General Chat

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1. What is the name of Nelson’s flagship moored at Portsmouth 2. Name the top four ranks in the Royal Navy 3. What nautical term is used to describe the areas in the Atlantic/Pacific where the weather is dead calm, hot and sultry but can change to sudden squall 4. Name the battleship scuttled in the River Plate in 1939 5. How many bells are there at the end of a watch (ie bells mark the time) 6. Name the craft Francis Chichester circumnavigated the world in 7. Name Captain Cook’s ship which he sailed on his first voyage in 1768 8. How and where did the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth come to a tragic end in 1972 9. What flat is flown by a vessel about to leave port 10. Name the world’s first large propeller driven steamship, and where would you find it today 11. What type of vessel is the Cutty Sark 12. Name the warship which sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and is now restored in Stockholm 13. How many feet are there in a nautical fathom 14. Name the sailing ship found deserted in the North Atlantic near the Azores on 7/11/1872 15. The port side of a ship is the left hand side. What name was it know before the Admiralty changed the name to port in 1844 16. Name the ship the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in for the Americas in 1620 17. Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic in 1970. What was the name of the craft and what was it made of 18. What award is held by the ship which makes the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean 19. Which English king founded the Royal Navy 20. Which ship did Captain Scott sail on his voyage to the Antarctic 21. With which building do you associate all matters concerning navigation 22. What was a U boat 23. The Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588 led an ambitious enterprise. What was he in command of 24. What colour of Ensign does the Merchant Navy fly 25. Who was, born in Plymouth, and cast adrift from the Bounty in 1789 26. Who founded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824 27. Why is the sound of the Lutine Bell dreaded in the maritime world 28. Which race was the America’s Cup originally offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1851 for 29. What year did Francis Drake begin his voyage around the world 30. Nelson defeated the French in the Battle of the Nile but which navy did he destroy at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 31. Which shipyards were the Queen Mary and QE2 built 32. Under the International Code, what is the meaning of the signal RY flying from the masthead 33. Name the world’s first atomic powered merchant ship in 1959 34. What are the three main types of docks 35. What was the Kon Tiki 36. Name the first vessel in the world to be driven by nuclear power 37. What were the Clermont and the Comet 38. What name is given to the small Welsh boats used by fishermen, made of canvas stretched over a wicker frame

1 Victory

3. Doldrums 9. Blue Peter 14. Mary Celeste 18. Blue Riband 19. Henry VIII 22. Submarine (German) 25. Captain Bligh 27A ship is lost 38. Coracle

11 clipper

10. Isambar Kingdom Brunel - Bristol 14. Marie Celeste 16. Mayflower 17. Kontiki 20. Endeavour 35. Raft made of papyrus (or some sort of reed)

4. Graf Spey 5. How many bells are there at the end of a watch (ie bells mark the time) 6. Gipsy Moth 7. Endeavor 11. Clipper 17. Kon Tiki? Made of reeds, wasn’t it? (and q 35) 21. Trinity House? 23. The Armada Don't know any more Gwynne

15 leeward 23 armada

5 - 8 32 - royal yacht?

2 - admiral of fleet admiral, vice admiral rear admiral

31 Clydebank

8 Hong Kong harbour

17 Kontiki balsa wood

8 - by fire