Who / What / Where Game

[Buddahaid]

I can't say for certain as there is not enough specific information to answer that, but I would assume there would be some rudimentary provision for some basics. Nothing that would be needed for any time far from port.

EDIT: On further thought I wouldn't expect there to be a galley taking up space but I can't say for certain.

[Aktungbby]

are all the crew members the same gender?

[Buddahaid]

Male certainly as otherwise would have been unthinkable at the time.

EDIT: At least by men.....

[Aktungbby]

was there a radio on board?

[d@rk51d3]

It has a single weapon which is fixed.

French with spar torpedo?

[Buddahaid]

Precisely.

[Aktungbby]

French with spar torpedo?#63 3rd class TB (of Thornycraft design) with crew of 10?...but d@rk51d3 gets it!:Kaleun_Salute:(I'm no lurker::O:)

[Buddahaid]

Just in under the wire. That's it, a French torpedo boat with a funky bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo80gXXIH_o
Thornycroft TB's.
https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1/french-torpedo-boats

I have to confess it does look like there are two torpedo tubes under the spar torpedo but I have to go with the documentation.

[Jimbuna]

Would never have guessed that, even with all the given clues :doh:

Nice one :up:

[Catfish]

This was a tough one :)

[Aktungbby]

#63 3rd class TB (of Thornycraft design) with crew of 10?...but d@rk51d3 gets it!I PM'd d@rk51d3 that I was helping out only and the win was to him; and that he should put up a new puzzle. But for his post, I'd never even have come close. :shucks:

[d@rk51d3]

I PM'd d@rk51d3 that I was helping out only and the win was to him; and that he should put up a new puzzle. But for his post, I'd never even have come close. :shucks:

Never arrived. :hmmm:

Anyhow, carry on gents. I just like to watch. :03: :D :oops:

[Aktungbby]

Never arrived. :hmmm:

Anyhow, carry on gents. I just like to watch. :03: :D :oops:roger that, I just looked at my 'msgs sent' and it's not there :oops: :Kaleun_Salute: I'll post something shortly.. thanks for the help though, I thought it wss the CSS Hunley, also with spar torpedo, frankly.:haha:

[Aktungbby]

This famous .50 cal weapon https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11720which earned it's user accolades, including a gold engraved watch, for most of his long productive life was used in the last battle of the Civil War according to some historians. The event has had an impact on me personally. Big hint: the weapon was recently reacquired and is at a museum commemorating the battle which is celebrated and re-enacted yearly. The battle has been the subject of several movies. Where and who used the weapon?

[stork100]

Henry Wheeler, 1876 Northfield Bank Raid?

[Catfish]

I think Stork100 has it :)

"SN 21020. Cal. 52. Standard Civil War issue Smith carbine with 21-1/2″ oct to rnd bbl, half nickel front sight and short, carbine ladder rear sight."

https://www.morphyauctions.com/jamesdjulia/item/lot-2319a-extraordinarily-rare-smith-civil-war-carbine-used-by-dr-henry-m-wheeler-in-northfield-minnesota-during-the-james-younger-bank-holdup-in-september-1876-42039/

[Jimbuna]

Nice one.

[Buddahaid]

Well I slept through that one. :Kaleun_Sleep:

[Aktungbby]

Stork nails it! That was quick! :Kaleun_Salute: My college is in Northfield and I used to bank at the First National Bank https://entertainmentguidemn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DeMann2-300x204.jpg during my four years there and played in the Jessie James day Rugby Tournament
:O: https://entertainmentguidemn.com/henry-wheeler-hero-of-the-failed-1876-northfield-bank-raid/ The carbine is now in the museum; seen here in front of the bank vault. https://entertainmentguidemn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/045-300x254.jpgSome historians believe that Jessie James &Co was conducting a Confederate Raid on a Bank believed to be owned by ex Union officers. Instead the gang ran into a bunch of ex-Yankees....and their single shot carbines! I attended the premier of The Great Northfield Raid movie in '72 when it premiered at the theater in Northfield!:yeah: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTE3MDAxMTQtZWEyYS00MjhlLWE0ODQtZTg2ZGIxMTEyY2 U3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_UX182_CR0,0,182 ,268_AL_.jpg Over to Stork:salute:

[stork100]

Great story!

OK, new one - Who's this?


https://i.imgur.com/dgeSSvb.jpg


(Excuse the difference in time zone. Answers may be slightly delayed).

[Buddahaid]

Oooh, the man in the moon? Digging.....

[Aktungbby]

Frank Sinatra?

[stork100]

Frank Sinatra?

Not Frank Sinatra.

[Aktungbby]

Still living?

[stork100]

Still living?

Afraid not.

[Aktungbby]

an actor?

