Simon F

Are you a shore establishment?

Well done 10 out of 10 :P

My primary weapon is the torpedo. During WWII I had a significant role to play during the battle of Taranto and in sinking the Bismark. What am I and which branch of the Royal Navy do I represent?

Thanks Eddie I shall have to get my thinking cap on for my next one as there are some high calibre questions coming out here

The Sovereign of the seas, later renamed the Royal Sovereign 1500 tons, 3 decks and 102 guns, designed and built at the Deptford yard in 1637. Her first engagement was the Battle of Kentish Knock during the First Dutch War on 28 September 1652 when it is alleged that Sovereign of the Seas destroyed a Dutch ship with a single broadside. The First, Second and Third Dutch Wars and the English Succession War, in addition to six major naval battles. 1666 June 1-4 Participated in the Four Days' Battle against a Dutch fleet. 1666 July 25 Participated in the Battle of St. James's Day. 1672 Participated in the Battle of Texel agains a Dutch fleet. 1673 August 11 Participated in the Battle of Solebay agains the Dutch Navy. 1690 June 30 Participated in the Battle of Beachy Head against a French fleet. 1692 May 19 Participated in the Battle of Barfleur against a French fleet. 1696 January 27 Accidently burnt while laid up at Chatham.

That's some interesting information, have you had an opportunity to visit the grave? Ohhh......next question please :cheeky:

Well done Eddie. They don't build em like that anymore!

Eddie I think we both know which is the better answer Hats off to you...

Good call I came up with: 1916 July - The first effective depth charges were produced, the Type D with 300 lbs TNT, and smaller D* with 120 lbs. An early version was used Mar. 22 by the British Q-ship Farnborough to sink the German sub, the U-68, that became the first casualty of this new weapon.

Are you the British Q ship Farnborough?

Thanks Christophe I was hoping the learning side would be one of the benefits. I will also gain knowledge through the questions asked... Next question please, I can't wait

Hopefully we will get some more interest/involvement when the other chaps visit in next? Still you guy's are doing a damned fine job

Gahhh...... beat me to it, I was too long writing the answer Still all's fair, etc, etc

Good question! ;)

Well done that man :P

Well I edited the rules slightly, so if you want to defer, I can pitch another on your behalf otherwise have fun coming up with the next one :jumping:

Yes thanks Cristophe, no problems, Eddie gets to decide the next question if he wishes?

Ooops, sorry Eddie I had to delete the second question and you beat me to the post (literally )but again, correct. Well done guys :lol:

Hi Christophe Completely correct Feel free to put forward your own question. For now to keep it ticking I will ask another. Who were the original "band of brothers" Hint: We are still on a Nelsonian theme....

Just for a bit of fun I thought I would try you guy's here with some RN trivia questions. The rules are simple: The first person to respond with the correct answer can ask the next question if they wish? Or defer the question and I can pose one on their behalf. The person posing the question indicates whether the answer is correct or not and allows for other answers if the first is wrong. If after a reasonable time period nobody is able to come up with the answer, please provide a hint or clue and a reasonable time after that provide the answer with the next question to maintain the flow. So here goes the first one.... What was the name of Nelsons first ship?

I found this to be a particularly interesting snippet of information! Does anybody else have any bizarre stories to share? From Der Krieg Zur See: Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten ed. Arno Spindler (German official history): The Loss of U 28, Kapit?nleutnant Georg Schmidt, on 2.9.1917 On 19.8.[19]17 U 28 left Emden for the war on shipping in the Arctic Sea. Officially confirmed newspaper reports state that, on 2.9.17 at 1155 a.m., 85 miles NbE1/2E from North Cape, in position 72?34N, 27?56E, the U-Boat attacked the armed English steamer Olive Branch, 4649 t., carrying munitions from England for Archangel. Since the steamer was not sunk by a torpedo hit, U 28 came to close range to finish her with gunfire. The second shell hit the cargo of munitions, which detonated with an enormous explosion, whereby the U-Boat was so badly damaged that it sank. Some men of the crew of U 28 were seen swimming, but were not picked up by the Olive Branch's lifeboats. No survivors. The First World War German submarine U 28 was sunk in remarkable circumstances. One account, in Under the Black Ensign by R.S. Gwatkin-Williams (London: Hutchinson, 1926), says that when the cargo of ammunition carried by the British ship Olive Branch was touched off by one of U 28's shells in a close range surface bombardment, a truck carried as deck cargo was blown into the air, only to land (from a great height) on the U-Boat, sinking it. Althouth this version first appears in print several years after the event, it is feasible that the blast of the explosion, followed by the resultant tidal wave could have laid the submarine over far enough to swamp her open hatches. A heavy lorry crashing down on deck would have contributed to the damage, though probably not sufficiently to be fatal to a strongly built vessel like a submarine.

The gun that you can see in the first picture I reckon is the Vickers 3 pounder. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3pounder_V_mk1.htm

My pleasure. Hopefully I will come across some snippet that will clue me into an ID of the second pic for sure., I will let you know as and when. I hope you will post something else to get the proverbial nashers into.

I think my hunch about this being mercantile or a trawler is close to the mark. If you study the picture you will see some of the clues that I am looking at. 1. The angle of the mast suggests that this is the forward end of the ship which would suggest this vessel is going in the opposite direction to the one silhouetted, perhaps this unit is on protection/picket duty? I would think that this mast positioning would not be seen on anything other than a trawler/medium sized merchantman. 2. The horn in the picture would be facing away from the bow to prevent water ingress from the waves breaking over again suggesting that this is the front end. It would be difficult to tie this down to a specific vessel as there would be umpteen variations of this kind of ship, especially merchant. I have included two pics here. One showing the mast configuration and angles of, the other showing a naval pipe facing away from the bow, hopefully this gives you an idea behind my reasoning. I would be interested to hear other view points.

Thanks Chris for your observations. My hunch about the second picture would be that it is a merchant ship or RN trawler, a lot of which would have been armed and manned by the RN in wartime. The indications for this are the relative small size of the gun, the apparent smallish size of the vessel and the general state of the rigging (merchant fleet don't hold as big a stock on upkeep and general appearance of vessels). The ship in company in the background also seems to be merchant by it's silhouette, which again could be a good indicator of this.