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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    John Gamble, USMC
    You got another one David.

    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

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    OK, let's try this one.

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    Very good. I thought that one would take a bit longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightmoss View Post
    Jim, how do you do it??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunner View Post
    Jim, how do you do it??
    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.
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    I don't use that method for trivia 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

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    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

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    Looks like Bismarck, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal. They were all involved in the hunt and demise of the first named?

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    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.
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    Ah, new it couldn't be a simple as I thought. So where is the pic of Sam!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berthier View Post
    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. :)

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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Union Jack View Post
    An easy one for all you senior service...

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    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)

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    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post


    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coog View Post
    In the story Whipple also leads a raid.
    Specifically: He led the raid on Joseph Curwen's farm which temporarily put the wizard down. (Lovecraft certainly nailed *that* part of Whipple's character.)

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    Some tough ones (I hope) as promised. Firstly
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    French frigate Vénus capturing HMS Ceylon.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...3%A9nus_(1808)

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    Oh too quick Bobby! Need to make things tougher!

    Try this one
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    Action of 5 November 1813.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_5_November_1813

    Painting is "Fight of Wagram" by Auguste Meyer

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    Hmm, lets change tack then...name this ship
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    I'll let someone else give the answer but I will give a clue...the Treaty of Fontainebleau is part of her history.

    I believe Daniel saw this model at the French Maritime Museum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coog View Post
    ...the Treaty of Fontainebleau is part of her history.
    Indeed, in a

    kind of way

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    Sorry guys she's not Le Friedland, but she looks awfully similar ..oh and there is a model of Le Friedland in the museum as well.

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    Is she Bucentaure class? If not, Tonnant Class then?

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    No sub-class of Temeraire

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    And she did nothing remarkable in her career

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    Le Triomphante then?

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    David takes the chocolates!

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    Here is Le Friedland she's an 80, Le Triomphante was a 74. Apart from that and slightly different figureheads they are very similar
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    Love the story of Undinkable Sam
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    Fair Winds and a following sea.

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    "We are men of action, lies do not become us."
    Westley in The Princess Bride

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    It is the 'Engagement Between French Corvette La Bayonnaise and the English Frigate H.M.S. Ambuscade, 14 December 1798'. The Ambuscade was captured.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_%281773%29

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    It is the 'Engagement Between French Corvette La Bayonnaise and the English Frigate H.M.S. Ambuscade, 14 December 1798'. The Ambuscade was captured.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_%281773%29
    Correct David, at least this one lasted more than an hour!

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    One more
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    Tis is the battle of algeciras, initially a french vistory, but the RN restored the score in the second part of the battle.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeciras_Campaign

    I initially thought this to be the battle of the Nile, as both were fought in close proximity to a shore.

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    Too good Sebastian, thought people would guess Aboukir maybe or the Nile but you nailed it!

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