Correct Sebastian.
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HMS Speedy falling in with the wreck of HMS Queen Charlotte, 21 March 1800.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Queen_Charlotte_(1790)
And another.
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Quasi War with france, Puerto Plata 11 May 1800
Captain Daniel Carnick ordering crewmen of french privateer from their hiding places below deck.
Cant post pics, could someone help?
It finally let me in after a few hits on the refresh buttons:beer:
But at least it's up and running. (But don't know for how long)
Nope tried that can't even access my computer from the drop down box. Put the curser over select and nothing happens.
I tried to insert a photo on a post last night and it would not work.
Sue and I are having trouble inserting photos. I thought it had to do with her settings, so I spent a lot of time in the admin section changing stuff, retrying, etc. Apparently, it is a server problem if you fine folks are having difficulty as well.
I will contact Keith accordingly.
I have just managed to successfully upload a new picture into an album but I noticed that all the pictures had disappeared from another album, although they were still available in the upload bank. So I was able to replace them in the album.
Nope still can't post anything.
I can upload into an album but not into a post.
We haven't had a quiz picture in a while. Here's a new one.
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Kinda looks like Oliver Hazard Perry from his other side.
John Gamble, USMC
You got another one David.:thumbsup:
He was the first, and remains the only, U.S. Marine to command a U.S. Navy ship, commanding the Greenwich and the Sir Andrew Hammond during the War of 1812.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Gamble
OK, let's try this one.
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Battle of the Tagus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tagus
Very good. I thought that one would take a bit longer.
As David pointed out quite a few messages back you can use Google to identify many of these photos. Right click on the image, 'Search Google For This Image' and it works amazingly well, IF, Google has scanned that or has access to it somewhere? So, I didn't recognize the image per se, I used David's shortcut.
I don't use that method for trivia :wink: but it is a great feature. If you can find a picture you like, but resolution is poor, google can usually point you to a much better version of it somewhere else
Here is a quiz with a different twist. Although not Napoleonic, it is in reference to a topic discussed at the Anchorage.
What is the name of these three ships and what do they have in common with each other and no other ship.
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Easy for those with an appreciation of certain aspects of naval history.
However, to preserve the fun element I won't let the cat out of the bag
Looks like Bismarck, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal. They were all involved in the hunt and demise of the first named?
Thanks to Google search and David's willingness to not spill the beans these ships: Bismarck, Cossack and Ark Royal were all home to "Unsinkable Sam". Originally a Kriegsmarine cat who 'served' on all three ships surviving all 3 sinkings.
Ah, new it couldn't be a simple as I thought. So where is the pic of Sam!
http://www.infinitecat.com/cat-tales...kable-sam.html
P.S. I just saw David's hint, 'cat out of the bag' indeed. :)
Good job Jim. Here's another photo of Sam.
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That was an interesting story. I had not heard of "Unsinkable Sam" before.
An easy one for all you senior service...
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Apologies just sorted out why I couldn't post pics, I had enhanced box ticked. Took a while to find the reason but now it's fixed.
HMS Nancy
The Nancy was a British schooner built in 1789 at Detroit, under the supervision of John Richardson and was probably named after his wife or daughter. She was approximately 80 feet long, with a beam of 22 feet and a hold eight feet deep, with a burthen of 67 tons. Nancy was built to transport supplies for the fur trade on the upper Great Lakes.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/milit...4/c_nancy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nancy_(1789)
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsocie...e_Affair-1.jpg
Now, here's the question: The man responsible for the action depicted has a cameo appearance in a famous horror short-story -- what story is it, and why?
This is the burning of the HMS Gaspée, known as the Gaspée Affair. Abraham Whipple was a leader of the men who attacked, boarded, looted, and torched the ship. Whipple appears in "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft was a Whipple on his mother's side and a descendant of Abraham Whipple. In the story Whipple also leads a raid.