BareHook Posted June 20, 2014 Share #2791 Posted June 20, 2014 Hmmm, sort of reminds me of the river vessel in the movie "The Sand Pebbles" though I cannot tell if she is armed in that photo. Quote Current Build: Authentic Hannah Kit Bash Pending Continuation: Sea of Galilee Boat Completed Build: MS AVS On Shelf: AL Independence, Blue Jacket Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 20, 2014 Share #2792 Posted June 20, 2014 No weaponry on her (except perhaps the odd shot gun carried by a hunter taking passage). Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jud Posted June 20, 2014 Share #2793 Posted June 20, 2014 One walking beam, so dependent on rudder, can't slow or reverse one paddle wheel as an aid to maneuvering. That observation does not help identifying her. jud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 20, 2014 Share #2794 Posted June 20, 2014 It's a head scratcher, that's for sure Andy Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2795 Posted June 21, 2014 Hmmm.... Time for a hint, perhaps? Part of her still exists. Andy Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2796 Posted June 21, 2014 Risking embarrassment.....I was going to guess SS Ticonderoga. Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2797 Posted June 21, 2014 It's not embarrassing.... Just not correct I'm afraid.... Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2798 Posted June 21, 2014 Okay, it the lake freighter 'Nanticoke' operated by Canada Steamship Lines? Cheers Slog Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2799 Posted June 21, 2014 Er...... Not quite.... Sorry.... Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2800 Posted June 21, 2014 Okay, how about 'George E. Starr' ? Slog Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2801 Posted June 21, 2014 Looks a bit like Norseman (apart from the colour, that is...) Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2802 Posted June 21, 2014 Nope, and nope... This one's proving a bit hard to nip in the bud..... Andy molasses 1 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2803 Posted June 21, 2014 Nope, you got it. Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 21, 2014 Share #2804 Posted June 21, 2014 Sorry, but why was this too easy? For us Europeans, all these lakers look alike, so for us it's quite tough Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted June 22, 2014 Share #2805 Posted June 22, 2014 I just googled the pic When you say "I just googled the pic" do you mean you spent ages trying different 'key' words based on the available information searching google images? or Uploaded Andy's picture or URL in to 'Search Images' and let google do the work? I am relatively new to this game but believe there is an unwritten agreement that the 2nd method is generally frowned upon. Unless the picture is from someones own private library it kind of makes the game pointless. my 2 cents worth. Slog Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 22, 2014 Share #2806 Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) @Captain Slog: Actually the best part of this game is that someone points us a ship, first as a mystery photo, then in the process of finding which ship is that we find an interesting history regarding her. So googling a photo isn't frowned upon, yet all those which know it's so easy to find it that way use photos from other sources so that googling comes with no results! For instance, the mystery photo posted by our friend Spyglass shows a very interesting ship for me.. looks like 17th to 18th century... my favourite period... so where this wonder is? Later edit: I think I found her... she is the "Peggy", an armed yacht of 1791 (so I was right with 18th century haha) She was found in a cellar in 1936 an now is a key exhibit in the Castletown Maritime Museum in Manx. @Spyglass: thank you very much for pointing us this... a VERY interesting thing! Edited June 22, 2014 by Doreltomin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted June 22, 2014 Share #2807 Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Hi Doreltomin, I think you misunderstand my concerns. I use Google Images to search for mystery ships. For Andy's example I would type in "Side Wheel Paddle Steamer" or a combination of words related to the mystery ship and then search the images to see what it brings up. If I find an image which looks right I will check some other sites until I think I have the answer. This is not what I am talking about as being 'wrong'. What I am talking about is just 'uploading' Andy's image into the 'Search Image' function of Google Images and a few seconds later Google giving me the answer. Where is the fun in that! I could get the correct ship name right 99% of the time doing this. Only way not to 'win' this way is if someone got there 1st. For Spyglass's 'manboat' image, it took less than 2 minutes to download the image to my desktop, rotate the picture 10 degrees clockwise, upload