Name the Ship Game

[molasses]

Googling an image usually yields a lot of useless "visually similar images" like this:

 

 

and this:

 

 

Those image's sure helped me a lot.   Google is just another tool in the toolbox.

 

I concur with the Peking guess, but we need Adrieke's confirmation.

[amateur]

I'm pretty sure it's not a guess

 

btw I like the Dutch church.

 

Jan

[Cristiano]

I found something improved: three funnels instead of two: "City of Rome"

but I suppose cannot be accepted...

but maybe had a sister...

[Adrieke]

its the City of Peking yup

[st george]

Here's one for Kevin.

 

 

Good Luck

 

David

[Adrieke]

USS canonicus

[st george]

USS Canonicus, You got it. Looks like a Submarine.

[Adrieke]

would be difficult going under water when you have a smoke stack .

 

but yeah these monitor type ships do look a lot like subs

 

 

next :

[st george]

 M.V. Childar?

[Adrieke]

nope

[st george]

Hundreds of ships later I can't find that photo, but I recon that it's the ship on this web site.

 

http://home.planet.nl/~persson/Htmlbest/tabinta.html

 

The M.S. Tabinta?

 

David

[Anja]

MS Oranjestad?

[Adrieke]

the MS Tabinta is correct

[st george]

Is your photo from a book Adrieke?

 

Next from me.

 

 

Good Luck

 

David

[molasses]

SS Nizam

[st george]

SS Nizam is correct. Well done Dave.

 

Your turn.

[molasses]

Name this ship:

 

 

Good luck, you'll need it.   

[st george]

Is it the Decatur?

[st george]

There's a book called An epitome, historical and statistical, descriptive of the Royal naval service of England, by E. Miles with the assistance of L. Miles.

On page 74 is this picture with no name only the description, Man of War Schooner (new class) 6 Guns.

 

I am now going to hit the Sack.

 

David

[molasses]

Not Decatur or Amistad.

 

With a little more searching on the internet the name of the first ship in that new class of 6 gun Man of War Schooners can be found.

[Anja]

HMS Bianca Schooner Yacht?

[molasses]

Not a yacht.

[Anja]

HMS Highflyer?

 

Or

 

The Young Teazer?

 

 

Anja

[Barnacle Bill]

Actually if you go to the book (post 21074) ,  An epitome, historical and statistical, descriptive of the Royal naval service of England,

 

its viewable in google books , the boat name is shown against the illustration on page 74 . It's also on the NMM website.

[Anja]

That's a polite way of saying I'm wrong. Ok, back to the book I go.

[Anja]

Barnacle Bill,

 

I decided to check the NMM plans first and I think I found her.

 

HMS Spider.

 

But why didn't you have a go at it?

[Barnacle Bill]

That's a polite way of saying I'm wrong..

 

 Yup !  did not do it myself as don't have time to sort out a nasty one !

Edited May 20, 2013 by Barnacle Bill

[molasses]

Winner!

 

Anja is correct! It's the HMS Spider, built at Chatham in 1835. Served primarily on the South America station until 1855. She was the last design (as near as I can tell) by Sir Robert Seppings. I like her because she looks like she's doing ten knots just sitting at anchor.

 

Easy enough to find on the NMM website: look in the "Fine Art" collection, do a search for "schooner", then look at the images.

With the name you can find plans for her in the "Ship Plans, Admiralty" collection.

 

I thought you all might get as bored with Google image races as I do and would like something a little more challenging. Now that I've given away my favorite source for images that don't show up on a Google search I have to find a new one. 

 

Your turn Anja.

 

[Anja]

With my thanks to Barnacle Bill, here is the next one.

 

[molasses]

It's the Gruno.