Naval Questions part 31

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Remember, these questions were composed between 1940 and 1945.

Questions

301 How is the tonnage of a naval vessel computed?

302 What is HMS Worcester?

303 Where is she moored?

304 In what ship was Lord Kitchener lost?

305 How many feet in a fathom?

306 Who may belong to the Red Ensign Club?

307 What is a "Scotsman"?

308 Who was the first explorer to land in Botany Bay?

309 Which sailing ship made the fastest passage from the UK to Australia?

310 What is the record day's run made by a sailing ship?

Answers next Sunday, Ickie willing

regards Collin:ernae:

 

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Dirtman.....

To pre-empt Dirtman's answers...

301 Not on fingers.

302 It is not a sauce.

303 Not opposite the Tower of London.

304 He wasn't found by some American dude behind the bar on the Titanic.

305 A fathom isn't a critter.

306 Not whores.

307 It is not a drunk with his trouser's around his ankles.

308 It was not Chekov from Star Dreks.

309 Has nothing to do with the USS Enterprise.

310 Toilets have nowt to do with this question.

Now try again...

regards Collin:ernae:

 

[Dirtman]

301 Not on fingers.
- can I take off my socks to count higher? ... drop my drawers for one more???
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302 It is not a sauce.
- it's not that fake pudding (the Yorkshire bread crap) is it?


303 Not opposite the Tower of London.
- on the moors maybe?? View attachment 148


304 He wasn't found by some American dude behind the bar on the Titanic.
- wuz he on a BIG ship & lost his way?? View attachment 154


305 A fathom isn't a critter.
- that was a 60's movie starring Raquel Welch! With those big boobs I never looked at her feet!
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306 Not whores.
- pity! But that would be "red light" district!! ... am I right?
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307 It is not a drunk with his trouser's around his ankles.
- nahh ... just a REAL cheap old phart with a funny accent.
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308 It was not Chekov from Star Dreks.
- OK then .... Mr Sulu maybe??


309 Has nothing to do with the USS Enterprise.
- dunno ... but at that speed I bet yer could water-ski behind it!


310 Toilets have nowt to do with this question.
- OK ... but does it have anything to do with a bar & "closing time"?
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Well, its hard to top Dirtman's post, but:

302 HMS Fredrick William, Training establishment of the Royal Navy

304 HMS Hampshire

305 6 feet

306 students at the London Nautical School

308 James Cook

309 Sovereign of the seas

310 421

 

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Answers

Answers

301 By displacement.

302 The Thames Nautical Training College for training boys to become officers in the Royal and Merchant Navies.

303 In the Thames off Greenhithe.

304 HMS Hampshire (5th June, 1916).

305 6.

306 Officers and men of the Merchant Navy.

307 A covering for small articles.

308 Capt James Cook (28the April 1770).

309 The Thermopylae, which made the passage from London to Melbourne in 60 days.

310 436 nautical miles, made by The Lightning in March 1854, in the North Atlantic, eastward bound.

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