Ship Trivia Quiz

I do not know how to edit a post so to clarify. I mean there is no BB or CV etc to imply it one of those heavies, rather that it is a minor warship of a lesser class as in not a BB or CV.

The Russian submarine Akula built in 1906 was the most successful pre-war submarine in their fleet it damaged (torpedoed doesn't actually mean sinking) the German Defense battleship Beowulf. Listed as an unsuccessful attack in some notes.

The akula hit a mine and sunk in November 1915.

Mike T.

True. But I am asking for sinking by torpedo during hostilities.

S Class submarine

No.

Hint: during Russian Civil War

British DD Vittoria.

OK, Felix, you stumped us. Ask another one, if you please.

Kindly name the highest scoring British Commonwealth submariner of WWII by ships or tonnage sunk.

That would be the U class submarine HMS Upholder.

"She made 25 war patrols while based with the 10th Submarine Flotilla at Malta. In all HMS Upholder is reported to have sunk 2 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 transports, 10 supply ships, 2 tankers and 1 trawler, totalling 128353 BRT. "

Mike T.

Well question was regarding the submariner not the submarine but correct in any case by association as Upholder's commanding officer was the tonnage king. Gentleman by the name of Malcolm David Wanklyn.

Ok, your turn.

Thank you,

As I am out of the office given a class and my students are taking their test now I'll give a simple question. Especially while using a tether connection.

Concerning the HMS Beagle:

1) What type of sailing rig did she have at the time of Darwin's historic voyage on her?

2) Was this her original sailing rig?

3) She wasn't the original ship assigned for this mission, name the original vessel.

Mike T.

HMS Beagle was originally to be configured as a brig-sloop but, after laying in ordinary for a time, was fitted out as a brig. I have read that she was modified prior to her second trip to South America by having her decks raised a bit to allow better drainage in heavy seas and that a mizzen was added which in effect changed her rig to a barque.

The original ship assigned to this mission was Hms Chanticleer.  Was this for extra credit?   ;)

Over to you Subfixer

Mike T.

I am very sorry to take so long to get back to this. Bear with me as I try to conjur up a question.

OK, sorry for the delay, I haven't had any real access to a computer for the last few days.

Here is the question:

This type of ship has been referred to as an early form of "Weapon of Mass Destuction". What were they and where were they first used?

Greek Trireme.

Battle of Salamis; 480 BCE

No, sorry bondo, the ship I am referring to could really do a lot of damage to a wide area at one time and came out at a later date.

Well then define early, because the SSBN Ohio class certainly fits the bill, bridge boy.

If it wasn't the first Polaris submarine, then this is going to be interesting!

circa 1580 AD

How about a Portugese Man of War?

stikpusher

How about a Portugese Man of War?

Ever been stung by one? I have, but as bad as it was, it wasn't  a WMD. But a ha, ha  to you anyway.

submarine http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/hist1580.html

Definition:   (Pay strict attention to the wording of the definition)

Weapon with the capacity to inflict death and destruction indiscriminately and on a massive scale.

Bomb Vessel

That's the one, if you mean a ship that was actually a bomb and not a mortar carrying vessel.   Hellburner was the actual term I was looking for. The Dutch first used them in action against the Spanish at the Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585) during the Eighties Year War. The Spanish feared them so much that when fireships (not hellburners) were set against their Armada by the English that they really ran for it. The Dutch developer of the Hellburner ship was known by the Spanish to be in England at the time so their fear of them wasn't unfounded.

Here is a link to a pretty good entry in Wikipedia about them:

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

OK Felix, your turn again.

subfixer

That's the one, if you mean a ship that was actually a bomb and not a mortar carrying vessel.   Hellburner was the actual term I was looking for. The Dutch first used them in action against the Spanish at the Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585) during the Eighties Year War. The Spanish feared them so much that when fireships (not hellburners) were set against their Armada by the English that they really ran for it. The Dutch developer of the Hellburner ship was known by the Spanish to be in England at the time so their fear of them wasn't unfounded.

Here is a link to a pretty good entry in Wikipedia about them:

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

 

OK Felix, your turn again.

That is a really interesting article.  It seems the Spanish had even more reason to fear for their Armada, since it was Elizabeth I who  hired and subsidised the inventor in Antwerp in the first place!

Kindly name a battle in which a British two-decker or larger was forced to surrender to the forces of Napoleon. There were a few compared to the opposite outcome so it should take  a bit of searching.

Edit: I mean name either the battle or the ship which surrendered or date, etc.