Trivia!

Heh no worries wasn't even sure if I was right =D
And I have no clue in regards to your question!

 

Sounds like Churchill in his younger days.

Just a wild guess.

 

Sorry Knight, he's not Churchill. He married the granddaughter of the inventor of a very famous weapon commonly used by the ships sailed by the officer in question. In fact, he used that famous weapon to sink both the French and the Italian warships, but I don't have information on the weapons used against the 11 cargo vessels.

 

I think he would have to be a Central Power captain in WWI.
Well Wiki'd it so that was cheating will keep my trap shut for a bit =D

 

Asides from Conways, I don't have many books that I can use for information, and I haven't read them all yet, so Wikipedia is one of my primary sources of information. In fact, that is where I found this interesting little tidbit: the BBC planned to broadcast a play about this particular naval officer after a nuclear strike on Britain as a way of reassuring the public in the aftermath.

 

I finally found it, what a pain, but i have to wiki - it, so no points for me.

 

If noone has it by 4pm pacific time, then I'll give it to the first person regardless of Wikipedia or google. Personally, I think if you use Wikipedia to check something that you are fairly sure of, that's fine. Doing new research, like searching for the first French ship to have long guns using slow-burning powder, is cheating. Anyone else have opinions on this?

Final hint: After fighting in a major war, this particular officer was out of job because his country no longer had any coastline, and hence no need of a navy.

 

He's got a point there. I think what we should do is put a x number of hour limit on wiki'ing, then its free game.

 

You guys, the point is to have fun & learn history.. What fun is if if you ask questions other people know?

I guess "trivia" not my thread or my game, so do what you want... but I would suggest that finding the answer by any means is quite OK. Otherwise it becomes just a pissing contest.

 

First person to get it, regardless of using Wikipedia or Google, gets it. If you still haven't gotten it, here's a very misleading hint: he commanded a French submarine.

Justin is right, the idea is to learn about history. How about the person asking the question must specify if there are any restrictions on using Wikipedia or the internet in general. If nothing is said, anything online is fair game. The author of the question can choose to put limits on online research if he wants (wikipedia only, google but no wikipedia, etc), but that is only recommended for easy questions that most people can answer easily. Examples of easy questions include when was Pearl Harbor attacked, what was the most famous ship of 1906, when was the last time a Royal Navy ship sailed under wind power alone, how many large caliber shells were fired at the Battle of Jutland.

 

Georg Ludwig von Trapp is the man.

 

Seeing as i got it right, here is the new question:
Which BB was at the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Surrender of Japan at Tokyo Bay?
*No googling for the first 24 hours (if it lasts that long), only wikipedia*

 

Slow down a sec, Boomer, you need to take a look at the question again: This officer captured one and sank a further eleven cargo vessels, as well as a French and an Italian warship. He is quite well known by my mother for a very different reason, however. Which warships did he sink, and why would my mother know of this person? The idea is to learn, so lets see what you learned.

I remember a test I was once given testing a very important skill. 1: do not perform any of these tasks until after reading to the very end of the test. 2: rub your tummy and pat your head. 3: do five jumping jacks. 4-49: a bunch of similar simple tasks. 50: do not perform any of the above tasks.
Many of my classmates failed that exam...

 

He sunk the French armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta and The Italian submarine Nereide.
Your right, The sound of Music was based on him and his family.
Yes, i had a test of similar type and failed miserably. Oh well. Thanks for pointing it out to me.

 

Boomer, That question was too easy.
It is interesting that of the four BB's at Pearl to be identified as "sunk and destroyed" she is the only one that was refloated repaired and sent off to war .

 

USS West Virginia

 

There's no such thing as a too-easy question. Although I hate to admit it, my knowledge of American battlewagons is somewhat lacking, and this was new info for me.