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RE: Next quiz - 6/8/2010 6:16:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		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

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RE: Next quiz - 6/8/2010 8:32:23 AM   
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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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?

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RE: Next quiz - 6/8/2010 8:46:52 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets


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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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.


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RE: Next quiz - 6/9/2010 5:57:21 AM   
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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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

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RE: Next quiz - 6/9/2010 6:51:25 AM   
Orm


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets


quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1

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



Edit: Awesome. After spending some time pulling my hair in frustration it is time for me to enter the bunker and ponder on this.

< Message edited by Orm -- 6/9/2010 6:54:50 AM >

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RE: Next quiz - 6/9/2010 3:40:48 PM   
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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets


quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1

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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RE: Next quiz - 6/9/2010 7:49:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ItBurns


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets


quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1

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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RE: Next quiz - 6/11/2010 6:34:36 AM   
warspite1


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Status: offline 		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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RE: Next quiz - 6/11/2010 8:43:13 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 6/11/2010 9:27:10 PM   
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I'll take a shot in the dark, how about the French Submarine Surcouf ?

Warspite1

No - not Surcouf.

Third clue:

I failed to survive WWII and my loss came during a famous episode.


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RE: Next quiz - 6/11/2010 10:47:36 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 6/11/2010 11:05:14 PM   
warspite1


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This time it is Campbelltown

Warspite1

....and this time you are right!




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RE: Next quiz - 6/19/2010 3:00:02 AM   
Mike Dubost

 

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Status: offline 		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?

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RE: Next quiz - 6/19/2010 4:41:18 PM   
Patience


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RE: Next quiz - 6/19/2010 9:30:26 PM   
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I'll go with Philippe Petain



You are correct.

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RE: Next quiz - 6/21/2010 8:05:29 PM   
Extraneous

 

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Status: offline 		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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RE: Next quiz - 6/21/2010 9:01:18 PM   
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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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RE: Next quiz - 6/21/2010 11:22:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

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.

Here is the Link: HMS Vernon


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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RE: Next quiz - 6/22/2010 8:55:36 PM   
Orm


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I saw frequent action during WWII.
My passangerspace was probably the most uncomfortable ever but I was in spite of that used as a courierplane.

< Message edited by Orm -- 6/22/2010 8:56:41 PM >

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 6/23/2010 6:26:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		The worlds first homing trop was used by what nation in 1944 at night the mission was very Top secret.


Tigercub

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RE: Next quiz - 6/23/2010 6:32:39 AM   
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but the question is not clear. the give real answer.


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RE: Next quiz - 6/23/2010 7:26:04 AM   
Orm


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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.

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RE: Next quiz - 6/23/2010 7:48:42 AM   
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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


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RE: Next quiz - 6/23/2010 8:49:06 AM   
Orm


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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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RE: Next quiz - 6/23/2010 11:29:30 AM   
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Now that IS bad
LOL

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RE: Next quiz - 6/23/2010 11:43:16 AM   
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Bomb bay doors!!!!!!
Now that IS bad
LOL


Still, shouldn´t have been too many cases of troublesome passengers.
"Passengers away!"

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RE: Next quiz - 6/29/2010 3:35:06 PM   
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Its first flight was in 1937

It was designed as an eight-seat "commuter" plane for businessmen.

It was Grumman’s first monoplane to fly, first twin-engined aircraft, and first aircraft to enter commercial airline service.

It was in Jimmy Buffett's first novel, “Where is Joe Merchant?” and named the Hemisphere Dancer.

It was used in the 1980s TV series Tales of the Gold Monkey.

Military operators

Argentina
Australia - Royal Australian Air Force - Six aircraft were used by No. 1 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF in Mediterranean.
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cuba
France
Honduras
Japan - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Paraguay - Paraguayan Naval Aviation
Peru - Peruvian Air Force
Portugal
Sweden
United Kingdom - Royal Air Force
United States
United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Force
United States Navy
United States Coast Guard

Governmental operators

United States
United States Fish and Wildlife Service operated two aircraft.

Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Civilian operators

Australia - Asiatic Petroleum
British Guiana - British Guiana Airways

Canada
Air BC
Almon Landair Ltd
European Coastal Airways
H.J. O'Connell Supplies
Oakley Air Ltd Canada
Pacific Coastal Airlines
Sioux Narrows Airways
West Coast Air Sevices

Dutch East Indies - Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij

Fiji - Yaukuve Resort

Iceland - Loftleioir

New Zealand - Mount Cook Airline

Norway

United States
Aero Accessories Inc.
Air Metal Fabricators
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines
Alaska Island Air
Alaska Fish and Game
Amphib. Inc.
Antilles Airboats
Avalon Air Transport
Baron Aviation
Caribbean Clipper
Catalina Air
Catalina Channel Airlines
Devcon Construction
Flight Data Inc.
Ford Motors
Goose Aviation
Gulf Oil
Kodiak Airways
Kodiak Western
North Coast Aero
Ozark Management
PenAir
Reeve Aleutian Airways
SouthEast Skyways
Superior Oil
Teufel Nursuries
Tuthill Corporation
Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle
Waterlines Ltd
Webber Airlines

 




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RE: Next quiz - 6/29/2010 5:16:52 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 6/29/2010 6:01:35 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 6/29/2010 6:15:22 PM   
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