[stork100]

an actor?

Some have been inclined to suggest so by examples of his character and behaviour.:)

But no, certainly not his profession.

[Aktungbby]

American?

[stork100]

American?

Not American.

[Catfish]

Nikita Sergejewitsch Chruschtschow? :hmmm:

[stork100]

Nikita Sergejewitsch Chruschtschow? :hmmm:

Nope.

[u crank]

Al Capone?

[Jimbuna]

A Kaleun?

[Catfish]

Smiling K.?

[skidman]

Australian?

[stork100]

Al Capone?

Not Al Capone.

A Kaleun?

No. But you're getting quite warm.

Smiling K.?

Not Smiling K.

Australian?

Not Australian.

[Aktungbby]

WWII sub skipper?

[stork100]

WWII sub skipper?

No.

Decent hint: Not naval related.

[Aktungbby]

Military person in WWII?

[stork100]

Military person in WWII?

Yes.

[u crank]

Russian?

[stork100]

Russian?

Not Russian.

[skidman]

German?

[stork100]

German?

Yes I believe so. Not born there but spent most of his life there, served with German forces.

[Buddahaid]

Did this person also serve in WW1?

[stork100]

Did this person also serve in WW1?

He did not serve in WW1.

[Buddahaid]

Hermann Balck?

[stork100]

Hermann Balck?

I should have worded my previous post better. The person in question only served in WW2.

[Buddahaid]

I should have worded my previous post better. The person in question only served in WW2.

No, that's my fault for not checking.

Wehrmacht officer?

[stork100]

No, that's my fault for not checking.

Wehrmacht officer?

Not Wehrmacht. But he was an officer. :)

[Buddahaid]

Schutzstaffel?

[stork100]

Schutzstaffel?

Nope.

[Buddahaid]

Well that leaves the Luftwaffe and this guy didn't look like any of the top aces to me.

So Luftwaffe?

[stork100]

Well that leaves the Luftwaffe and this guy didn't look like any of the top aces to me.

So Luftwaffe?

Yes. Luftwaffe.

[Buddahaid]

Willi Walter Seifert looks promising but he was born in Cologne. Notorious and known for a smile.

[stork100]

Willi Walter Seifert looks promising but he was born in Cologne. Notorious and known for a smile.

Not him. Had never heard of him before. Geez what a nutcase.

[Aktungbby]

Hungarian?

[stork100]

Hungarian?

No Hungarian connections. I'm pretty certain (but not 100%) that he was considered German, although he was born in another country and moved to Germany at a very young age.

[Aktungbby]

Knights Cross holder?

[stork100]

Knights Cross holder?

Yes.

[Aktungbby]

with swords?:D

[stork100]

with swords?:D

Nah. Just the cheap one I think. :haha:

[Aktungbby]

with oak leaves?

[stork100]

with oak leaves?

Nope.

[Aktungbby]

Nope.so to reiterate: just a "bare bones' knights cross?

[stork100]

so to reiterate: just a "bare bones' knights cross?

Correct.

[Aktungbby]

did he survive the war?

[stork100]

did he survive the war?

No.

[Aktungbby]

born in austria?

[stork100]

born in austria?

Not Austria.

[Aktungbby]

a european country?

[stork100]

a european country?

Yes.

[Aktungbby]

Vichy France?

[stork100]

Vichy France?

No.

[Aktungbby]

romania?

[stork100]

romania?

Nope.

[Aktungbby]

brazil?

[stork100]

brazil?

From Europe we said. :03:

[Aktungbby]

well...damn my aricept is past its expiration date!:O: a former behind iron curtain nation?

[stork100]

well...damn my aricept is past its expiration date!:O: a former behind iron curtain nation?


:haha: Nope. More westerly, and luxurious.

[Aktungbby]

lichtenstein?!:Kaleun_Cheers:

[stork100]

lichtenstein?!:Kaleun_Cheers:
Afraid not. :har:

[Aktungbby]

is it a principality?

[stork100]

is it a principality?

Nope. Several languages are spoken there, though German is the most common. And it's geographically as close to your last guess as you can get.

[Jimbuna]

Swiss?

[Aktungbby]

Yer too late; I think it's Baron Franz von Werra...drove me nuts! I knew i'd seen the picture... back in the ninth grade!:O:https://www.b17museum.ch/newsbilder/thumb1.php?file=5.png&width=770&height=480 Same facial scowl line, bags under eyes, chin clef under lip, and dentition imho. Possibly even the same photo shoot as the natural light is the same; and the cocked-askew hat shadow's about right and the white dress shirt collar.https://i.imgur.com/dgeSSvb.jpgFRANZ VON WERRA - GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PILOT FROM SWITZERLAND
Baron Franz von Werra was born on July 13, 1914, at Castle Leuk in the Canton of Wallis. His family descended from many clergymen and officers who had made careers in Spain or France. Because of a family feud, the Leuk branch of the family had become poor. The parents gave the children up for adoption. Franz and his sister were taken up by an aristocratic couple in Southern Germany.
But even here money became scarce, and soon the siblings faced the same problem.

They had a close relationship, and Emma looked for a post as a secretary and Franz joined the air force. He had had to give up secondary school due to lack of money. When Franz was required to bring proof of his non-Jewish, Caucasian descent, he was surprised to find out that he was Swiss, but also that his descendents had been, in part, famous. The German Air Force now accepted Franz.

After his training at the war school in Potsdam, Franz joined the Alp Squadron, with which he flew over Vienna in 1938. He then switched to Staff Squadron of the Fighter Wing’s Second Group; the commander was Günter Lützlow. Life was good in France, and Franz and his comrades flew over France to the Cote d’Azur.

Franz was imaginative and ambitious, but also a devout Catholic ; he loved taking risks and liked to fly unter bridges, which was actually forbidden. The Luftwaffe didn’t want to lose their pilots with these tests of courage.

Von Werra’s goal was to get the Knight’s Cross, in conjunction with the manor that had been promised to him by Hitler.

The aerial combat in England, France, East Prussia and later on the East Front, were a source of pleasure to him. He loved flying ; the War was secondary to him. This is what he wrote Emma, his sister.

He was not at all interested in politics; he only loved the Swastika, which he considered martial. His squadron’s mascot was a young lion named Simba.

On May 30, 1940, von Werra was awarded the Iron Cross First Class ; he had reported nine enemy airplanes he had shot down over England. There had been no witnesses, and von Werra was celebrated a hero in Germany.

On September 5th, 1940, three ME-109s took off from Calais towards England, one of them being First Lieutenant von Werra. They were serving as part of a bomber escort. After a change of course over Croydon, they became involved in a wild battle with Spitfires. Flight Lieutenant J.T. Webster and Squadron Leader George Bennions, both from the 41st Squadron in Hornchurch, as well as Squadron Leader Gerald Stapleton, Pilot Officer William Rafter and Flight Lieutenant Fred RUshmore, all from the 603rd Squadron in Rochford, were involved.
Rushmer, who was only 19 years old at the time, was killed. Von Werra was pushed aside and pursued by the Spitfires. After several hits to his engines, he raced in low-altitude flight over fields, fruit orchards and cattle paddocks, until he eventually crashed down south of the railway tracks Redhill-Ashford in Maidstone.

After being taken to prison by the Home Guard, he was taken to Kensington, where he was interrogated. He was then brought to the officer’s encampment at Grizedale Hall, located in marshland 30 kilometers from the Irish Sea, considered escape-proof.

On October 7, 1940, von Werra escaped. He was discovered just three days later on the coast, but was able to escape once again. He was picked up, exhausted, two days later, and taken back to Grizedal Hall.

After 21 days of solitary confinement, he was relocated to the transit camp at Swanwick. There, he and his companions began digging a tunnel. They had also created fraudulent identification tags, changing their flight uniforms to those emulating the Dutch air force, which had still been allied with England at that time.

On December 17th, von Werra and his companions took advantage of a German attack and fled, but were discovered and caught shortly thereafter. Franz himself remained untraceable; he had stayed in the encampment and looked for the Royal Air Force’s nearest airfield. But to no avail: he was soon arrested again.

The English had had enough of him by then; they embarked him, along with 1000 other POWs, to Canada. The temperature was -20°C, the sky starlit, the snow lay more than a meter deep, and von Werra was making slow progress.
He tried to cross the St. Lawrence River on the border to the USA. At that time, the USA hadn’t yet been involved in the War.
He managed to reach the American city of Ogdensbur. Von Werra liked to boast that he was regarded as an illegal alien in the States, that’s how he bandied his story about, and that Great Britain demanded his extradition. He fled again on March 24, 1941, when he was supposed to have been detained. He travelled from New York to Mexico and then through Panama, Peru, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona and Rome back to Berlin, where he arrived on April 18. During the course of his escape, he wrote his sister postcards on a regular basis, never forgetting the British interrogation officers in Hucknall.

Goebbels’ propaganda frenetically celebrated von Werra, and Hitler awarded him the Knight’s Cross he had so long been longing for. Von Werra was also received by Third Reich Marshall Göring; he loved to be the center of attention. At the same time, he was promoted to captain. For Interception he was worth his weight in gold : he knew the interrogation methods. In addition, the Luftwaffe benefitted from him, making their camps «more secure».

