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Offline stokerstan

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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2008, 10:22:04 AM »
Too easy James.  If you visit Falmouth and go to Fish Strand Quay you will see the plaque with news of Trafalgar; ten yards to the right second plaque for operation chariot and the five V.C.s won.

Easy, peasy!!!!!!!! Bring on the tough ones.

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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2008, 10:35:36 AM »
OK Stan,

This obscure enough?



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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2008, 03:18:21 PM »
James I do not know the ship but do you know the relevance and history of the pennant?   ??? ???
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« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2008, 03:39:29 PM »
Got me on this one James, looks WW1 but could be wrong! As for pennants I never spent enough time on the upper deck to know what a pennant was. But that certainly looks like a Yankee flag

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« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2008, 04:37:59 PM »
Don't let the flag put you off.

And just a little later than WW1

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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2008, 09:29:46 PM »
Well, Cath got it. It's the Mighty Hood on the Empire Cruise.

Next one - I don't want the ship.



Remember, not the ship but the name of the Naval Commander who was committed to the deep from this ship in 1967. Just to help you, a photo of the actual committal.

Look closely and you'll see the name of the ship.

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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2008, 10:09:48 PM »
Sounds like Commander Crabbe, the diver trhat went missing after the Russian ships with Krushcof and Bulgarin visited.
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« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2008, 07:44:07 AM »
Mike,

It's not Lionel "Buster" Crabbe, you are about a decade out.

If you want to read the official cabinet papers, inter-office memos, press reports and other documents they can be downloaded from the RNA 10 Area document Archive.

Crabbe Papers (90.5Mb .pdf)

Back to the quiz, thinking hats on.

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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2008, 10:01:02 AM »
James, Does it have any connections with 007?

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« Reply #24 on: April 14, 2008, 02:23:36 PM »
Quote from: stokerstan on April 14, 2008, 10:01:02 AM
James, Does it have any connections with 007?

Cath

Quite correct Cath. In fact, here's the news headlines from the era.



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« Reply #25 on: April 16, 2008, 09:55:24 AM »
It was James Bond in You Only Live Twice.

The ship was HMS Tenby, and I believe the filming took place off Malta in mid-winter.

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« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2008, 12:29:29 PM »
Slight twist...

Name the last RN Warship with three funnels

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« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2008, 06:42:30 PM »
Apollo, Manxman, Abdiel.


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« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2008, 07:14:20 PM »
Hi Barry,

Welcome aboard.
Sorry, but it's none of the above.

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Re: Guess the ship.
« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2008, 07:47:18 PM »
Hi, the last three funneller would be the Bristol and is the pennant the church flag?  a combination of the George cross and Dutch flag signifying a truce between the warring parties during church services.

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