Ship Trivia Quiz

This was a quick google search,

Le Napoléon was a 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, and the very first purpose-built steam battleship in the world

Yes, it should have been Audacious or Agamemnon, but those cunning Frenchies beat us to it!

Rick

U-218 has the credit for the last ship sunk in World War Two when the British steam fishing vessel Kned was sunk on 10 July, 1945 by a mine field laid in August 1944 off Lizard Head by U-218. U-218 herself surrendered to the allies in May 1945 and ended up in Operation Deadlight.

http://www.uboat.net/special/faq.htm?question=3

O.K.  I'd hate to be the one who ends this thread...I didn't think the answer would be so difficult or draw little interest. Sorry!!  

The Noregian steam merchant ship Sneland I was sunk 7 May 1945, at 11:06 p.m. by the U-boat U-2336 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Emil Kluesmeier. 7 were lost including the captain. U-2336 surrendered at Wilhelmshaven and was destryed on January 3rd, 1946 as part of Operation Deadlight.

DDP59 the floor is yours for the next question!!!

OK...I'll crank it back up with an easy one...The North Carolina class battleship fired 2 types of projectiles from her 16" guns.

1. What were the 2 types of projectiles?

2. What are the ranges of said projectiles?

AP Mark 8 Mods 0 to 8 - 2,700 lbs. (1,225 kg)
HC Mark 13 Mods 0 to 6 - 1,900 lbs. (862 kg)
HC Mark 14 Mod 0 - 1,900 lbs. (862 kg)

AP Mark 8  45 degree 36,900 yards

HC Mark 13  45 degree 40,180 yards

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-45_mk6.htm

What, you need to be a correct answerer to post a question?

Okay, this one should be easy...

What aircraft carrier once featured the largest caliber gun ever fitted to an active warship? 

So, was i close enough? If i am, here's the next q:

The 15 inch gun mountings for HMS Vanguard were ones that had been removed from what 2 ships? 

Yes, Billy answers correctly. BTW, I did not mean to imply I even had a question, but was just curious if all new questions had to come from winning answerers within what appeared to me a rather small group. I thank you for allowing me to post!

Mine was carefully worded because, long before the IJN mounted their 18.1" guns to Yamato and Musashi, HMS Furious was fitted with a single 18" to her aft barbette, and was the only aircraft carrier once fitted with such a massive gun. 

According to Nathan Okun's "Navweaps" site, one of the only three British 18" guns produced was mounted aboard the monitor General Wolfe. While it is unclear whether or not Wolfe's gun was the one removed from Furious, the monitor holds the record for the longest hit ever fired from a Royal Navy warship (36,000 yards), although it was against a land target in Belgium.

Based on the above, the British were apparently the only navy ever to successfully score a hit with an 18" gun, against an enemy target. The IJN fired their 18.1" guns at Leyte Gulf but never scored a hit before turning away to evade torpedoes (Yamato). Japanese 18.1" ordnance was also fired against aircraft, but I don't believe these resulted in any direct hits, either (if I'm wrong, I apologize).

Interesting bits of trivia, to be sure--unless they are factually in error.

Turrets and mountings from Glorious and Courageous.

Her actual guns came from different ships. As these weapons wore down from firing, they were removed from their particular ships and refurbished, then stored away as spares and eventually supplied to other ships as replacements. By the time Vanguard came along, only 1 of her guns was from either Glorious or Courageous, the rest having been swapped-out among a number of other warships over the years.

There is an article I once read on the subject with more information on this, but my notes on it are buried somewhere (this is not an answer to the question, just an expansion on ddp's previous answer).