Trivia!

Would that be the Jylland?

 

Nope...

Think British built... from the ironclad era.

 

Huascar? I thought the engines had be stripped out of her.

 

Thats it [8D]

The boilers were stripped out, but the engines remained. In the 1960's, the engines were rebuilt and restored to as new configuration, and IIRC the boiler room was restored as well ( the original boilers had been removed after a boiler failure).

 

Blast now I have to think of something.

 

seems like people like to answer questions, but not come up with them

 

I am bad with making questions as we all saw with my one. Answering Trivia is fun. I am learning a lot that I did not know thanks to you guys,

 

In a disasterous naval battle two ships of the same name and nationality survived. What is the battle and what is the name of the ships?

 

The only bad question is one that nobody can answer. It could be very simple. You could ask "Life, the Universe, and Everything?" and someone will likely pipe up after a couple hours of practicing Google-Fu and say "42".

 

Most people in the universe would not need Google. Everyone knows the answer is 42.

 

Tsushima,

Both Orels survived. The hospital ship and the Borodino class predreadnought, althought the battleship Orel was shot to pieces and captured by the Japanese.

It became Iwami and had all its 6" turrets replaced with single 8" guns in shields.

Another interesting bit of trivia, the hospital ship Orel was not near the action because the Russian admiral was having an affair with one of the nurses on the ship.

 

Spot on!

 

Next question,

In the Soviet propaganda film about the mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin, which ship was used to portray the Potemkin in the movie?

 

Dvenadtsat Apostolov

 

Gazoontite! Is it dusty over the or something?

 

Thats correct [8D]

 

I was the first naval man to lose his life in WW1.
My mother was hostess to the Secratary of the Navy.
I was Boatswain's Mate, First Class U.S.N on the
USS Dolphin. I was one of the 13 volunteers that
formed the naval guard to man the two 5 inch guns
on the steamship Aztec of the Oriental Navagation
Company. The Aztec was sunk by a German submarine
on April 1st at night in heavy seas. The other
members of my gun grew survived. I was last seen
on the second boat that was not able to get clear
and was smashed against the side of the steamship.

What was my name?

RiverRaider

 

John I. Polucci

 

Close enough for me, your next!
John I. Eopolucci is the correct spelling.
I have seen it both ways on the net.
My May 1917 "The Fleet Review" has it as Eopolucci.

RiverRaider

 

I have one if you guys don't mind.

On October 27, 1943, Admiral Ernest J. King, the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations was on board the USS XXXXXXX. For the day, the USS XXXXXXX was the flagship of the United States Navy.

Name the ship.