it to the Search images function in Google Images and then for it to give me the website to get the name just to see how easy it can be. I never knew about the 'Search Image' function until very recently but still choose not to use it for 'competition' sake but if I am not playing in the spirit of the game then I apologise to all. I'll get back in my box now. Slog Edited June 22, 2014 by Captain Slog egkb 1 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 22, 2014 Share #2808 Posted June 22, 2014 Hello Captain Slog, It is certainly easy to find a ship this way, yet I am very grateful to Spyglass that he pointed to us this interesting boat. I could have never known there is such a thing would he have not posted that mystery photo. Then, as I have said previously, the only answer to the "image search" scheme is to put in a mystery photo from your own collection so that Google comes with no significant result. Just wait for my next mystery and you will see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 22, 2014 Share #2809 Posted June 22, 2014 Slog, That doesn't often work and the more intrepid players alter the pic... remove background, flags, etc. Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old salt Posted June 22, 2014 Share #2810 Posted June 22, 2014 Didn't have a clue on any of the last few. But..... Where's the next one??? Quote Thanks Ted Calm Seas and Fair Winds On the ways: HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina Launched: Scottish Maid - Artesania Latina On the Shelf: Minature lifeboat - Model Shipways Bounty Launch - Model Shipways Emma C.Berry - Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2811 Posted June 23, 2014 It would appear that it's Doreltomin's turn to post... Spyglass has final say since it was his ship picture. Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2812 Posted June 23, 2014 Hello all, Yes it is my turn since Spyglass said I was correct in guessing she was the Peggy. Spyglass, I am very grateful to you for pointing me this, I didn't know the history of this interesting schooner. Just imagine the surprise of that people finding the ship in the cellar, like a time capsule! We now turn to the next mystery photo. Which ship is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2813 Posted June 23, 2014 Is it a ship, or just part of it? Strange things they build in the previous centuries... Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2814 Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Hello Jan, I'm glad my little mystery stirred your interest! It is surely a ship and not just a part of her, although here she is shown in the building yard, without masts and other superstructures. Just think who pioneered such ship shapes, and when... Edited June 23, 2014 by Doreltomin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molasses Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2815 Posted June 23, 2014 Resembles Jabba's sail barge from Star Wars VI BareHook, Aussie048, Doreltomin and 2 others 5 Quote Current Builds: ESMERALDA Chilean Navy School Ship, 1/640 in a bottle insanity Dan Clapp's hard water race boat in a bottle Completed Build: Prairie Schooner OGALLALA 1/96 in a bottle Research Project: Cruizer-class Brig-Sloops "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2816 Posted June 23, 2014 The French had some weird hull-designs in the 1880-ies.... But I cant find this one (actually, I still don't know whether we look at the front or the back-end Jan Doreltomin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2817 Posted June 23, 2014 Hello Jan, You got the correct country and should look several years earlier. And by the way, have you noticed the bowsprit at the right side of the picture? And there's also a rudder under the hull in the left side! @DFellingham: Actually these guys from Star Wars must have inspired themselves from somewhere and these odd looking hulls of the Nouvelle Ecole would have made good examples! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexnut Posted June 24, 2014 Share #2818 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Could it be just an oddly foreshortened shot of the Marengo? Or maybe a floating battery like L'Arrogante? Edited June 24, 2014 by hexnut Quote Regards, Bob Marvin Muscongus bay Lobster Smack -Midwest- 1:24- (1st wooden build) Gertrude L. Thebaud Mini-Mamoli 1/200 kitbash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 24, 2014 Share #2819 Posted June 24, 2014 Or one of those funny shaped gunboats? Doreltomin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 24, 2014 Share #2820 Posted June 24, 2014 Hello Hexnut, she is neither the Marengo nor a floating battery, she's a two masted gunboat. Moreover, I did not use the present tense incidentally. She still exists... in a certain way. She was preserved, but in a diverse mode than those museum ships Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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