The reality of fishing port life… a trailer for a new film by Buttz Yoddles. My thanks to Fowey-based wooden boat builder Marcus Lewis for this one!
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Admiral Michiel de Ruyter gets the movie treatment
Michiel de Ruyter (ADMIRAL) – Trailer from Rebel Film on Vimeo.
Just to explain… This is the Admiral de Ruyter who famously led the Dutch Navy’s Raid on the Medway in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
He should be better known to us Brits – and I gather the new film will be available with subtitles. Check the starry cast by the way…
De Ruyter bombarded and then captured the town of Sheerness, then sailed up up the River Medway to Chatham, where the Dutch burned three capital ships and ten smaller naval vessels, and towed away the Unity and the Royal Charles, then the pride of the English fleet.
It was one of the worst defeats in the Royal Navy’s history, and led to a quick and favourable peace for the Dutch.
Read about De Ruyter here, and for a more English view of the Raid on the Medway, click here.
Cargo carrying dhows film
This striking video comes from the Facebook page Historic Vessel Vega, which belongs to SailVega, a charity that operates the 120-odd year old Norwegian built vessel, delivering donated educational and medical supplies to isolated island communities in South East Asia. Donate here.
Here’s another from the same source: