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Mush Martin
07-12-08, 04:34 PM
This quiz has been completed If you participated or have suggestions please
read the closing comments and add to them as you please.


[answered] 1// Who was Alexander Marinesko?

(Soviet kpt of S-13 sinker of the wilhelm gustloff)
(sunk in Jan 1945 with loss of an estimated 9400 lives)

[answered] 2// Who were Uncle Charlie and Onkle Karl?
(lockwood and donitz)

[answered] 3// who is widely regarded as the father of marine nuclear propulsion?
(Hyman G Rickover)

[answered] 4// A large portion of the defeat of the kriegsmarine in WWII is due
to the O.I.C. what office is this? what did they do there?
( The admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre analyzed and Disseminated Intelligence
from all sources to the fleet at sea, OIC was home of the Submarine and Raider tracking
Rooms.)

[answered] 5// What is the B-dienst.?
(the German Naval Codebreaking service
who broke the No.3 Naval Cypher
used for convoy assembly and control.

[answered] 6// What was the first submarine to circumnavigate the globe
and in what year was it.
(H.M.S. Thorough completed her circumnavigation in Dec. 1957)

[answered] 7// What submarine did Major Martin Travel on?
H.M.S. Seraph delivered the deceptive Cadaver. Major
Martin was a fictious Dead Royal marine created by
British Intelligence and made famous in the book and
movie "The man who never was"

[answered] 8// How far down will a submarine dive?
( all the way to the bottom.)

[answered] 9// What Weapon was the leading cause of submarine loss in WWI?
(Mines sank both friendly and enemy sank 66 ships of all nations in WWI)

[answered] 10// What Delivery system/ platform was the single leading cause of submarine loss in WWII?
( surface ships destroyed a total of 416 ships of all nations in WWII , shore based aircraft
sank 271, shipborne aircraft sank 55 , Joint shore aircraft and ship 56 , submarines destroyed
74, mines 103 , scuttling took 451 but thats not a delivery system or platform.)

[answered] 11// What sub was the true forerunner of the modern hunter killer sub?
(The British R class of WWI was the first sub designed primarily to destroy other subs )

[answered] 12// What was the Battle of May Islands proper name?
(Operation E.C.-1)

[answered] 13// What was the first British Submarine sunk in WWII and who sank her?
(HMS Oxley which was sunk by Triton in September 10th, 1939 in a blue on blue attack)

Raptor1
07-12-08, 05:02 PM
So you wanna be a subsimmer .......................


1// Who was Alexander Marinesko?

Sank the Wilhelm Gustloff

2// Who were Uncle Charlie and Onkle Karl?

Admiral Lockwood and Karl Doenitz

3// who is widely regarded as the father of marine nuclear propulsion?

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover

4// A large portion of the defeat of the kriegsmarine in WWII is due
to the O.I.C. what office is this? what did they do there?

No idea

EDIT: Operational Intelligence Center

5// What is the B-dienst.?

German Codebreaking organization, broke the No. 3 Naval Cypher

6// What was the first submarine to circumnavigate the globe
and in what year was it.

USS Triton was the first to circumnavigate the globe submerged in 1960

7// What submarine did Major Martin Travel on?

HMS Seraph

8// How far down will a submarine dive?

Really...deep...

9// What Weapon was the leading cause of submarine loss in WWI

The Depth Bomb?

10// What Delivery system/ platform was the single leading cause of submarine loss in WWII

Aircraft

11// What sub was the true forerunner of the modern hunter killer sub?

What could you possibly mean by that?

12// What was the Battle of May Islands proper name?

Operation E.C.1

13// What was the first British Submarine sunk in WWII and who sank her?

No Idea


Do I pass?

Mush Martin
07-12-08, 05:10 PM
So you wanna be a subsimmer .......................


1// Correct

2// Correct

3// Correct

4// Incorrect ( A toughie though )

5// Correct

6// Incorrect

7// Correct ( Wow I am impressed )

8// incorrect

9// incorrect

10// incorrect

11// incorrect

12// Correct ( again Wow I am still impressed )

13// incorrect


Do I pass?

on 6 of 13 uhm...............no

But still some of those you did answer indicate a pretty good
knowledge of the subject or a quick ability in Research either
way well done none the less:up:

Raptor1
07-12-08, 05:24 PM
6 - the USS Skate, when she made that little trip around the pole in 1958?

10 - Hmm, I would guess at ships then, but if so than Aircraft came very close

9 - Whoops, WWI, wait a sec

EDIT: Either gunfire or mines, can't make up my mind

8 - the Trieste went almost 11,000m in the Mariana Trench, does that count?

