Ship Trivia Quiz

I said Vegetable!

You wouldn't want them "springing" up on a vessel in any case. The original question was meant more as a joke than anything else, just to get the quiz rolling again.

The answer is "leeks". 

First one to read this may ask the next question.

subfixer

The answer is "leeks". 

First one to read this may ask the next question.

BOO!!! (Leeks / Leaks)

Next question: The largest catamaran in the world is Hemisphere.

What is a SECOND largest catamaran in the world?

CHE www.catamarans.com/.../Che.aspx

ddp59

CHE www.catamarans.com/.../Che.aspx

I thought to was Douce France, but it's yours, ddp59.

TomZ2

ddp59

CHE www.catamarans.com/.../Che.aspx

I thought to was Douce France, but it's yours, ddp59.

ddp59 ???

how many aircraft elevators on the ford class carriers?

3

your turn

Lee? Lee?

Saw one of the BIG Americas Cup boats today sailing in the Bay while I was driving across the GGB on the way to work.

Tough life, I know...

three, they took the same basic layout used on the Nimitz, but deleted the amidships starboard elevator.

edit:Oops, didn't see that it was already answered on this page.

This ship is listed as "Obstacle No. 73" in Polish charts. What is the story on this vessel?

Wilhelm Gustloff www.deepimage.co.uk/.../wilhelm-gustloff_j-kappes.htm

GMorrison

Lee? Lee?

Saw one of the BIG Americas Cup boats today sailing in the Bay while I was driving across the GGB on the way to work.

Tough life, I know...

Lucky!

OK, ddp, ask away.

approximately how many were killed on that ship & who\what sank it?

Soviet Submarine, and approx. 9,400 souls

your turn.

Moi??Oh, OK. At the end of "Lord of the Flies", the first movie version, the boys are rescued by what ship? The name is visible on the uniform patches.

How many poles are there north of the equator. And no Lee, we do not mean in Warsaw!

Wait a minute, what was the answer to the first question? Which one are we going with?

The answer to GM's first question is HMS Troubridge.

1: north pole, alaska

2: geographic north pole

3: instantaneous north pole

4: magnetic north pole(aka dip pole)

5: geomagnetic north pole(aka dipole)

www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm

Thanks for the clarification on the HMS Troubridge. I never saw that answer.

I knew about three of those poles, not the other two. Man, I love this Thread; I learn so much!

Well that was fun.

First- Lee (Subster) it's yours.

Second- Trousdale seems to have been the go-to Hollywood/ Sheperton ship for movies.

Third- great call ddp on North Pole Alaska! I had four but that's definitely a five!

I'm giving it to ddp. He came up with a way better answer than what I did and deserves the win.

ddp59, Ask the next question.

what is different about HMS Troubridge posted above to that during the war? also what was her classification compared to the war?

Quite a bit was different about the ship after the refit.  During the war, she was a T-class Destroyer, carrying four 120mm/4.5 inch guns, 8 torpedo tubes, and a pair of 40mm Bofors.  She displaced 2,586 tons fully loaded for sailing.  She had an overall length of 362 feet, 9 inches,. and a top speed of just under 37 knots.  After the war, she was converted to a Type 15 Frigate.  She lost 4 feet of overall length, gained almost 200 tons in loaded weight, and was about 2 feet wider in beam.  Because of the added weight, she was slower--down to 31 knots.  She also had reduced weaponry--down to one twin 4-inch gun mount, one twin 40 mm bofors mount, and a pair of anti-sub mortars.  She did, however, add radar in the conversion.

During the war, she carried the pennant number R00....after the refit, she carried F09

And... in "The Bedford Incident" she flies her F flag, although shes supposed to be a USN DD!