Naval Questions part 1

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These questions are taken from a small book compiled during a convoy in WW2, so modern equivalents are non starters.

Questions

1 What is the Admiralty Flag?

2 What were Nelson's three chief victories?

3 Who is the only permanent member of the Board of Admiralty?

4 What is the motto of the Royal Marines?

5 What is H.M.S. St Vincent?

6 What does an officer do when he steps onto the quarter-deck?

7 When is a ship "underway"?

8 What is the brow of a ship?

9 What is the highest rank in the Royal Navy?

10 Whose statue stands outside the north-west door of the Admiralty, in the Mall?


Only 490 more questions to go:costumes:

regards Collin:ernae:

[Good_2_Be]

4. Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea, By Land)

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1 down...9 to go

Well done G2B.

regards Collin:ernae:

[dhasdell]

4 otherwise "by horse, by tram"

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2 = Aboukir Bay, Cape St. Vincent, Trafalgar

5 = Four ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS St Vincent:
HMS St Vincent was an 8-gun fireship captured from the French in 1692 and sold in 1698.
HMS St Vincent was a 14-gun sloop, previously the Spanish ship San Vicente. She was captured in 1780 and sold was sold in 1783.
HMS St Vincent was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used as a training ship from 1862, and sold in 1906.
HMS St Vincent was a St Vincent class battleship launched in 1908 and sold in 1921.
HMS St Vincent was a boy/junior training establishment in Gosport from 1927 to 1966.
HMS St Vincent was the home of the Royal Navy section of the Royal Naval Reserve's London centre, HMS President between 1983 and 1992.
HMS St Vincent was the Navy's communication centre in Whitehall from 1992 to 1998. It then became known as 'MARCOMM COMCEN (St Vincent)'.

whew.........:d

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Pat,

Aboukir Bay....do you mean the Nile?
Cape St Vincent.....nah..
Trafalgar....yep.

I did explain that the book was written before 1945, and that instead of the usual HMS the question was punctuated H.M.S.

regards Collin:ernae:

[PSULLYKEYS]

Aha you sly devil you!!!

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5. = HMS St Vincent was a boy/junior training establishment in Gosport from 1927 to 1966.

7 = When :It is not aground
It is not at anchor
It has not been made fast to a dock, the shore, or other stationary object.

8 = Gangplank – A movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier; also known as a "brow".

9 = Lorde High Admiral

[Good_2_Be]

1. Gold "fouled" Anchor, Red background

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10. Captain James Cook

[hewman100]

3. First Sea Lord

6. Salutes?

[PRB]

6. Salutes?

Well, in the US Navy, all hands face aft and salute the colors when stepping onto the quarter deck, not just the officers.

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Hmmm....lets see now.

According to the book written between 1940 and 1945,:costumes:

ANSWERS

1 A yellow anchor and cable, horizontal, on a red field.

2 The Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar.

3 The Secretary.

4 Per Mare, Per Terram.

5 A naval shore establishment.

6 Salutes.

7 When she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground.

8 The gangway.

9 Admiral of the Fleet.

10 Captain Cook's.

G2B got 1[close], 4, 10.

Psully got some of 2, 5[using the area bombing technique], 7, 8.:costumes:

Hewman100 got 6.

regards Collin:ernae:

[PSULLYKEYS]

Hmmm....lets see now.

According to the book written between 1940 and 1945,:costumes:


Psully got some of 2, 5[using the area bombing technique], 7, 8.:costumes:

regards Collin:ernae:

Darn, I thought you said 1940 - 45, the most used bombing program in that period was the area bombing technique!!!!:costumes::costumes: