Trivia!

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  1. BoomerBoy17

    BoomerBoy17 Active Member

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    Wow, thats a nice question. Too bad i have no idea.
     
  2. NickMyers

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    :( most of that picture is a complete blur to me, even full size, beyond one triple turret its hard to make much out.
    BUT, if its the same 'mystery ship' as http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/kotori87/IMG_1426.jpg in your album, I'm going to go with unnamed Dutch Battlecruiser.

    Not really sure though, it doesn't quite look right to me...


    Edit: If I'm right, Kotori or someone else can continue asking the questions..

    Edit2: I think its the Lutzow - this one in particular: http://www.westernwarshipcombat.com/chartroom/album60/Battle_105.jpg
     
  3. BoomerBoy17

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    Nah, its not a Lutzow. The turret on the right is to close to that end of the ship.
     
  4. NickMyers

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    I believe it is the Lutzow depicted in the 2nd image, here's my reasons:

    In the underwater shot, it appears as if the bow (right hand side of the image) is suddenly cut off - but if you look closer you'll notice a grey area that matches neatly with the surface picture.

    The forward turret paint schemes match.

    The forward turrets angle on the bow matches to the surface shot.

    In the underwater shot you can faintly make out the aft turret with matched paint scheme and angle to the surface shot. Additionally aft of that the faint image of the aft torpedos can be seen.

    You can also make out the step-down to the aft deck where the torpedo launchers are located.
     
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    There also a few things I could mention as well - photobucket provided a image date of 9-17-2006 and the automatic filename is IMG_8087. WWCC's photo gallery for the labor day events contains images labeled up to IMG_8018, a sub-gallery of 'September 17th Battle' contains images relabeled as battle_xxx and most importantly, contains an image of the ship (Carl's Spahkreuzer?) above the sunken vessel flying the same flag as in the picture - this is important because it appears to be a rarely flown flag in the albums (as in, only in this album) - Rodney and Lutzow are the only two sinks in this album that have a triple turret - given Carl's affinity for photos of sunken ships, it seems unlikely that he missed many going down - and the Rodney would look very different sitting on the bottom.

    I could be completely wrong and have been completely outsmarted here, but I'm quite confident in my choice of the Lutzow.
     
  6. BoomerBoy17

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    alright, well, when carl logs on, he can tell us and solve the mystery.
     
  7. Kotori87

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    Great Job Sherlock Holmes! nwmyers, you're a veritable mystery-ship detective. Yes, it is the Lutzow. Specifically, the 1st time Lutzow went down that day, due to the caring attentions of Spahkreuzer, Cadorna, and Giussano, and a twitchy rudder servo that got wet in the first minutes of the sortie.

    nwmyers, you're up!
     
  8. NickMyers

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    Feel free to ask another evil question if you have one ready.. I don't...

    Changed my mind and thought up one.

    The loss of what submarine can be directly attributed to a toilet?
     
  9. BoomerBoy17

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    German U-120. If i got it right, cool, but im gonna be gone all weekend, so someone else come up with a question. If not, oh well, i guess i wasnt modest enough.
     
  10. NickMyers

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    Nope, the U-120 was scuttled at the end of the war and was also only a training vessel.

    I should specify this submarine was on its maiden war patrol and not a training boat.
     
  11. Gascan

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    Was it U-1206? According to this link, U-120 is commonly, but incorrectly, claimed to have been sunk by a toilet accident and that U-1206 was sunk due to the contributions of a deep-water toilet accident.
     
  12. klibben

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    I'm pretty sure it was 1206...
     
  13. NickMyers

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    Yes, the 1206 it was. That had to be fun story in the POW camps... 'So how'd you lose your boat?' 'Well, the cook made burritos, so I had to use the head a little bit after, and it smellt so bad, I got confused a bit...'
     
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    What were the two belligerent nations in the Great Japanese-American Potato Fight? Wait, never mind, that's too silly. And now for something completely different.

    In the Russo-Japanese war I served on a cruiser and commanded a destroyer. I later became infamous in the fight against the Bolsheviks and recently starred in a movie. Who am I? Bonus points if you identify the ship under my command that famously blew up and sank.
     
  15. NickMyers

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    Oooo, I saw the trailer for that just recently.
     
  16. Gascan

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    The movie looks like it's got some great eye candy and a love story. Why do they always dilute a good action movie with a love story? Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Fly Boys, The Red Baron. I want to see machine guns, explosions, blood, and sinking ships, not a romantic relationship!

    I've gone off the subject. Who is the guy?
     
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    They add that stuff in as fluff so we can talk our girlfriends into going and seeing silly movies about ships and planes!
     
  18. Gascan

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    Nobody is making much progress on this one, so here's a hint (especially if you read Cyrillic and speak Russian):
    Trailer B
     
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    Still no clue but it looks like a cool movie.
     
  20. NickMyers

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    I've been not answering so that others can.. but since either no one else is interested or knows it thats around...

    Admiral Aleksander Kolchak (might be off on the spelling)
    The ship was the Empress Maria ? (Imperista Maria more properly I think, its on the wikipedia page if anyone is curious)
     
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