The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread
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Hello!
Greek Aetos class destroyer?
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Greek Aetos class destroyer?
Best regards, Aleks
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hi, Aleks,
very good, yes, it is AETOS herself.
please, carry on ...
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very good, yes, it is AETOS herself.
please, carry on ...
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Please identify these two ships.
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Please identify these two ships.
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hi, Aleks,
HMS ASHANTI and SOMALI, September, 1942 ?
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HMS ASHANTI and SOMALI, September, 1942 ?
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According to this source:
http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/number982.asp
the second ship is HMS Tartar.
Nevertheless, you've got all the rest correct, so over to you again!
Best regards, Aleks
According to this source:
http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/number982.asp
the second ship is HMS Tartar.
Nevertheless, you've got all the rest correct, so over to you again!
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hi, Aleks,
thank you ... here´s yet another destroyer ...
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thank you ... here´s yet another destroyer ...
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The general appearance screams "British", the funnels look like a Tribal ....
but there seems to be two sets of torpedo tube and there's something odd with the B gun emplacement
but there seems to be two sets of torpedo tube and there's something odd with the B gun emplacement
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hi, Olivier,
hint # 1 : fought in a RN squadron (successfully), but herself not British ...
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hint # 1 : fought in a RN squadron (successfully), but herself not British ...
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Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers, I believe.
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your belief is right
carry on, Canada
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your belief is right
carry on, Canada
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Thanks, PB.
To pose another RNN-related question, which Dutch warship was damaged during the 9 April 1942 raid on Trincomalee? (And for a bonus point, what was it hit by?)
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To pose another RNN-related question, which Dutch warship was damaged during the 9 April 1942 raid on Trincomalee? (And for a bonus point, what was it hit by?)
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hi, Rob,
Light cruiser HNLMS SUMATRA, a sister ship of the already sunk JAVA, was the only Dutch ship present in harbour, JACOB VAN HEEMSKERCK and ISAAC SWEERS being with Forces A and B, but what she was hit with, I could not find out.
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Light cruiser HNLMS SUMATRA, a sister ship of the already sunk JAVA, was the only Dutch ship present in harbour, JACOB VAN HEEMSKERCK and ISAAC SWEERS being with Forces A and B, but what she was hit with, I could not find out.
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Well done, PB, it was indeed Sumatra.
According to J. Anten, H. Klom, D. van Lunsen, R.F. van Oosten, D. Pilkes and M.G.J. van Zeeland, Hr. Ms. Kruisers 'Java' en 'Sumatra', Zierikzee, Netherlands: Asia Maior, 2001, Sumatra was hit by a bomb which did not explode. We know that it was a 800kg bomb because that is what all the Kates which attacked Trincomalee were armed with.
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According to J. Anten, H. Klom, D. van Lunsen, R.F. van Oosten, D. Pilkes and M.G.J. van Zeeland, Hr. Ms. Kruisers 'Java' en 'Sumatra', Zierikzee, Netherlands: Asia Maior, 2001, Sumatra was hit by a bomb which did not explode. We know that it was a 800kg bomb because that is what all the Kates which attacked Trincomalee were armed with.
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hi, Rob,
thank you.
the next question is more straightforward ... who is he ?
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thank you.
the next question is more straightforward ... who is he ?
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Temporary Lieutenant Robert Hampton GRAY, R.C.N.V.R., a Corsair pilot on Formidable, who received a posthumous VC for his sinking of a Japanese warship on 9 August 1945. I believe that his VC was the RCN's first and that it was the last one awarded in WW2.
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