Ship Trivia Quiz

F-8fanatic, your turn.

OK....

I am looking for two ships from the 19th Century.  The first was well known as transport for the wealthy.  It sank with 122 on board.....and only one survived.  Nine years later, that sole survivor was now a lighthouse keeper......and when the second ship sank with 61 souls on board, that lighthouse keeper helped to save the only survivor from this second sinking.  

This took some Wiki sleuthing, but this is what I learned.

The Dunbar was a fully rigged ship launched in 1853 and used on the London- Sydney route as a large cargo and passenger ship. On August 20th, 1857 she was driven onto the rocks at the entrance to Sydney Harbor. The sole survivor was crew member James Johnson.

The SS Cawarra was a paddle-wheel steamship that foundered in a storm in Newcastle harbor, NSW on July 12, 1866. There was only one survivor, who was rescued by a small boat manned by the light-house keeper and his assistant, James Johnson.

Thats it.....over to you!

Cost $ 3 bucks at a gas station. Had wheels on the bottom.

what time period as in 60's, 70's, 80's or 90's because macdonalds had\have similar toys?

Man, I am totally lost with these last two replies. They are totally unrelated to each other and to the previous couple posts/ Could someone be more clear here and/or explain what's going on?

I think that the subject may be the Texaco oil tanker toy but the ones I remember had 4 wheels.

i'm trying to find out when so can determine if made out of stamped tin\steel or plastic.

Sub is the winner. I have a post up over in ships about my copy, and they are just coming out of the woodwork with stories of their own.

Your turn, Lee.

BTW they are building my 49ers signs in Virginia Beach.

Lee you are at the helm.

Darn. that was a bridge we just missed.

Ha ha, GM! Next question to come up shortly.

What USN carrier was the primary flight deck used by the Blue Angels for carrier qualifications during the 60s and 70s?

Ranger?

Nope!

Hint: their home base is/was NAS Pensacola.

Oh heck... FID?

She is in Corpus Christi now.

So at least this isn't a trick and it's a runway with a cable.

Independence?

No, it is not a trick and no, it wasn't Independence. The Blue Angels are a unit of the Naval Air Training Command in Pensacola, Florida.

ex uss lexington

 USS Lexington CVT/AVT-16

I thought that question would have been answered faster than that with all of the hints and clues.

Ask away ddp59

“Who controls the past controls the future,
who controls the present controls the past.” — Big Brother

(This is not my first temporal anomaly.)

FSM is locked. AGAIN !!!

what is HMS Ocean's(LPH01) hull design based on?

The helicopter carrier's hull is based on the Invincible Class aircraft carriers, also built by Vickers.

your turn.

Why did BB-39 remain stateside during the first World War?

none of the oil burning battleships served overseas during ww1 because of possible oil shortage.

Yes indeed as the Europeans all fueled with coal.

Your turn, D