Name the Ship Game

[amateur]

great lakes, here we come

[realworkingsailor]

Hey Jan: :P :P :P

[NMBROOK]

Col. James M Schoomaker?

 

Kind Regards Nigel

[realworkingsailor]

Nope, sorry.

[amateur]

I guess Andy did a search for some obscure laker, going down in a freak gale, leaving only one fuzzy picture of her in some obscure book....

 

Jan

[amateur]

Although searching along those lines, inevitable ends up at Edmundward Fitzgerald.....

Edited November 13, 2013 by amateur

[realworkingsailor]

Although searching along those lines, inevitable ends up at Edward Fitzgerald.....

 

I believe you mean "Edmund" Fitzgerald... and no, sorry.. you didn't want me to make this one too easy did you?

Edited November 13, 2013 by realworkingsailor

[amateur]

Edmund, Edward, sounds all the same to me

Yeah, I mean the other Fitzgerald, ofcourse.

 

Jan

[amateur]

SS Mataafa?

[realworkingsailor]

Not quite that far back.

[amateur]

hmmm... she sailed until 1965. That's not so far back. Was almost born then ....

 

Jan

[amateur]

After scanning lots of "SS Freighters great lakes", I came accros a certain Daniel Morell, which broke up in 1966, which is indeed not as far back as 1965

 

Jan

[realworkingsailor]

Well.. the Mataafa was wrecked in 1905.

 

But you are correct, the mystery boat is the Daniel J Morrell. Wrecked off Harbor Beach, Michigan in November 1966. Only one Survivor, Denis Hale (he's still alive BTW)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Daniel_J._Morrell

[amateur]

WIki says that Mataafa was raised, refitted and was under steam untill 1965

I'll post a new one in a few minutes.

 

Jan

[amateur]

Here it is

Hope you have some fun searching for it.

 

Jan

[NMBROOK]

Dutch brig Morgenster?

 

Kind Regards Nigel

[amateur]

yes she's a brig, yes, she is Dutch.

 

But no, she's not morgenster.

 

Jan

[egkb]

Dang.. I've just been looking in Dutch Brigs... oh well back again I go!

 

Eamonn

[amateur]

Come on guys! It's not that difficult.

This pic is all over the (dutch shiplovers) internet. (I have to admit, I halved it to prevent easy recognition )

 

Jan

[egkb]

Sorry Jan, been a bit side-tracked lately..

 

Will take another look later

 

Eamonn

[egkb]

Sorry Jan, haven't been able to put any time into your challenge recently.. sorry for leaving you 'hanging', hope to get back to you in next few days..   Looks like a bunch of us have abandoned you..

It isn't a conspiracy... Honest  :)

 

Eamonn

 

Edit 19th Nov.. Have just finished 1 hour of searching... alas I have noting except a Dutch Brig called Pollux, of which I can find no more info..

 

We may need a few clues I'm afraid..

 

E

Edited November 19, 2013 by egkb

[NMBROOK]

Sorry Jan as well,been very busy with work stuff,you have not been forgotten

Kind Regards Nigel

 

ps I think Eamonn is still recovering from that mad dash game last week

[amateur]

I think Eamon has other fish to fry in stead of recovering.

He has to find a new ship to show us here.

The brig in my picture was indeed ZrMs Pollux, Dutch Navy Brig.

No real history, so apart from one or two lines in some obscure Wiki-page and this pic there is little to find on her. 

 

Jan

Edited November 20, 2013 by amateur

[egkb]

Thanks Jan.. Pollux was the only ship I could find that even remotely looked like your post... though having said that I was almost going to offer Astrid as an answer..

Boy oh boy that was an awkward one Jan

 

Give me a few hours guys and I'll have something worthy of your attention (hopefully not as tough as Pollux though )

 

Eamonn

[egkb]

All righty then Name the Shippers.. try this one for size, not on the same difficulty level with Pollux (I can think of a rhyming word that I would call that one.. )

 

The clues are in the photo.. some BIG obvious ones there for a start

 

I reckon ye should only take about 20 to 30 mins of searching to find this.. if even that long!!

 

Eamonn

 

Clock Starts ... NOW...

 

 

[amateur]

Irish merchant ship during WWI.

Almost there....

 

Jan

[egkb]

Just a quick 'heads-up'.. wrong World War Jan, try in the other one.. 

 

Eamonn

[amateur]

The only pic showing up on my screen is SS Irish Oak, but that is only a look-alike of this one, as far as I can see.

 

Jan

[egkb]

Not the Oak Jan but you have the correct time period (they only had a very small handful of ships at this time!) have you gotten the Company yet? that would give you a massive boost in finding the ship!

I was amongst the last group of Deck Cadets for this company, in fact I never got to sail with them as they 'folded' before I could join my ship (did get to spend a rather nice 2 week Induction Phase in a hotel in Cork City with the other Deck Cadets though ) had to finish Cadetship elsewhere.. Oh Well

 

Eamonn

[st george]

Irish Alder?