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    Johnk my reliable source tells me the "D" is at/on an Island South of Trondhiem called Ellingsoy that's the good news the bad news is that neither the Google or Flash Earth appear to be detailed enough to pick out 1/2 a "D" sat on the putty. However someone may know different!!

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tramontana Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 418	Post Options Post Reply Quote tramontana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 February 2008 at 5:48pm
	Johnk my reliable source tells me the "D" is at/on an Island South of Trondhiem called Ellingsoy that's the good news the bad news is that neither the Google or Flash Earth appear to be detailed enough to pick out 1/2 a "D" sat on the putty. However someone may know different!!

johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 February 2008 at 10:59pm
	Hi Ron, Thanks for that, well, if she is still there..... JohnK

johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 February 2008 at 11:01pm
	Hi Again, Also thanks for post on page 2 which I have just seen! JohnK

JamesDaly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 February 2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote JamesDaly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 February 2008 at 11:31am
	Thanks for your input guys. From what I've been reading - and there a lot of interesting literature on the D boats - it seems like they were definitely very unsung. Its a big shame there isnt one somewhere for people to see and appreciate, but I guess when they were disposing of them in the post-war period they weren't thinking too much about posterity. I'll keep you updated on my research, there are a few files in the National Archives - Damage and action reports, and a lot of detailed Naval plans for Operation Neptune - that I'm going to have a look at when I can get to Kew.

johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 February 2008 at 8:28pm
	Inded James, glad the forum was of interest and use, as mentioned one survived albeit in poor condition till a few years ago, and as you say, nothing thought of really in terms of history, vessels surving today mostly down to being houseboats, exception perhaps as private yatchs like Medusa ie kept running post service. Johnk

tramontana Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 418	Post Options Post Reply Quote tramontana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2008 at 9:59am
	johnk, time for you to book a holiday in Norway!!, great place and great people but a bit expensive, I spent a fortune chasing the "Whaleback" in Spain, what with booking the Family Holiday at Estarte and then hiring a car to look for her when she was moored in a large Marina complex just South of Rosas, it was well worth it to see her afloat and it is a great shame she now lies in a Scrapyard.

JamesDaly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 February 2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote JamesDaly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2008 at 10:50am
	I wish there was a D Boat I could have a look at, just one somewhere... it would help put all these stories im reading about into context. Maybe I'm being very naive here but if only I had the time, money and expertise to make a replica... from what i have been reading it sounds like they were built in a similar way to the Horsa Glider, prefabricated in sections then assembled at a boatyard

tramontana Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 418	Post Options Post Reply Quote tramontana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2008 at 1:48pm
	James, "D" boats were built more like a Mosquito and suffered the same problems with pre-fabricated glued joints as well as Dry Rot because of poor ventilation in the bilge area, the type of woods used were not ideal for the marine enviroment but as long as it floated and you could fire a gun or torpedo off it that's all that mattered as they were not built to last. If you had the money to build one ( barring Newson's) you would have to go abroad like Turkey who still build some nice wooden craft to order. My understanding is that there is still a large part of a "D" in Norway, so it depends how keen you are to see it, sometimes the cost becomes second place, it was the Fairmile way to have parts built and sent to a central store where the boatbuilder collected the parts he required to build one

johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:58pm
	Hello Guys, Indeed, if only!, good point Ron re Turkey, they built the Grand Turk replica sailer, now up for sale, agree quite a way to go to Norway, perhaps rely on more wealthy persons to get some upto date shots, now if you get a bit of one and incorporate it into a new structure, could the Heritage Lottery fund be interested....? think I know the answer! but you never know, support for Cutty Sark, sure some "new" bits going into that, steam locos have been done with one plaque or lever as origional bit. JohnK

tramontana Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 418	Post Options Post Reply Quote tramontana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2008 at 6:13pm
	The Medusa lottery application writer seems to have the answer on what is required to get decent funding I was involved in the search for one of the John Deere "Kiwi" Spitfire's which ploughed into a field after a collision during a "dagar, dagar" training sortie, the engine was shattered a broken prop and the cockpit crumpled the size of a milk crate and that is all that was there, it will fly again hopefully with Lottery Funding. The amount of money the Cutty Sark has had it should be in full sail after it is finished, not sat in a Dry Dock!! My task this year is back to Cyprus to have another look at "Cutlass" and the 1/2 Higgins if they are still there. Ron.