Trivia!

he gets a free sinking at his local club as a reward

not sure if they let him sink someone else for free or they all sink him free

Krijn

 

Almost fell off my chair laughing as I read the responces.

I am on a road trip and do not have my list of questions on hand.

So lets go with an easy one.

Why is it called "the Head"?

 

Another easy one. It's called the head, because in the days of sail, it was placed at the bow or "head" of the ship. Why? because the wind always blew from the stern of the ship, carrying the smell away from the ship.

 

Your are close but no cookie...
There is a better answer.

 

well

it had to do with the age of sail and the bow.. but most likely because back then sailors had to go out a bit onto the bow and climb to where there was support for the bowsprit and where there was a place to defecate.
the Bowsprit often had a figurehead attached to it and the place to defecate was often near the head of the figurehead.

the reason this spot was apointed was because it was as far away from the captain's quarters as possible (he had a bucket ) and was constantly sweaped by the sea.
a fair amount of sailors where washed overboard while visiting "the head" and back then alot of sailors didnt know how to swim, chances of survival where low.
Krijn

 

"I got'a go, I've got a turtle-head pokin' out..."

 

Now THAT is just precious.

 

If you look at a lot of old sailing vessels, you will see a lot of netting just below the bowsprint as well.
(Once I had learned why it was called "The Head" I could picture guys staring up at the figure head with their cheeks pressed through the netting!)

Besides the wind blowing the aroma away from the ship the waves are a natural flushing action.

But a visit to the figurehead is the correct answer to the question.

I had always wondered why it seems like most ships had a nearly naked woman for a figurehead....

I Know, the USS Constitution had a figure of Hercules but that was shot off at tripoli.

Gee that would have been a good trivia question!!!

Krinjn, You're up!

 

again ?

dang


name all 3 ships that where planned to be mined by the X class submarines in norway and the results.

 

Tirpitz- heavily damaged
Scharnhorst- not in port at the time of the attack
Lutzow- no idea

 

Complete Answer

X5,6,7 Attacked the Tripitz, X5 may of been hit by the Tirpitz guns when spotted, and was sunk. X6,7 deployed their charges and damaged the Tripitz.
X9,10 was to attack The Scharnhorst, but it was doing exercises, and not in its normal mooring at the time.
X8 was to attack the Lutzow, but suffered damage while being towed to Norway, and was scuttled.

 

DJrainier, thats the complete answer .. its yours

Krijn

 

I tried.

 

Reading that story about the X-craft back in a Readers Digest in the late 60's is what got me interested in WW2 history to start with, back when I was 10 or so.

What US Naval ship received the first SC radar installed during WW2, how long was it installed for, and why was it removed?

 

Is it the U.S.S. Delphy?

 

Nope

 

I know this, I just can't remember. I am nearly positive it was on a destroyer.

 

Nope

 

Oh well, someone else can look it up.

 

Well, I have found out what ship it is.
Can not find out how long it was on, or why it was removed.

The first Battleship to have Radar is the USS New York. (Not the ship in question)