Trivia!

Clearly HMS Bellerophon.

 

Yep, it's Bellerophon, Anachronus.

For those of you who don't know, the first Bellerophon was a 74 gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1786 that was named after the Greek warrior who rode Pegasus and slew the monster Chimera. Her crew was unable to correctly pronounce her name, so they nicknamed her "Billy Ruffian". During the Napoleonic Wars from 1803-1815 she fought in the Glorious Sixth of June, the Battle of the Nile, and Trafalgar, often fighting larger and more powerful ships to a standstill. She was honored in 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to her captain and then sailed into exile (this would have given it all away early).

The second Bellerophon was an 80 gun third rate ship of the line that was originally named Talavera, but renamed Waterloo on the stocks and launched in 1818. She was renamed Bellerophon in 1824 and did not have any major actions of note.

The third Bellerophon was a revolutionary central battery ironclad battleship built in 1865. As a direct descendant from the first British ironclad HMS Warrior, she also introduced several major innovations included concentrating a few guns of the largest possible caliber in the center of the ship, which allowed for thicker armor to cover a shorter section of ship. She used a "bracket frame" construction method rather than longitudinal girders for strength that also allowed for a double bottom and increased the strength of the hull. She carried the first balanced rudder in the RN, which took 8 men 27 seconds to apply full rudder as opposed to earlier rudders which 40 men took 90 seconds to apply. She was the only ironclad to have all of her muzzle-loading rifles replaced with breech-loading rifles.

The fourth Bellerophon was the immediate successor to HMS Dreadnought launched in 1907, correcting several issues with the original design. Although she had the same ten 12" gun layout with 8 gun broadside, she had an additional spotting tower and increased anti-torpedo-boat armaments. She fought in the Battle of Jutland against Germany.

The fifth and sixth Bellerophons were originally to be Minotaur-class light cruisers ordered in 1942. After some name-juggling, the two ships were eventually completed after WW2 as HMS Blake and HMS Tiger. When HMS Blake was decommissioned in 1979 she was the last remaining cruiser in RN service.

 

And the missing ship from Forbidden Planet.

 

Some of my fittings were used to return the "Cafe Togo" to its former glory. This was done with the assistance of a former enemy. Who am I talking about?
3 answers I suppose you need all 3.

 

I think I know. I think I'll give someone else a turn, though.

 

Yes, I suspected that you would.

 

I think I know, too, but I'm too busy guiding a sequel of "Cafe Togo" through the Battle of (classified information ommitted) to properly write it out. just a minute... Battlecruisers, at the enemy! Give them everything! Sorry, gotta go. Time to transfer my flag to a less-damaged ship...

 

That seems to be your state of affairs...

 

2 out of 3, Tugboat-san!

 

It was a three part question. Who was the former enemy?

 

Indeed, I was hoping for the admiral in particular. I have been kicking aroud with the idea of visiting her in 2010.

 

Thinking about it. I have never been there and there are oodles of things I want to see apart from Mikasa.

 

A mister lincoln? Or maybe an arcade coin? how about a mysterious lump of unknown goo? If it isn't any of those, then I'm stumped.

 

Maybe a sticker that says Objects in mirror are closer than they appear"[8D][][]