Ship Trivia Quiz

Not amphibious.

Not a bomb vessel.

Monitor is what I wanted.

And their characteristic: Light structure, little armor, usually slow, very powerful ordnance.

monitors like hms abercrombie & hms roberts.

The bomb ketch(vessel), no defensive use, and a very awkward vessel to manuever. Some were used in the attack of fort McHenry.

Mike T.

Amphibious warfare ships! 

What is the name for a type of warship especially used for offense against the coast of an enemy?

Optional:  What is characteristic of their construction versus their armament? 

Rich

Might that be the Egyptian Killick anchor?

Killicks is correct!  Told you it was a simple one.

Might that be the Egyptian Killick anchor?

Lets try another simple one to get the juices moving...

Anchors have been used on ships since, well, ships have been around. In ancient times, mariners put stones in wood or iron baskets, with hooks on the base. What were these old anchors called?

Hint: Today the name of this ancient anchor, is used as a term to describe a small, possibly improvised, anchor.

bondoman

Rich:

Sorry Lee, I called you Bill. For some unknown reason I thought it was Bondoman's question.

 

Me:

Lee:

Chortle, chortle chortle... 

John Sargeant is the answer.

Rich

Sorry Lee, I called you Bill. For some unknown reason I thought it was Bondoman's question.

Me:

Lee:

Sorry Lee, I called you Bill. For some unknown reason I thought it was Bondoman's question.

You barely beat me to it.

It pops up right away if you google it Bill.

I say that was the S.S. John Sergeant.

Okee-dokee...

This Liberty ship has the distinction of being the first commercial vessel fitted with a gas turbine, variable pitch propellor. What is her name?

You've got it, subfixer.

I suppose Barrow-builts have always interested me and having recently bought the Combrig kit of HMS Vengeance its diffeences sprang to mind after I answered the previous question. The only thing missed was that Vengeance was the first ship to be built entirely bt one company. Vickers were able to make every bit of the ship. Gun, engines etc. were all produced i'n house' so to speak.

A link to some photos of Barrow-built ships... http://www.southlakes-uk.co.uk/ships.html

A link to some photos of the builders model of HMS Vengeance... http://david-j-ross.fotopic.net/c1923671.html

Anyway, over to you now.

HMS Vengeance  Guns were capable of being reloaded atany elevation and her turrets were armored (armoured) with Krupp steel and were flat sided. Vengeance was the only one built in by Vickers in Barrow which is why, I assume, she is dear to davros. The "stellar connection" is why I initially chose Canopus.

subfixer

I am going to say HMS Canopus.

Very close. Right class, wrong ship.

I am going to say HMS Canopus.

lets see... My guess is the HMS Andromeda, and her armament the Exocet and SeaWolf missiles.

Wow, perhaps I was too cryptic. It is a Royal Navy vessel and to clarify, and expand on, the clues.

The class that this ship belonged to bore the name of a star visible in the sky of southern hemishere.

Its main armament had a capability not found on its sister ships.

Its method of construction was different in where its parts came from. It was a first for a British ship.

And, finally, for those who would like an American angle. Two American ships carried the same name as the class of ship which features in my question. Their purpose, coincidentally, could be linked to the preceding question.

subfixer

 

davros:

 

Finally a nice easy (for me) question. Boats built by Vickers here in Barrow have always interested me. Now to my question.

Prabably an easy one but here it is. Ships in a class often have minor differences. This ship differed from its sisters in a line up, with stellar connections,  This ship's main armament were the main differences. Can anyone  name the ship, the differences and an unusual reason its construction was unlike its sister ships?

 

 

I believe davros was referring to Royal Navy ships.

Well, I guess you've stumped us, davros. Cut us some slack and help us out, please.

davros

Finally a nice easy (for me) question. Boats built by Vickers here in Barrow have always interested me. Now to my question.

Prabably an easy one but here it is. Ships in a class often have minor differences. This ship differed from its sisters in a line up, with stellar connections,  This ship's main armament were the main differences. Can anyone  name the ship, the differences and an unusual reason its construction was unlike its sister ships?

I believe davros was referring to Royal Navy ships.

There was a class of AKA named in part after stars:

Andromeda · Aquarius · Centaurus · Cepheus · Thuban · Virgo · Achernar · Algol · Alshain · Arneb · Capricornus · Chara · Diphda · Leo · Muliphen · Sheliak · Theenim

All these ships were built on the same standard hull design, but there were some differences from ship to ship. The armament varied, as did that of the other ships of the day. During 1944-1945, the 5"/38 was recognized as the best gun for the dual role of antiaircraft and naval gunfire support, and the 40 mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun. The older 20 mm and .50 caliber guns had been recognized to be of limited value, and were being phased out, though they appeared on some of these ships. The 20 mm's were later removed from all of them, but it is not clear just when this happened.

star as in a sun or as an actor\actress?

Shirley Temple

Perhaps a little hint is required.

Try thinking of the name of a star to get the class of this ship.

Well, I have no idea... Google search for "star ship" goes all over the place...

davros

Finally a nice easy (for me) question. Boats built by Vickers here in Barrow have always interested me. Now to my question.

Prabably an easy one but here it is. Ships in a class often have minor differences. This ship differed from its sisters in a line up, with stellar connections,  This ship's main armament were the main differences. Can anyone  name the ship, the differences and an unusual reason its construction was unlike its sister ships?

What kind of a dumb question is that? It's much too easy. I knew the answer immediately, oh yes I did!! But I'm not going to dignify this with my answer. Oh no, absolutely not! Forget it! 

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