Ship Trivia Quiz

So help me, Bondo, if you are referring to an airship I will nominate you for expulsion to the aircraft forum.  :P

The first undisputed sighting of the Pole was on May 12, 1926 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth from the airship Norge. Norge, though Norwegian owned, was designed and piloted by the Italian Umberto Nobile. The flight started from Svalbard and crossed the icecap to Alaska. Nobile, along with several scientists and crew from the Norge, overflew the Pole a second time on May 24, 1928 in the airship Italia. The Italia crashed on its return from the Pole, with the loss of half the crew.

The United States Navy submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) crossed the North Pole on August 3, 1958, and on March 17, 1959, the USS Skate (SSN-578) surfaced at the Pole, becoming the first naval vessel to do so.

On August 17, 1977, the Soviet nuclear powered icebreaker Arktika completed the first surface vessel journey to the North Pole.

If I had meant surface ship only, I would have said so. BTW my mother's college roomate's husband served on Nautilus, not at that time. He was XO on Calhoun and Triton, and commanded Simon Bolivar. We were good friends, he went on eternal patrol in 2008.

bondoman

First submarine, but not first "ship".

Ahem, USS Nautilus is classified as a "ship". But I assume you meant "surface ship", Correct?

First submarine, but not first "ship".

The first ship to reach the geographic north pole was SSN571 Nautilus

First to cross the North Pole.

I was thinking of HMS Blazer, but yours is much better Bondo , you win. Ask the next one

HMS Dickey! Wrecked in Queensland at.... Dickey Beach!

OK, here's one:

This Royal Navy ship lent its name to a favorite article of attire to one Austin Powers.

Yupp, you got it.

Your turn to come up with something.

Ted

USS Montana  BB-67

USS Ohio    BB-68

USS Maine   BB-69

USS New Hampshire    BB- 70

USS Louisiana   BB-71

The never built Montana class of battleships would have consisted of 5 ships. What would have been their names and hull numbers.

your turn amphib.

Tamiya sold a nice little 1/700 kit too.

The Bogue started life as a C3-S-A1 hull

Iron Shipwrights offers a kit #4-202 at 1/350 for the USS Bogue. Price around $250.00

For the more adventuresome Revell has kits for ships with C3 hulls - the USS Burleigh and the SS Hawaiian Pilot. Scale is probably 1/400. These will give you a hull to start with.

what hull classification type did the uss bogue start with & what model could  you use to build the bogue?

ddp59

After reading your link to the internet I just realized that I was there! Well not in 1827 but many years ago for an amphibious exercise. Only the name is now Pylos. Although it is a nice large bay, I can't imagine two fleets slugging it out there even if the ships were at anchor and swinging on spring lines. At the time people pointed out that the British had fought a great battle there only I didn't appreciate the details.

Just goes to show its a small world and its your turn ddp59.

well, I thought it would be harder to find the answer but you've got your naval history down pretty good.

ddp59 its your turn

HMS Asia carried the flag of Admiral Codrington at the battle of Navarino(Greece) in 1827 the last major sea battle to be fought entirely under sail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Navarino

Okay here's one for you triva buffs:

When and where was the last major sea battle fought entirely under sail?

"As I was spittin' into the Ditch aboard o' the Crocodile "... first line of  "Soldier 'an Sailor Too", dedicated to the Royal Regiment of Marines.  The other Kipling poem is "Troopin'",  with the line " The Malabar's in 'arbour with the Jumner at 'er tail,"

Well done, Ted - the floor is yours.

Rick

How about  the HMS Crocodile one of the Euphrates class troopships?  The others were the Serapis, Malabar, Jumma and Euphrates.

Ted

Perhaps you are referring to the Mary Pollock? This is just  a guess as I can find no reference as to her origin but the story of this ship being derelict and how only her cargo of timber kept her afloat is intriguing.

Wrong poem, guys.... and by the way, two other ships of this class turn up in another poem in "Barrack Room Ballads"

Rick

amphib

Subfixer

Well I spelled it wrong but not the way you think. The full title of the poem is: The Ballad of the Clampherdown. Don't know what Rick is looking for but this seems to be the only Kipling poem that I can find with a ship's name in the first line.

Ted

Well, right you are...  please, pardon me.   

Lee

Subfixer

Well I spelled it wrong but not the way you think. The full title of the poem is: The Ballad of the Clampherdown. Don't know what Rick is looking for but this seems to be the only Kipling poem that I can find with a ship's name in the first line.

Ted

amphib

The only name I see right a way in the first line of a Kipling poem is Clamperdown.

"Clamperdown"... now that is a funny name, I think you meant "Camperdown". But the four ships named this were all built as warships. I think we need to look a bit further.

The only name I see right a way in the first line of a Kipling poem is Clamperdown.

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OK, here goes...

A class of five ships was built by the Royal Navy on behalf of the Indian government during the 1860s. They were not warships, although they were lightly armed. Painted white, they each had a band of different colour round their hull for identification. What was the name of the ship with the yellow or buff band, launched in 1867.

Extra clue: The name of the ship in question appears in the first line of a Kipling poem.