hexnut Posted June 24, 2014 Share #2821 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Wow, I got intrigued by this, but I don't think that I'm smart enough to play this game. I'm assuming post- seige of Saigon and post-Crimea? Down to just guessing now. Arbalete class? It's not currently a car ferry like the Rendel-pattern Tyr, is it? 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...
Doreltomin Posted June 25, 2014 Share #2822 Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) Well, I believe it's time for another clue. Yes Hexnut, it's post siege of Saigon and post Crimea and Jan guessed the period pretty well, althoug he must have looked a few years earlier than 1880. And she's not a car ferry but a gunboat. Moreover, she's not one in a series but just an one-shot boat with an un-eventful career. She had only one brief episode of war in the summer of 1881. Yet, there is a twist of the tale. As previously said, she still exists... in a certain way, and is well known to those who research her. I had just four pictures of this rather bizzare craft. The first was that one on the building yard. Here you can see the second picture of her, this time floating -later in her career, with her masting and rigging stripped off and only with the funnel remaining. I believe this picture is taken during a refit because the next one shows her with just one mast before the funnel, without bowsprit and extensively modified in the fore part, which incidentally makes her ressemble well with Rendel's flatirons And, by the way: as the rake of the funnel says, the stem is to the left and the stern is to the right of the picture! Edited June 25, 2014 by Doreltomin egkb and WackoWolf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 25, 2014 Share #2823 Posted June 25, 2014 still existing as a famous dive site or so? Jan Doreltomin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 25, 2014 Share #2824 Posted June 25, 2014 Good point, Jan! Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 25, 2014 Share #2825 Posted June 25, 2014 Never knew the Frech did build so many strange vessels Jan Doreltomin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 26, 2014 Share #2826 Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Yes Jan, actually I love this period very much because of these bizarre shaped ships. I remember first seeing as a school boy a picture of the old Redoutable in the Brest dry dock. It was in my first maritime book, which I kept reading and re-reading all the time. It looked like an old marine beast taken out of the sea. Now here is the first photograph of our "beast", taken late in her career, with the raised part of bulwark stripped down and extensively modified from her previous look. And it is not incidentally that I spoke of the old Redoutable, which was actually one year younger than our subject! Edited June 26, 2014 by Doreltomin hexnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 26, 2014 Share #2827 Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) diving in Toulon Tromblon (1875) It was the hint on the year that did it for me Jan Edited June 26, 2014 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 26, 2014 Share #2828 Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Yessss, congratulations Jan! She is indeed the Tromblon of 1875, nowadays a well known diving site off Toulon. The fourth picture shows her as she is today: Your turn! Edited June 26, 2014 by Doreltomin hexnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 26, 2014 Share #2829 Posted June 26, 2014 Took me quite a while this one.... A quite sure the next one is gone in minutes (even though Andy is not here at the moment) Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 26, 2014 Share #2830 Posted June 26, 2014 *Sigh* Is someone funnin' me? USS Wolverine Great Lakes Aircraft Carrier... used for training during WWII amateur 1 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 26, 2014 Share #2831 Posted June 26, 2014 Actually, I think it's USS Sable, not Wolverine, although it could be difficult to tell from a bow shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2832 Posted June 27, 2014 I agree, you google each and end up with the same photos. Both side wheel passenger steamers, converted about the same time. Only way to tell them apart is by the funnels. Both had four, but Wolverine's were evenly spaced in a row, whereas Sable had hers in pairs. Andy Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2833 Posted June 27, 2014 Yep, I found this picture, reversed, on this site http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/421/language/en-US/The-Great-Lakes-Paddlewheeler-Aircraft-Carriers.aspx., but can't really make out the funnels. In any case, pending a word from Amateur, I will concede this one to you Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2834 Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Andy, why do you think so? I wouldn't dare to do so Actually the picture I found was labelled "USS Sable (sistership of USS Wolverine)" As the pic is rather widespread on the internet, I did a left-right flip to make google-picture-search slightly more difficult. Jan Edited June 27, 2014 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2835 Posted June 27, 2014 Well, since the photo is a little less than determinate, and Werik guessed the ship you where after, by all rights it should be Werik's turn. (Also since I don't have time to find another ship at the moment, I could, but it would pause the game too much) Andy Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2836 Posted June 27, 2014 All right then, I'm new to playing this game, though I've been following along for some time. I will post something a little later today. Hope I find something challenging, but you all seem to know everything that has or is currently floating. We'll see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2837 Posted June 27, 2014 Ok then, here's one that's a favorite of mine for personal reasons. My father served on her during WWII. Should be easy for this bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st george Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2838 Posted June 27, 2014 Not seeing any picture? Quote David Current Build : HMAV Bounty - Amati Next Build : 18th Century Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2839 Posted June 27, 2014 Yess... I know! it's the invisible ship!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st george Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2840 Posted June 27, 2014 Could be the USS Eldridge Quote David Current Build : HMAV Bounty - Amati Next Build : 18th Century Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2841 Posted June 27, 2014 Unless Werik is an alias for Piet, in that case it's O19 Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2842 Posted June 27, 2014 Now that's funny, right there. Dang it!! Let me try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jud Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2843 Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Not an invisible ship but her appearance today, need a photo of how she was. jud Edited June 27, 2014 by jud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2844 Posted June 27, 2014 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2845 Posted June 27, 2014 Sorry, it took awhile to figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egkb Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2846 Posted June 27, 2014 Hey there Werik.. I think you might have left the boats name in the File Name of the photo... Oooops ! Eamonn Quote Current Build : HM Schooner Ballahoo In the Pipeline : HM Cutter Sherbourne, HM Mortar Convulsion, Emma C Berry & C18th English Longboat.. Eventually That Is..🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2847 Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Seems to be a common beginners mistake. I need to learn some 'puter and photo skilz. I'm not going to have time to hunt for photos and learn the requisite skills before Monday. Don't wanna hold up the game. Andy was runner up in the last ship, and Eamonn, you pointed out my error. One of you guys can have at it. I'll be back when I can post without "giving up" the ship. By the way,the photo of Clas Fleming was taken during her trials after a 1940 refit, a third dummy stack was later added ( I dunno why). I have a commemorative plaque that my father received when he left the ship, and this shows her with three stacks. Edited June 27, 2014 by Werik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egkb Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2848 Posted June 27, 2014 Hi again Werik, alas I'm like Andy and a bit tied up at the moment.. and shan't have time to pop a photo in I'm afraid, any chance you can do a quick one Werik ? E Quote Current Build : HM Schooner Ballahoo In the Pipeline : HM Cutter Sherbourne, HM Mortar Convulsion, Emma C Berry & C18th English Longboat.. Eventually That Is..🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2849 Posted June 27, 2014 I'll see what I can do. egkb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werik Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2850 Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) lets try this. She had several names throughout her working life. I'll take anyone of them. Edited June 27, 2014 by Werik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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