Name the Ship Game

[Patrick Haw]

It's the Russian Akula, built in 1906

 

Patrick

[Kevin]

[Kevin]

beat me to it patrick

[Patrick Haw]

Oh well Kevin, us Victory guys are on top of things at least!

[trippwj]

One would certainly hope that she was much broader below the waterline!  That is one narrow deck!!!

[Patrick Haw]

She looks like she's drawing 11 feet in Kevin's picture so she had better be a lot broader!

 

Patrick

[maaaslo]

 

dont forget that Russians have not been using imperial feet nor the metric meters in 1906. that might be different sort of measures...

[trippwj]

Excellent point, Pav!  From wikipedia:

 

The basic unit is the Russian cubit, called arshin, which has been in use since the 16th century. It was standardized by Peter the Great in the 18th century to measure exactly twenty-eight English inches (71.1 cm).

 

Thus, 80 vershoks = 20 piads = 5 arshins = 140 English inches.

 

A piad (пядь, “palm”, “five”) or chetvert (че́тверть, “quarter”) is a hand span, the distance between ends of the spread thumb and index finger.

[Patrick Haw]

Pav,

 

I love that this site keps forcing us to do research!  I checked and up until 1924 the basic Russian unit of measurment was the arshin, which is the equivalent of 28 inches.  So if the Akula is drawing eleven arshins that means there's almost 26 feet of her under water!

 

Patrick

[Patrick Haw]

Darn, should have turned the page to read Wayne's post first!

 

Patrick

[Patrick Haw]

Are we agreed that it's the Akula, or do I have to wait for Spyglass to confirm before posting the next ship?

[Kevin]

Akula (Russian: Акула - Shark) was a submarine built for the Imperial Russian Navy. The boat was designed by Ivan Bubnov and was an amalgam of the previous Minoga and the Kasatka class submarine designs. The design was presented to the Marine technical committee in late 1905. Initially the boat was to use petrol engines but these were replaced by safer diesels. The boat's design was a single hull/ saddle tank type with a diving depth of 25 fathoms (45 m). Significant initial problems were experienced and the electric motor and propellers which needed to be replaced. Akula was the first Russian submarine able to cruise long distances. In 1912 Akula made the world's first multi-torpedo volley with five torpedoes.

She subsequently served in the Baltic Fleet during World War I making 16 patrols and unsuccessfully attacked the German battleship SMS Beowulf. She struck a mine and sank near Ventspils in November 1915 on her 17th patrol.

 

 

Displacement: 370 long tons (380 t) surfaced
475 tons (471 m³) submerged Length: 56 m Beam: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) Draft: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) Propulsion: 3 shaft Diesel electric
3 diesel engines 1,900 hp (1.4 MW)
1 electric motor 300 hp (220 kW) Speed: 10.6 knots (19.6 km/h) surfaced
4.6 knots (9 km/h) submerged Range: 1,900 nautical miles (3,500 km) surfaced, 38 nmi (70 km) submerged Complement: 34 Armament: 4 x 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes (bow) and 4 drop collars

[Anja]

Patrick,

 

I'm afraid we have to wait for Spyglass to confirm your 'hit'.

 

Anja

[Patrick Haw]

I'm not sure what to do.  I'm leaving in about an hour for the weekend and won't be back until Monday afternoon and won't have Internet access while I'm gone.  I don't want to hold up the game but if we don't get confirmation from Spyglass before I go I won't be able to post a new ship until Monday.

 

Patrick

[Anja]

Hello Patrick,

 

Rule number 4 in the game says: If the player whose turn it is has not replied in a fortnight, then the previous winner gets to post again.

 

So It's not a problem, you won't hold up the game.

 

Just go and enjoy the Easter weekend. We will see you when you get back.

Maybe Spyglass is already enjoying his weekend as well.

 

Take care,

 

Anja

[Patrick Haw]

Look for my challenge on Monday. Happy Easter

[Patrick Haw]

Apologies for the delay.  Back home from the Easter weekend now, so here it is.  Good luck

 

 

[amateur]

Great lakes stemer Seeandbee

 

Jan

[Patrick Haw]

Wow Jan, that was fast!  And you're correct.  Later converted to the aircraft carrier USS Wolverine used for training US Navy pilots on advanced carrier landings on Lake Michigan.

[amateur]

Here's the next ship.

As sources are a bit contradictory, I'll take any name of the class as correct answer.

 

Jan

[st george]

 WESPE, VIPER, BIENE, MÜCKE, SCORPION, BASILISK, CAMAELEON, CROCODILL, SALAMANDER and NATTER. They were all built by A.G. Weser in Bremen. They are all Wespe class armoured gun boats.

[amateur]

you have the type of ship correct, but there it stops.... 

Jan

[st george]

OK. Another web site gives this photo as HNLMS class "Hydra". It could be the Hydra, Ever, Das, Dog,Fret, Geep, Gier, Havik, Raaf, Brak, Lynx, Vos, Bever or the Sperwer. built in the Dutch shipyards Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper and Feijenoord Mij in the years 1870 to 1880.

Edited April 2, 2013 by st george

[amateur]

That's the one.

 

Most Dutch sources name this ship as the Hydra. (but the ships are all very much alike)

Build as river-monitors, in service long after there armament was adequate .

 

Jan

[st george]

Great fun the researching. Try this one.

 

Edited April 2, 2013 by st george

[Patrick Haw]

Looks a lot like the Willy T. Floating Bar & Grill in the Bight at Norman Island, British Virgin Islands!

[st george]

No not the Willey T.

[trippwj]

At first I was thinking it might be the Mystic Whaler, but the aft deck house and rigging don't look right.  By any chance is it the Carthaginian II - now a reef off Lahiana Harbor in Hawaii?

[st george]

Correct Wayne, it is the Carthaginian II.

It's about time I went for another visit

[trippwj]

Need someone to carry your suitcase for you :D