Maritime History Quiz

Malte279 · **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2010, 04:48:46 AM

All correct and your turn it is

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #21 on:** January 27, 2010, 01:15:26 AM

I finally got one:

When we (in United States probably) first hear of the word ironclad, we remember the CSS Merrimack/Virgina vs USS Monitor during the U.S. Civil War in 1862. But what was the name of the FIRST ironclad warship, what country made it, and when?

Malte279 · **Reply #22 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:15:34 AM

In 19th century there were the British Warrior built in 1860 and the French La Glorie launched in 1859. Both of these were the first completely iron clad ships of their respective nations. Both of them still had traditional sails and rigging in addition to their steam engines.
There had been one earlier example of ships which were not completely but partly iron clad. The so called Gwiseons (Turtle ships) in Korea. Their decks were fully covered by a roof of spiked iron to protect the crew from any missiles and also stop the enemy from boarding the ship. The earliest reports about such shipes date from early 15th century, but I am not aware of the name of a first Turtly ship being passed down to us.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #23 on:** January 28, 2010, 01:48:08 AM

I had the La Gloire in mind. I guess I should've mentioned fully-clad ironclad. Your turn!

Malte279 · **Reply #24 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:51:03 AM

Which was the last major naval battle to be fought entirely by sailing ships without any steam engines involved?

Serris · **Reply #25 on:** February 04, 2010, 04:26:53 PM

Battle of Navarino (1827)

Malte279 · **Reply #26 on:** February 04, 2010, 06:09:11 PM

Aye, your turn Serris

Serris · **Reply #27 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:06:10 PM

This one should be easy.

Which WWII disaster involved the HMS Curacoa?

Malte279 · **Reply #28 on:** April 09, 2010, 04:50:42 AM

She collided with the Queen Mary (then working as a troop transport) in 1942 and sank. The number of drowned sailors was very high because the Queen Mary steamed on for fear of submarine attacks rather than picking up sailors of the the HMS Curacoa there and then.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #29 on:** May 23, 2010, 10:37:09 PM

Since nobody has posted in over a month, I'm gonna go ahead and bump this.

What sea battle took place 69 years ago today (May 24)

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #30 on:** May 23, 2010, 10:39:18 PM

The battle of the denmark strait.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #31 on:** May 23, 2010, 10:40:56 PM

Yep, poor HMS Hood quite literally lasted about five minutes against the Bismarck.

You're turn.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #32 on:** May 23, 2010, 11:10:55 PM

How many ships total were to be built in Germany's Plan Z of 1939?

Malte279 · **Reply #33 on:** May 24, 2010, 04:19:20 AM

386 (I won't pretend not to have looked that one up). They never got anywhere near this aim which called among other for 10 battleships (there only ever were two) and four aircraft carriers (one was started but never finished).

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #34 on:** May 24, 2010, 10:38:16 AM

yep your turn malte

Malte279 · **Reply #35 on:** May 24, 2010, 10:57:34 AM

The earlier mentioned explosion of the HMS Hood was not a precedent for the royal navy. Which British battleship had suffered a very similar fate before?

F-14 Ace · **Reply #36 on:** May 25, 2010, 11:51:30 AM

Well Malte, several British ships at the Battle of Jutland were blown up in a manner similar to the Hood. None of them were battleships though.

HMS Invincible

HMS Indefatigable

HMS Queen Mary

All three were destroyed by hits to the powder magazine.

Malte279 · **Reply #37 on:** May 25, 2010, 12:40:46 PM

Very good F-14.
The Queen Mary was the one I was thinking of, but you are right that the Invincible and the Indefatigable are other fitting examples.
Your turn F-14

F-14 Ace · **Reply #38 on:** May 25, 2010, 02:58:45 PM

This 1860 shipwreck on Lake Michigan claimed more lives than any other Great Lakes shipwreck.

Malte279 · **Reply #39 on:** May 25, 2010, 03:21:45 PM

The collision between the PS Lady Elgin and the Augusta of Oswego?