The whole world spoke about him, although the Canton of Wallis was afraid of him; it feared an act of revenge carried out by bombers.

Three of his brothers served in the Swiss Army, but von Werra didn’t even want a Swiss passport anymore; his future lay in Germany, in his opinion.

On July 1, 1941, von Werra became the commander of Group I of the Fighter Squadron 53 «Ace of Spades», stationed on the East Front. He wasn’t scheduled for any more missions to England. After further downings, von Werra was re-trained for the Me-109F-4 in mid-August and his unit was ordered to relocate to the coast guard in Katwijk, Holland. Previously, von Werra had married his longtime fianceé in the customary Nazi pomp tradition.

Von Werra found himself on a routine reconnaissance flight at Fieslingen on October 25, 1941, when the engine stalled and the airplane crashed head-on into the sea, sinking immediately.

His death wasn’t announced until that of Ernst Udet’s had been. His sister Emma worked as a psychiatric nurse after the war and died in 1992. Franz von Werra lived to be only 27 years old; his life was short but intense. The airplane with which he crashed in England is still being displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum in Folkestown, Kent.

In 1956 the movie more or less depicting his life, «The One That Got Away», was filmed, Hardy Krüger acting the main role. It’s well-known that a lot of von Werra’s life story was made up, yet he remains an astonishing man.https://www.b17museum.ch/news_e.php?id=5

[stork100]

BINGO!!! Aktungbby has it!

https://i.imgur.com/ih26Qhd.jpg

What a journey he made. Great questions everyone, enjoyed giving the answers on this one. Over to you Aktungbby!
:salute:

[Jimbuna]

He was then brought to the officer’s encampment at Grizedale Hall, located in marshland 30 kilometers from the Irish Sea, considered escape-proof.

Visited there in 2010 where it is more commonly named the “U-boat Hotel”

All that remains are a museum/shop and part of the grounds.

It was also one of the setting setting for the movie "The One That Got Away" (1957) which was about the German prisoner-of-war Oberleutnant Franz von Werra in World War II.

https://i.postimg.cc/rsqCLPWW/P1000619.jpg (https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/gj4ycHq7/P1000622.jpg (https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/d0d8ZYjr/P1000616.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Aktungbby]

^ nice shots of POW camp. I'll have something shortly. Principality and Lichtenstein did the trick though it must have been a barony. I tediously perused 126 Knights Cross holders: incl Brazil, Hungary, Romania and Vichy France :k_confused: even then I wasn't too sure of the picture so I ressurrected my forensic training. Are there any ugly Luftwaffe pilots??!!:O: That movie is in the site I poster.

[Aktungbby]

Shortly: What's this? https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11722

[skidman]

A tank?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[Jimbuna]

A gun barrel?

[skidman]

soldering lamp?

[Aktungbby]

A gun barrel?
YES but what is it attached to?
soldering lamp?
NOPE

[Catfish]

Mounted to an aircraft?

[Aktungbby]

Yup

[Catfish]

30mm MK 108 Cannon mounted on the 262? :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

nope, but you're leading the pack!

[Catfish]

So not a 262 or not the 30 mm?

Could also be a 50 mm Mauser, but rare .. :hmmm:

[d@rk51d3]

So not a 262 or not the 30 mm?

Could also be a 50 mm Mauser, but rare .. :hmmm:

I reckon you have it.

262 with the 50mm

[Aktungbby]

So not a 262 or not the 30 mm?

Could also be a 50 mm Mauser, but rare ..:yep: :hmmm:CLOSE enough! https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11723 The Me 262 "narwhale' ie: Me 262 A-1/U4 Pulkzerstörer for bombers. I thought Eich would get this one; he does well with Me 262's and love anything with an umlaut in it!:O: Only two prototypes were ever built. As pictured in War Thunder: https://wiki.warthunder.com/images/thumb/d/d7/GarageImage_Me_262_A-1_U4.jpg/800px-GarageImage_Me_262_A-1_U4.jpg Over 2 U! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Catfish]

Ok, so it was this 'Mauser' 214.. i had only heard of it being fitted one time, and it had a blockade the first and only time it was used against bombers.
They had to change the bow wheel to accomodate it under this 500 kg contraption :doh:

[...] I thought Eich would get this one; he does well with Me 262's and love anything with an umlaut in it!:O: [COLOR="Lime"]
I blame Moira .. but I cannot blame Eichhörnchen then :D

[Catfish]

Ok, what/were is this - should not be too difficult(?)

https://i.imgur.com/CO9oXFam.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Are there buffalo(bison) and prairie dogs in it?

[Buddahaid]

Looks like a radar installation for Nike missiles.

[Aktungbby]

an observatory?