11 - USS Barracuda (SSK-1)?

13 - is it the HMS Oxley which was unfortunatly sunk by Triton in September 10th, 1939?

Mush Martin
07-12-08, 08:07 PM
[quote=Raptor1]6 - Still incorrect

10 - Correct guess

9 - either correct or incorrect I cant make up my mind.

8 - Incorrect

11 - Incorrect

13 - Correct ( well done )

yer up to eight of thirteen

Takeda Shingen
07-13-08, 08:00 AM
Alright, here goes.

8--I'm pretty sure that a submarine will dive to the bottom. Whether or not you will be alive when you get there is another matter.

11--I think that you might be going after HMS Venturer. However, althought it was successful in its initial attack, no submarine during that war was designed with real ASW capabilities.

Raptor1
07-13-08, 08:03 AM
The sub will stop being a sub before it reaches the bottom...Subs don't go all the way down, mangled piles of metal and other assorted materials do

9 - I'm pretty sure It's mines

fatty
07-13-08, 08:10 AM
She'll go all the way to the bottom unless we stop her :D

Mush Martin
07-13-08, 11:34 AM
at All // 8 all the way to the bottom was what I was after
( I had to throw one curveball )
@ Raptor a broken sub is still a sub, but in this case just
a common joke.

@ TS nope. re: 11 in this case True forerunner would imply
a sub who's chief function of design was hunting subs.
not how capable it was.

M

[edit] Re:11 TS was off by approximately thirty years.

Reise
07-13-08, 12:12 PM
4, Operational Intelligence Centre

9, Mine

11, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) 1958

Raptor1
07-13-08, 12:15 PM
4, Operational Intelligence Centre

9, Mine


Didn't I already say both of these?

Reise
07-13-08, 12:18 PM
4, Operational Intelligence Centre

9, Mine


Didn't I already say both of these?

I dont know
Did you
I was looking at the unanswered questions on the first post only

If you did you would be right also
:rotfl:

Mush Martin
07-13-08, 12:22 PM
4, Operational Intelligence Centre

9, Mine

Didn't I already say both of these?

You did I am sorry I didnt see the edit for OIC
(tbh my background is set to blue)

as for nautilis you did but it remains the wrong answer

Reise
07-13-08, 12:26 PM
:hmm:
According this

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/12/mil-041217-nns01.htm

Nautilus was first

USS Triton 1960 then

Mush Martin
07-13-08, 12:33 PM
:hmm:
According this

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/12/mil-041217-nns01.htm

Nautilus was first

USS Triton 1960 then


Still wrong :yep: ( hint re read the question )

Reise
07-13-08, 12:50 PM
USS SKATE 1958
:hmm:

Mush Martin
07-13-08, 12:54 PM
USS SKATE 1958
:hmm:
Nope:arrgh!:

Madox58
07-13-08, 06:57 PM
1st American sub was U.S.S. Gudgeon, did it in '57-58
H.M.S. Thorough was the first Briish Sub to do it but not sure of the year.

Mush Martin
07-13-08, 11:11 PM
1st American sub was U.S.S. Gudgeon, did it in '57-58
H.M.S. Thorough was the first Briish Sub to do it but not sure of the year.

we have a winner

H.M.S. Thorough docked at portsmouth
in dec 1957 ending her circumnavigation.

Well done.
M

Raptor1
07-13-08, 11:25 PM
Wait, 9 isn't mines?

Mush Martin
07-14-08, 12:06 AM
Wait, 9 isn't mines?


Nine is mines I missed your answer again???????

not on purpose honest.

btw my comment we have a winner as regards the answer
to number six was regarding only question six and was a
possibly misconstrued enthusiasm of mine.

Mush Martin
07-14-08, 12:13 AM
So that leaves only question 11.

I put rewording under the original question.

Madox58
07-14-08, 12:30 AM
British R Class of WWI

Mush Martin
07-14-08, 01:08 AM
Finally We have finished a well done to all.:up::up::up::up:




So now a few comments and questions or suggestions
assuming I compile another not so easy quiz.

what format should it take?

because of the difficulties in this thread
I was thinking that I should go with something
like the old game master mind. where I say
how many are right or wrong but not which
ones I think that would make it more fun.

if that were agreeable how many questions
is the right amount?

Congrats to all.

M

Raptor1
07-14-08, 02:14 AM
because of the difficulties in this thread
I was thinking that I should go with something
like the old game master mind. where I say
how many are right or wrong but not which
ones I think that would make it more fun.



NYET!