Okay - first two clues from a new Which ship am I? question:
I appear as a counter in World In Flames, but a case could be made for having two (However this is not because I was transferred between two navies)
I saw service during both World War I and World War II
The Queens?
Warspite1
Not the Queens - but I like your thinking.
Next clue:
I originally had three sisters, but by the start of WWII I only had two.
Warspite1
Penultimate clue:
During my lifetime I fought against:
Russians British Finnish Germans
Ok, with the penultimate clue I'm going to narrow it down to a Russian ship that the Reds siezed during the Russian civil war. It would have fought agains the White Russians (Czarists) and perhaps the British when they landed at Archangle (I know bad spelling) then in WWII of course the Finns and Germans.
I am fairly ignorant of the details of the military side of the Russian civil was so without resorting to wiki or google I'm going to guess that its either the Marat or the Oktober Revolution. Flipping a coin it comes up Marat as my final answer.
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Okay - first two clues from a new Which ship am I? question:
I appear as a counter in World In Flames, but a case could be made for having two (However this is not because I was transferred between two navies)
I saw service during both World War I and World War II
The Queens?
Warspite1
Not the Queens - but I like your thinking.
Next clue:
I originally had three sisters, but by the start of WWII I only had two.
Warspite1
Penultimate clue:
During my lifetime I fought against:
Russians British Finnish Germans
Ok, with the penultimate clue I'm going to narrow it down to a Russian ship that the Reds siezed during the Russian civil war. It would have fought agains the White Russians (Czarists) and perhaps the British when they landed at Archangle (I know bad spelling) then in WWII of course the Finns and Germans.
I am fairly ignorant of the details of the military side of the Russian civil was so without resorting to wiki or google I'm going to guess that its either the Marat or the Oktober Revolution. Flipping a coin it comes up Marat as my final answer.
Warspite1
Top man Mr Burns!!
The final clue - was to have been - I continued to fight the enemy even after being sunk.
With typical Russian resourcefulness, she was used as a stationary battery after she had been sunk in shallow water at Leningrad
Marat had her name changed (again) in 1943, hence the reference to two counters.
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Okay - something slightly different:
What ship am I? (not that different )
I an NOT represented by an individual counter in World In Flames, although my vessel type is represented I saw service in WWII, having just missed out on WWI
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During WWI, the future leader of Free France (de Gualle) became the protege of a then well-known and respected general, who helped his career in the interwar years. Who was his patron?
1781 - 1782 HMS Vernon was a 14-gun armed ship. 1832 - 1876 HMS Vernon was a 50-gun fourth rate. She became tender to the Navy's gunnery school HMS Excellent. She was renamed HMS Actaeon in 1886. 1876 - 1886 HMS Ariadne - was jointly commissioned as HMS Vernon with the original HMS Vernon. 1886 – 1895 HMS Donegal - was renamed Vernon. 1895 – 1904 HMS Marlborough - was renamed HMS Vernon II. 1904 – 1924 HMS Warrior - was renamed HMS Vernon III. 1904 – 1923 HMS Actaeon (the original HMS Vernon (1832)) - was renamed HMS Vernon IV. 1938 - HMS Skylark - a minelaying tender, was renamed HMS Vernon.
(Q) What kind of “Frigate” was HMS Vernon durring WW2? (Q) From 1876 until 1996 what was HMS Vernon’s function?
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1781 - 1782 HMS Vernon was a 14-gun armed ship. 1832 - 1876 HMS Vernon was a 50-gun fourth rate. She became tender to the Navy's gunnery school HMS Excellent. She was renamed HMS Actaeon in 1886. 1876 - 1886 HMS Ariadne - was jointly commissioned as HMS Vernon with the original HMS Vernon. 1886 – 1895 HMS Donegal - was renamed Vernon. 1895 – 1904 HMS Marlborough - was renamed HMS Vernon II. 1904 – 1924 HMS Warrior - was renamed HMS Vernon III. 1904 – 1923 HMS Actaeon (the original HMS Vernon (1832)) - was renamed HMS Vernon IV. 1938 - HMS Skylark - a minelaying tender, was renamed HMS Vernon.
(Q) What kind of “Frigate” was HMS Vernon durring WW2? (Q) From 1876 until 1996 what was HMS Vernon’s function?
Warspite1
That's confused me - I did not know HMS Vernon was a ship in WWII. The only HMS Vernon I know is the old Royal Navy diving school in Pompey.
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1781 - 1782 HMS Vernon was a 14-gun armed ship. 1832 - 1876 HMS Vernon was a 50-gun fourth rate. She became tender to the Navy's gunnery school HMS Excellent. She was renamed HMS Actaeon in 1886. 1876 - 1886 HMS Ariadne - was jointly commissioned as HMS Vernon with the original HMS Vernon. 1886 – 1895 HMS Donegal - was renamed Vernon. 1895 – 1904 HMS Marlborough - was renamed HMS Vernon II. 1904 – 1924 HMS Warrior - was renamed HMS Vernon III. 1904 – 1923 HMS Actaeon (the original HMS Vernon (1832)) - was renamed HMS Vernon IV. 1938 - HMS Skylark - a minelaying tender, was renamed HMS Vernon.
(Q) What kind of “Frigate” was HMS Vernon durring WW2? (Q) From 1876 until 1996 what was HMS Vernon’s function?
Warspite1
That's confused me - I did not know HMS Vernon was a ship in WWII. The only HMS Vernon I know is the old Royal Navy diving school in Pompey.
Good enough
HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.
PS: 1946 HMS Vernon merged to form the Torpedo and Anti-Submarine (TAS) Branch, which assumed responsibility for naval diving which hasd been at HMS Osprey (Portland Harbour, England).
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No, not storch.
Here is the next clue.
What aircraft type am I?
1) I saw frequent action during WWII. 2) My passangerspace was probably the most uncomfortable ever but I was in spite of that used as a courierplane. 3) When I was stationed in the tropics I became a favorite among insects untill a change was made in my production.
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Here is the next clue What aircraft type am I?
1) I saw frequent action during WWII. 2) My passangerspace was probably the most uncomfortable ever but I was in spite of that used as a courierplane. 3) When I was stationed in the tropics I became a favorite among insects untill a change was made in my production.
The Mosquito. They were used as couriers to and from Sweden, running a Luftwaffe gauntlet. Dunno about the insects though. I thought they had problems with the glue in conditions of high heat and humidity.
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Here is the next clue What aircraft type am I?
1) I saw frequent action during WWII. 2) My passangerspace was probably the most uncomfortable ever but I was in spite of that used as a courierplane. 3) When I was stationed in the tropics I became a favorite among insects untill a change was made in my production.
The Mosquito. They were used as couriers to and from Sweden, running a Luftwaffe gauntlet. Dunno about the insects though. I thought they had problems with the glue in conditions of high heat and humidity.
Cheers, Neilster
Correct.
The passenger had to lie down on the bomb bay doors. Electrically heated clothes and a oxygen mask was not optional.
They had indeed trouble with the glue in conditions of high heat and humidity. That glue was also liked by insects. The troubles disappeared after they made a new glue that worked better in these conditions.
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