[Catfish]

Sry for the late reaction

Are there buffalo(bison) and prairie dogs in it?
Most probably not :D

@Buddahaid:
It is a radar installation. Not for Nike system though afaik.

@Aktungbby:
^ so not an observatory

[Aktungbby]

American?

[Catfish]

Not american

[Jimbuna]

Fylingdales?

[Catfish]

Not Fylingdales, but UK is correct.

[Buddahaid]

Hawaii? Oops I'm late.

[Aktungbby]

in europe?

[Jimbuna]

Hartland Point?

[Aktungbby]

Ok, what/were is this - should not be too difficult(?)

https://i.imgur.com/CO9oXFam.jpg

Hartland Point?that looks about right https://live.staticflickr.com/2757/4124325099_c83359ae37_b.jpg

[Catfish]

"In Europe", that's debatable since 2016 :O:

Yes, Europe, UK.

Not Hartland Point.

[skidman]

Titterstone Clee Hill?

[Catfish]

No, it is near to the sea

[skidman]

GCHQ Bude?

[Catfish]

No.

[skidman]

Never noticed how many radar stations are sitting above British beaches.

Morwenstow, Cornwall?

[Catfish]

Never noticed how many radar stations are sitting above British beaches. [...]
Same happened to some folks further south, before WW2 :D

^ Not in Cornwall.

Hints: Very close to the sea, further north, place holds a record.

[Buddahaid]

Guessing.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Radar_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#/media/File:Great_Dun_Fell_'golfball'_-_geograph.org.uk_-_101389.jpg

[Jimbuna]

RAF Saxa Vord?

It holds the unofficial British record for wind speed, which in 1992 was recorded at 197 mph (317 km/h) — just before the measuring equipment blew away :)

[Aktungbby]

that looks about right:O: https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.MF5Gcljvlm4rb25mJkpWrAHaE8?pid=Api&rs=1

[Jimbuna]

That's what you said earlier.

[Catfish]

RAF Saxa Vord?

It holds the unofficial British record for wind speed, which in 1992 was recorded at 197 mph (317 km/h) — just before the measuring equipment blew away :)
Yes this is it, and the record that i meant :up:

https://i.imgur.com/KiRIGEQl.jpg

Most northern part of the UK, at the north coast of the Shetland islands. It was "down" for some time, but has been re-equipped and is "on" as a remote radar head again since 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Saxa_Vord)

Over to you, Jim :salute:

[Catfish]

Well i admit it is really bad to identify something that is not unique, like ball-shaped radar installations.. this could be anywhere. There are other examples not posted by me, too. So shall we change the rules? :hmmm:

[Buddahaid]

I like it the way it is as long as there is something interesting to learn, or makes the subject different from other similar subjects. This was the only radar with a record associated to it.

[skidman]

No, this was a good one. I learned a lot about UK coastal radar installations (and just not made it to the Shetlands in time).

[Jimbuna]

Back home in a couple of hours and hopefully something 'different'

[Jimbuna]

What and where is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/SRnSDQXT/jjm-jliuuu.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Aktungbby]

in India?

[Jimbuna]

in India?

Further away than that.

[Aktungbby]

to east?

[skidman]

Indonesia?

[Jimbuna]

to east?

Yep

[Jimbuna]

Indonesia?

Not Indonesia but not that far away.

[Buddahaid]

I'd say likely it's in Thailand as it's their national symbol. Trying to find where.

Wat Ban Rai Elephant Temple?

[Jimbuna]

I'd say likely it's in Thailand as it's their national symbol. Trying to find where.

Wat Ban Rai Elephant Temple?

Good guess but incorrect.

Clue: I'll give you the temple and as an extra, I've been in it.

[Aktungbby]

Next door to a bordello in Phuket?:O:

[Buddahaid]

Next door to a bordello in Phuket?:O:

Ba-dum tish!

[skidman]

Malaysia?

[Jimbuna]

Next door to a bordello in Phuket?:O:

Not Phuket, the last time I was there it wasn't even a popular holiday resort.

[Jimbuna]

Malaysia?

Yes Sir :yep:

[Buddahaid]

I'm not having any specific luck finding that temple so I will just start guessing now.

Sri Mahamariamman Temple?

[Jimbuna]

I'm not having any specific luck finding that temple so I will just start guessing now.

Sri Mahamariamman Temple?

Afraid not.

Clue: Hindu

[Buddahaid]

I thought it was as I was searching Hindu temples.

Was this temple recently damaged, or destroyed?

[Jimbuna]

Not as far as I am aware. I believe it is still open to visitors but only on pre-determined days and times to allow worshippers to conduct prayers and attend festivals.

The first time I went was such an occasion so a colleague and myself decided to visit the next day and it was well worth the time and effort.

