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  • Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 06:31

Rebelpl
1)what ship is it? country and name :) (picture)
2)what was corvus on ancient roman ships?
3)To what countries ship "Huascar" belonged?
4) what kind of ships we call Hulks?
5)write names of 2 polish destroyers fighting during WW2
6)what nationality was the first ship called Enterprise? (in what country was he built?)

I'm sorry , but there is only one price :) knowledge :P
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  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 13:34

vonnimitz
2.) Corvus was a spiked bridge used for boarding other vessels. They would pretty much use the spikes underneath to hook it into other ships.
6.) I don't think you will find a definative answer for this one. There have been many ships named Enterprise. I'm sure the oldest ones aren't documented on the internet. The two oldest that I found were an Enterprise coastal trader built in 1829 in Australia and an Enterprise china trader built sometime in the early 19th century (1800-1807?)

  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 12:58

Rebelpl
and what with "corvus" on roman ships?:P

  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 07:02

molotowger
@yuanshao101

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  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 07:00

sirkomla
This is Aurora Cruiser, a symbol of bolshevist revolution :) it wasn't hard, hehe.. next time change the pictutre name :) Pozdr.

  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 06:58

royalnavymat
1)what ship is it? country and name :) (picture)
That is the Russian Aurora, IIRC. It started off the russian revolution when sailors onboard mutinied.
2)what was corvus on ancient roman ships?
Sails?
3)To what countries ship "Huascar" belonged?
It was Peruvian but it was british built.
4) what kind of ships we call Hulks?
Basically, it floats but it can't sail. No engines, etc. Used as prison or ammunition dock.
5)write names of 2 polish destroyers fighting during WW2
Blyskawica and Burza
6)what nationality was the first ship called Enterprise? (in what country was he built?)
It was British - originally French but captured. yes that's right yankee doodle, the L'Enteprise, later HMS Enterprise, was the FIRST ship called Enterprise.

I'm sorry , but there is only one price :) knowledge :P
I agree ^_^

  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 06:58

yuanshao101
Rebel when you save a pic from a website remember to rename it or else people like molo will simply right click, properties and copy the name to IE or whatever and find the info lol NOOBZ0Rzz

  • Re : Quiz :) ships old , new and ancient

    10. 22. 2005 06:54

molotowger
1)
Aurora, Russia
Career
Laid down: 1896
Launched: 24 May 1900
Commissioned: 29 July 1903
Fate: museum ship
Decommissioned: November 17, 1948
General Characteristics
Displacement: 6731 tons
Length: 126.8 m (- ft)
Beam: 16.8 m (- ft)
Draft: 7.3 m (- ft)
Speed: 19 knots
Complement: 578
Armament: 1903: eight 152 mm (6in) guns, 24 x 75 mm guns, 8 x 37 mm guns, 3 torpedo launchers

1917: fourteen 152 mm guns, 4 x 76 mm AA guns, MG's, 3 torpedo launchers

2)
[quote]Aurora is the Roman personification of the dawn. She is also the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos. Aurora is seen as a lovely woman who flies across the sky announcing the arrival of the sun. Aurora has two siblings: a brother, the sun, and a sister, the moon. She has had quite a number of husbands and sons. Four of her sons are the four winds (north, south, east, and west). According to one myth, her tears cause the dew as she flies across the sky weeping for one of her sons, who was killed. Aurora is certainly not the most brilliant goddess as she asked Zeus to grant one of her husbands immortality, but forgot to ask for everlasting youth. As a result, her husband soon became aged. Aurora is not one of the better-known goddesses. However, Shakespeare refers to her in his famous play Romeo and Juliet.[/quote]

3) Peru
4) ???
5) Burza,garland
6)USS Enterprise (CV-6)
General Characteristics
Displacement: 27,100 tons (full-1945)
19,800 tons (light)
Length: 809 ft 6 in (247 m)
Beam: 83 ft 1 in (25 m)
Extreme width: 114 ft (35 m)
Draft: 28.0 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion: 9 Babcock & Wilcox boilers,
4 Parsons geared turbines,
120,000 shp (90 MW),
4 screws
Speed: 34.6 knots (64 km/h)
Range: 10,400 nmi. (19,000 km)
at 15 knots
Complement: 2,919 officers and men
Armament: 8 ?5 inch (127 mm) guns,
22 ?.50 cal. machine guns
Aircraft: 73 to 82, max 91
Nickname: The Big E
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