Pick the ship

[Director]

No... it's a ship in a River of Silver.

It's the scuttled Admiral Graf Spee, I think. The 'poker' game was the concerted effort by Britain to make the Germans think they had a massive fleet outside Uruguayan waters waiting for the pocket battleship to come out, while regularly sailing Allied-flagged merchant ships to force Graf Spee to remain in port.

As to different outcomes... Harwood might have had the County-class cruiser Cumberland in addition, or Langsdorff might have turned on Ajax and Achilles after crippling Exeter. The possible loss of his ship would have been balanced by the loss of the entire British squadron.

 

[Axe99]

Looks like Bismarck.

Right country (the Germans had a very distinct look to their cruisers and up), but not the Bismarck.

No... it's a ship in a River of Silver.

It's the scuttled Admiral Graf Spee, I think. The 'poker' game was the concerted effort by Britain to make the Germans think they had a massive fleet outside Uruguayan waters waiting for the pocket battleship to come out, while regularly sailing Allied-flagged merchant ships to force Graf Spee to remain in port.

As to different outcomes... Harwood might have had the County-class cruiser Cumberland in addition, or Langsdorff might have turned on Ajax and Achilles after crippling Exeter. The possible loss of his ship would have been balanced by the loss of the entire British squadron.

Spot on, nice work .

Here's another one for the arvo. Clue is that it had 4 bow and 4 stern torpedo tubes.....

 

[bcoop1701]

Italian Bandiera class. When I first looked at the picture I thought it was a late war design because I couldn't make out a deck gun but Conway's says no.

 

[jamesd]

HMAS Stuart

Sorry for the delay in providing confirmation but yes the last ship I posted was indeed the HMAS Stuart.

Here's another ship that served in WW2.

 

[Axe99]

Italian Bandiera class. When I first looked at the picture I thought it was a late war design because I couldn't make out a deck gun but Conway's says no.

Spot on . One more from me for today, this carrier was capable of operating an air group of around 30 aircraft, but not by this stage in it's life...

Edit: Sorry, ninja'd by Jamesd - do his ship first, then this one later.

 

[jcpvdberg]

Sorry for the delay in providing confirmation but yes the last ship I posted was indeed the HMAS Stuart.

Here's another ship that served in WW2.

Well the flag makes it easier. Japanese Patrolboat, former Royal Navy ship: S-class Destroyer

 

[jcpvdberg]

Spot on . One more from me for today, this carrier was capable of operating an air group of around 30 aircraft, but not by this stage in it's life...

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Edit: Sorry, ninja'd by Jamesd - do his ship first, then this one later.

US Carrier Independence? Not Sure.. But at first look could be the independence

 

[jamesd]

Well the flag makes it easier. Japanese Patrolboat, former Royal Navy ship: S-class Destroyer

I was hoping the flag would throw people off - it is the HMS Thracian during the period it was operated by the Japanese as Patrol Boat 101.

 

[jamesd]

US Carrier Independence? Not Sure.. But at first look could be the independence

From what I can find it is the Independence - after it was subjected to a nuclear test.

 

[jamesd]

Here's another ship.

 

[Axe99]

US Carrier Independence? Not Sure.. But at first look could be the independence

From what I can find it is the Independence - after it was subjected to a nuclear test.

The Independence it is, nice work . A little banged up, but a nuclear bomb will do that to you!

I was hoping the flag would throw people off - it is the HMS Thracian during the period it was operated by the Japanese as Patrol Boat 101.

In my ongoing naval research I went through the S class today and came across the 'ole Thracian - quite a career! Was that when it was Patrol Boat No. 101 or Special Training Ship No. 1 (and did the Japanese really know how to give their captured ships exciting names or what.....)?

Your new ship is interesting - is that a whopping big turret aft, or something else?

 

[jcpvdberg]

Your new ship is interesting - is that a whopping big turret aft, or something else?

It appears to be a turret. The ship looks Italian to me. Didn't have the time yet to find which ship it is.

 

[jamesd]

It appears to be a turret. The ship looks Italian to me. Didn't have the time yet to find which ship it is.

I'm feeling good - I found a picture that hasn't resulted in an instantaneous answer. I will confirm the ship was constructed in Italy.

 

[Swinds]

Hi guys,

Sorry I have not been posting and I try to read the thread as it is more interesting that talking about the same stuff every few weeks.

I genuinely am not sure what this ship is, I am not convinced by the websites explanation. There are better photos around the web if u can find them

 

[Swinds]

Sorry just realized it's not a WW2 ship, after finding what it really is....

 

[Smiffus]

Hi guys,

Sorry I have not been posting and I try to read the thread as it is more interesting that talking about the same stuff every few weeks.

I genuinely am not sure what this ship is, I am not convinced by the websites explanation. There are better photos around the web if u can find them

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Is it a casualty from the Falkland war?

 

[Swinds]

No

 

[SchwarzKatze]

*Entered "light cruiser wreck" in Google*
*Autocomplete suggests "norway russian light cruiser wreck"*
*"Soviet cruiser Murmansk (1955)"*

 

[Swinds]

;-) did not say it was difficult. I found the picture online at a wreck site without a name. As you said Google

 

[ApalmSWE]

Here is a picture of one of my favourite aircraft-cruisers of all time
Hint: its Swedish