Clue: Back in the day when when I was a merchant navy engineering officer was the time of the visit so the temple is obviously not too far from water, the sea or a river.

[Catfish]

A bit strange because usually an elephant in a Hindu connection is shown as the god Ganesha, but here it seems a Mahout sits on a riding/working elephant :hmmm:

[Buddahaid]

Sree Maha Mariamman Devasthanam?

[Aktungbby]

Sri Nagara Thandayuthapani temple?

[skidman]

Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan?

When Hindus believe in Samsara it's because it takes a lot of cycles to learn to spell those names correctly.

[Aktungbby]

Sree Maha Mariamman Devasthanam?

Sri Nagara Thandayuthapani temple?

Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan?

When Hindus believe in Samsara it's because it takes a lot of cycles to learn to write those names correctly. we should hold a spelling bee but it'll wear out my new key board!:arrgh!:

[Eichhörnchen]

Did you take the photo yourself?

[Jimbuna]

A bit strange because usually an elephant in a Hindu connection is shown as the god Ganesha, but here it seems a Mahout sits on a riding/working elephant :hmmm:

Your certainly more clued up than me Kai but it is definitely a Hindu temple.

[Jimbuna]

Sree Maha Mariamman Devasthanam?

Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan?

When Hindus believe in Samsara it's because it takes a lot of cycles to learn to spell those names correctly.

None of the above.

Did you take the photo yourself?

Nope, the photos I took were lost years ago.

[Jimbuna]

Sri Nagara Thandayuthapani temple?

That's the one :up:

https://malaysia-trips.tumblr.com/post/18548017609/amp

https://i.postimg.cc/mgNm9V6k/tumblr-m07fy0wtz-O1rqeyxho1-640.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Over to you :salute:

[Catfish]

i saw this photo of the Srinagar one, but it was irrelephant (or better i did not find it on the facade) :o

[Jimbuna]

Rgr that :yep:

[Aktungbby]

wow! That was a pure dumb luck shot-in-the-dark for me! I'll have something shortly.

[Aktungbby]

Shortly: what is this? https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11741

[Buddahaid]

A firearm.

[Aktungbby]

yup...and I still shoot one!

[Buddahaid]

Muzzle loader?

[Aktungbby]

NOPE but I've loaded both black and nitrate powder rounds for it.

[Aktungbby]

Ba-dum tish!

https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/604025/86417586.jpg:arrgh!: I'm off to saw a few logs:Kaleun_Sleep:

[d@rk51d3]

Admiral Ackbar says: "It's a trap!!!!"................. or was it the Simpsons.. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

US civil war era?

[Buddahaid]

I wonder. While I don't think it is a Colt Walker I have to ask if it is anyway.

[Aktungbby]

US civil war era?

I wonder. While I don't think it is a Colt Walker I have to ask if it is anyway.

NOPE to both

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a carbine?

[Buddahaid]

Does it use cartridges? I'm assuming so but I'm asking just to be clear.

[Aktungbby]

Yes the round is considered efficient for dangerous game. It's the only one I reload to save money. BIG hint! on two separate hills, 22 years apart, two arrogant Trumplike aßholes with presidential ambitions had problems with this firearm. One was firing downhill; the other uphill... @ EichBBY: it did come in a carbine version.

[u crank]

two arrogant Trumplike aßholes with presidential ambitions had problems with this firearm.

Is that necessary in this thread?

[Aktungbby]

Is that necessary in this thread?sorry, I should have said "egomaniacal varlets.":O: Both commanded regiments and considered riding on "the coattails of victory" to greater goals.

[Jimbuna]

The Marlin Model?

[Aktungbby]

Nope. Really big hint: a certain man, who famously carried one, and actually met one of the aforementioned regimental commanders, might be tempted to shout out his own name while 'hitting the silk'!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

20th century?

[u crank]

Springfield model 1873?

[Buddahaid]

Looks like that may be it. A Springfield trapdoor.

[Aktungbby]

:Kaleun_Salute:Upon investigation to your inquiry: "there are reports it was issued in or during WW I to civilians for coastal defense." In any case, around the globe due to patent-squabble production problems with it's Norwegian designed replacement weapon at the turn of the century, I've no doubt it was carried by military personnel of the expanding American Empire...albeit for a short time. EDIT OVER to U-Crank!Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt found himself in a tight spot on the outskirts of Santiago, Cuba, on July 1, 1898. He had just led his Rough Riders in an attack up a winding muddy road from the beach. At a curve in the road he found his way blocked at the foot of Kettle Hill by the 71st New York Volunteers. They were taking heavy rifle fire from the heights before Santiago. The 71st troops were armed only with single-shot black powder 1873 Springfield rifles and might as well have been carrying a banner reading, “Aim right here!” Each time a New Yorker fired, his position was immediately given away by a billow of black powder smoke—“about the size of a cow,” as one trooper put it. From their well-dug-in positions up on the Santiago heights, Spanish troops were armed with Mauser Model 1893 repeaters that used smokeless powder and high velocity bullets to deadly advantage. All a Spanish soldier had to do was center his sights on that cloud and pull the trigger. Odds were good he’d hit somebody.

