Name the Ship Game

[TRJ]

I have seen this picture before. Don't have the time to follow it though. I think it may be one of those old trustworthy ships linking remote places, somehwere Nordic I presume. Perhaps between Finland and Sweden.... Or possibly Canada/Alaska.

 

Good luck all,

 

Tjeerd

[jre8655]

We seem to be stalled.

 

Not an icebreaker nor a pilot cutter.

 

Neither is she Nordic or Canadian/Alaskan.

 

These photos were taken in 1982 at the Blairmore Pier, Loch Long, Scotland.

 

She was built in 1935 by Warren's New Holland Shipyard.  She's had four different names.  This is the third configuration of those four.

Edited May 13, 2013 by Jack Tar

[Kevin]

 

Maid of the Loch

[jre8655]

Nay.  Maid of the Loch is a paddle steamer and she's up on Loch Lomand.

[st george]

Queen of Scots?

[jre8655]

Give that man a cigar!

 

Yes, Queen of Scots.  Formerly:  the Corina and then Bournemouth Queen before being given the Queen of Scots name.

 

The photos were taken by me in the summer of 1982 while she was laid up at Blairmore Pier.  I was stationed at the U.S. Navy Site One submarine base in Holy Loch which was literally around the corner.

Edited May 14, 2013 by Jack Tar

[Kevin]

lol i was fitting a ship to the year and place built, where as the information i found never put this ship as being built there.but the right yeat

[st george]

Next up.

 

 

Good Luck

 

David

[Dan Vadas]

Is it "Worthy"?

 

  Danny

[Jim Lad]

I'm sure it's worthy, Danny, but what's the name of the ship!  

 

John

[Dan Vadas]

I'm sure it's worthy, Danny,

 

I'm not so sure it is now John - funny name for a ship anyway .

 

I'll have another guess at USNS General H.H. Arnold, aka USS General R. E. Callan.

 

  Danny

[Barnacle Bill]

:USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)

[st george]

Not the USNS General H.H. Arnold Danny and Bill

[Barnacle Bill]

OK I'll try  USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10)
 

[st george]

You got it Bill. Originally the USS General Harry Taylor (AP 145). She seved with the US Navy, Army and Air Force. Even in the Russian Navy as Akademik Vladislav Volkov. (In the 1998 movie Virus anyway). She's now the Second-largest artificial reef in the world, after the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. 

 

 

David

[Dan Vadas]

You got it Bill. Originally the USS General Harry Taylor (AP 145).

 

Damn - that was going to be my next guess - right underneath the Arnold in the List of US Navy Ships .

 

  Danny

[Barnacle Bill]

Thanks David .

 

 Here is my next mystery ship, has history.

[Dan Vadas]

WWII German cargo ship Drachenfels. Launched 1921, scuttled and scrapped in Goa 1943.

 

  Danny

[st george]

That was quick Danny.

 

http://www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de/drachenfels300.htm

 

 

David

[Dan Vadas]

That was quick Danny.

 

:)

 

This one's a bit "second-hand" . Lots of luck.

 

 

  Danny

[st george]

Danny I think we still need Bill to comfirm you're right.

[Dan Vadas]

Danny I think we still need Bill to comfirm you're right.

 

Oops - it was Bill who posted the pic, not you David. My bad   .

 

  Danny

[cog]

Wild guess ... MV Sygna

[Dan Vadas]

You got it Carl - the wreck of the Sygna on Stockton Beach, Newcastle Australia. (I think we're still waiting on Bill's confirmation of my earlier guess of his ship).

 

  Danny

[cog]

So I should wait on the outcome of your wild guess?

[Barnacle Bill]

So I should wait on the outcome of your wild guess?

 

 Sorry Guys things moved on with such alacrity I though confirmation was granted. But yes, along with her sisters Ehrenfels (who was transmitting intelligence on British shipping from a neutral harbour) and  Braunfels, Drachenfels were the last Axis ships to be sunk by an English cavalry unit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse

 

 If you can find a copy of James Lessor's book "Boarding Party, The Last action of the Calcutta Light Horse" do please read it . It really shows how ordinary people put in extraordinary situations achieved the unbelievable during WWII.

Edited May 15, 2013 by Barnacle Bill

[cog]

Hope this one hasn't been used before 

 

[Adrieke]

HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden

[BareHook]

Modern day Noah's Arc?

[cog]

Adrieke: Spot on ... congrats!

 

For those interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Koning_der_Nederlanden