below in 1984 and then 2021. She is still in good condition.
A replica of the ship was built in the Netherlands between 1985 and 1990 by around 400 volunteers according to the plans of the original Amsterdam, but is historically incorrect in many respects. The craftsmen used iroko wood for the hull and orientated themselves on shipbuilding techniques of the 18th century.
However, some modifications had to be made due to modern shipbuilding regulations: In addition to using tropical wood instead of oak for the hull and decks, the deck height was adjusted so that you can stand almost upright. The frames were also glued together and the ladders were replaced by stairs. The ship was transferred to Amsterdam and is moored here near the Amsterdam Maritime Museum; it can be visited as a museum ship.
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Bonjour, mes amies, I've got a #samtana update, and très interesting! An eagle-eyed follower spotted proof that Monsieur Heughan did indeed spend some romantic time à Paris with our Mademoiselle Montana a few weeks ago. Check it out! 👇
Let me present the evidence. So, apparently every Hyrox Fitness Challenge finisher gets a patch with the year they participated, some also add the city. This year it's a 2022/2023 aka 22/23 patch. 👇
Some participants put them on backpacks 👇 This is the patch from Rotterdam Hyrox, which was this past weekend.
Now, please pay close attention. This is what the Hyrox Glasgow patches looked like. 👇 Hyrox Glasgow was held about 14 weeks ago.
Here is a close up of the Hyrox Glasgow patch. 👇
Like I said, that was 14 weeks ago, and we know Sam participated 👇
Weellllll, here's the kicker. 6 weeks ago, Chloé posts about Paris. The post is a multi pic post. As you scroll through, one of the posts is a video of Chloé panning around her Paris hotel suite. And LOOK at what is on the ground, next to her bags, a black backpack with the 22 23 Hyrox Glasgow patch on it! 👀🤗
Closer look 👇
Even closer 👇
Here's a side by side comparison of the Hyrox Glasgow patch Sam received and the one on the backpack in Chloé Montana's Paris hotel suite. 👇
C'est la même chose, n'est ce pas? AKA Samesies. 🤗
And Mademoiselle M was definitely enjoying Paris à deux. There are two place settings on the table. Rumpled bed on both sides and multiple bottles of water, as well as a bottle of Veuve Cliquot champagne. Voilà 👇
Sooooo, unless Chloé likes to drink whole bottles of champagne by herself, has room service set a second place setting for an imaginary friend, and has suddenly taken up fitness competitions, the evidence, mes chéries, points to #samtana being real after all...or at least as of a few weeks ago. Oh là là and all that French jazz.
PS. For the inevitable frothers who will gnash, "But he was in England, or Scotland, or Belgium, or Holland, he couldn't have been in Paris!" Um, there's these new things called AEROplanes and they take you from any of those locations to Paris faster than you can order up an oeuf à la coque..that's a French soft boiled egg in its shell, you perverts, hahaha. 😋
Until next time, mes petits chous....oh l'amour, toujours l'amour...
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