Realizing they could not stand that kind of punishment for very long, Roosevelt demanded that the New Yorkers rush the Spanish position, but they would not advance without proper orders. Roosevelt did not hesitate. He waved a revolver salvaged from the wreck of the battleship Maine and bellowed: “You need orders, then I will give them! Come with me or stand aside and let my men through!” The charge that followed swept the Spaniards from the heights, pushed Roosevelt into the headlines and eventually carried him to the presidency of the United States.

That black powder rifle that performed so miserably before Kettle Hill had also failed 22 years previously at the Greasy Grass—the Little Bighorn. In addition, parallels between the commanding officers at both battles are astounding. Theodore Roosevelt and George Armstrong Custer were both young and brash lieutenant colonels. Both had once held positions of greater responsibility—Custer as a major general in the American Civil War, Roosevelt as U.S. undersecretary of the Navy. Both men found themselves mired in poorly planned assaults upon superior forces. Both were driven by presidential ambitions. JUST FOR EICH: the carbine version: https://s22658.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gun4.jpg

The 1873 Springfield carried by Custer’s 7th Cavalry was a carbine, a foot shorter than the model carried by the New York volunteers in Cuba. https://s22658.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/feature-16.jpg <(at right)The famous Apache Warrior(paratroopers shout "Geronimo" when hitting the silk:O:) was at Teddy Roosevelt's inaugural parade...His big problem was: the soldiers who captured him were also carrying 45-70 "trapdoor Springfields"I carry the full infantry an original I purchesed in the '70's in Texas in my trukkin daze-for $35 dollars!:D: https://s22658.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/trapdoor.jpg Heads turn at the local range: its an absolute cannon when it discharges and ear-protection is oft inadequate.. I let kids shoot it just so they can say they fired one once.

[Jimbuna]

Winchester Model 1905?

[Aktungbby]

U Crank's got it!:Kaleun_Salute: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11742Admiral Ackbar says: "It's a trap!!!!" d@rk51d3 read the clue!

[Jimbuna]

First I've ever seen.

[u crank]

Admiral Ackbar says: "It's a trap!!!!"................. or was it the Simpsons..

:har:

I spent way to much time thinking about that.:hmmm:

The Geronimo clue did it.

Ok what would this be exactly?

https://i.imgur.com/p0C4g8q.jpg?1

[mapuc]

it looks like a stone sculpture

Markus

[u crank]

it looks like a stone sculpture

Markus

Not a sculpture.

[Aktungbby]

a sepulchre?

[u crank]

a sepulchre?

No but right track.

[Eichhörnchen]

A sarcophagus

[u crank]

A sarcophagus

No but also right track.

[Catfish]

You asked what it is exactly, not which purpose it serves, or where.
So I say granite.

[Aktungbby]

A monument to a deceased Canadian?

[u crank]

You asked what it is exactly, not which purpose it serves, or where.
So I say granite.

I don't know what it is.

But I know exactly what it's purpose is and where it is.:D

[u crank]

A monument to a deceased Canadian?

It is a monument to the deceased but no one knows who they are.

[Aktungbby]

In Canada?

[u crank]

In Canada?

Yep.

[Aktungbby]

The deceased from some sea disaster in a mass grave? It doesn't look to be the Halifax explosion.

[u crank]

The deceased from some sea disaster in a mass grave? It doesn't look to be the Halifax explosion.

It is a mass grave.

[Aktungbby]

sea disaster or land slide?

[u crank]

sea disaster or land slide?

Neither.

[Aktungbby]

Early 20th century?

[u crank]

Early 20th century?

Yes.

[Aktungbby]

civilian or military mass grave?

[Catfish]

I don't know what it is.
But I know exactly what it's purpose is and where it is.:D
You asked "what exactly is it".
You're making as much sense as in the politics threads :D

Canadian tomb of the unknown soldier?

[Aktungbby]

https://i.imgur.com/p0C4g8q.jpg?1[/QUOTE]

You asked "what exactly is it".
You're making as much sense as in the politics threads :D

Canadian tomb of the unknown soldier?I looked at that one right off too...I'm not seeing the same color or decorative
cornice details:hmmm: plus it's not a ''mass grave'. https://9968c6ef49dc043599a5-e151928c3d69a5a4a2d07a8bf3efa90a.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.c om/829033-1.jpgIS it on Prince Edward Island?

