Talk:Russian frigate Oryol (1668)
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[edit]According to the article; "The Oryol was built between 1667 and 1669 by the developing shipyard in Dedinovo, on the Oka River.[1] Although the Oryol was captured and burned in 1640,"
Now ... I don't mean to be highly critical of the article but I sense an error! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Senor Freebie (talk • contribs) 12:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
- No, no, the Oryol was designed to sail down the Volga, across the Caspian Sea, then back in time! ;-) Thanks for the correction. --Amble (talk) 16:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
- Oh so thats how it was captured and burned before it was built! How did it travel in time?--Senor Freebie (talk) 01:57, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- Not very well, I'm afraid; that's why the line wasn't continued. It turned out to be practically impossible to get a wooden sailing ship up to 88 mph, and of course the Libyan terrorists were a constant nuisance. Russian time travel research never really recovered from these first missteps until the Soviet era, when researchers were able to extract a sample of element 115 from a crashed alien spacecraft in Siberia. By that time, of course, time travel was already well developed in the West thanks to Albert Einstein's chronosphere device. --Amble (talk) 04:31, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- But it did get to 141.62 KmPH? Perhaps the article needs to be updated to point out that this was the fastest sailing ship in the world at the time.--Senor Freebie (talk) 06:10, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
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