[u crank]

You asked "what exactly is it".
You're making as much sense as in the politics threads :D

That's the plan. :03:

Canadian tomb of the unknown soldier?

No.

IS it on Prince Edward Island?

No.

[u crank]

civilian or military mass grave?

Civilian.

[Jimbuna]

Anything to do with Canada’s indigenous children?

[u crank]

Anything to do with Canada’s indigenous children?

No.

[Jimbuna]

Less than 100 bodies?

[Eichhörnchen]

An 'Unknown Soldier' monument somewhere?

[u crank]

Less than 100 bodies?

More.

An 'Unknown Soldier' monument somewhere?

Not military.

[Buddahaid]

I've had a look at all the disasters listed I could "dig" up and I'm having trouble finding something where who's in the grave would be unknown. Is it perhaps a grave for animals?

[Eichhörnchen]

An 'Unknown Soldier' monument somewhere?



https://i.imgur.com/3Japndd.jpg Ooops! Guilty on multiple counts of not reading posts! :timeout:

[u crank]

I've had a look at all the disasters listed I could "dig" up and I'm having trouble finding something where who's in the grave would be unknown. Is it perhaps a grave for animals?

Ok just to make it plain. The victims of this disater buried here are unidentified. The disaster that killed them is well known.

[Jimbuna]

Coal Creek mine disaster?

[u crank]

Coal Creek mine disaster?

No.

[Aktungbby]

Flu epidemic victims?

[Eichhörnchen]

A storm?

[Jimbuna]

Matheson Fire of 1916?

[u crank]

Flu epidemic victims?

A storm?

Matheson Fire of 1916?

No to all.

Big hint. Go back and read all the questions and answers. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Are the civilians Canadian?

[Buddahaid]

Unidentified but not unknown.

Air India flight 182?

[u crank]

Are the civilians Canadian?

I would say that some were but not all. No one knows.

[u crank]

Unidentified but not unknown.

Air India flight 182?

No. Already establish as early 20th century.

[Eichhörnchen]

The Halifax Explosion possibility was left open, because Aktung craftily raised it in the form of a rhetorical question... therefore I believe it is a monument commemorating the Halifax Explosion

[Buddahaid]

Ooh, sneaky.

[Aktungbby]

sea disaster or land slide?

Neither.

The Halifax Explosion possibility was left open, because Aktung craftily raised it in the form of a rhetorical question... therefore I believe it is a monument commemorating the Halifax Explosion

Ooh, sneaky. Good eye, but I corrected the rhetorical question early-on. Not a sea disaster since the Halifax 2 vessel sea collision precipitated the explosion...so not that imho. A bridge collapse?

[u crank]

The Halifax Explosion possibility was left open, because Aktung craftily raised it in the form of a rhetorical question... therefore I believe it is a monument commemorating the Halifax Explosion

Squirrels are so smart. :D

https://i.imgur.com/2cLERfk.jpg?2

https://i.imgur.com/7htvjvS.jpg?2

Photos taken by myself during our Christmas visit. The Fairview Lawn cemetary is a two minute walk from my son's house in Halifax. It is also the resting place for the unclaimed dead victims of the RMS Titanic. Kind of sad two disasters five years apart. You can see the Titanic graves fron this memorial.

Over to you Mr. Squirrel.

:salute:

[Aktungbby]

Squirrels are so smart. :D

https://i.imgur.com/2cLERfk.jpg?2

https://i.imgur.com/7htvjvS.jpg?2

Photos taken by myself during our Christmas visit. The Fairview Lawn cemetary is a two minute walk from my son's house in Halifax. It is also the resting place for the unclaimed dead victims of the RMS Titanic. Kind of sad two disasters five years apart. You can see the Titanic graves fron this memorial.

Over to you Mr. Squirrel.

:salute:I formally protest...the Halifax disaster is clearly a sea collision disaster; (post 14731)no imho about it. This is a Commonwealth conspiracy! This game relies on impeccably correct OP answeres :haha:

[Buddahaid]

Deflection and misdirection. How much did the squirrel pay you Acktung?

[u crank]

I formally protest...the Halifax disaster is clearly a sea collision disaster; (post 14731)no imho about it. This is a Commonwealth conspiracy! This game relies on impeccably correct OP answeres :haha:

Management says all decisions are final.:D

You walked up to the door but you didn't knock. :haha:

As for being at sea well the explosion took place in a place called the Narrows, a body of water that joins the Bedford Basin with Halifax harbour. It is about 500 meters across. After the collision the Mont-Blanc's crew abandoned ship and the burning ship beached herself at Pier 6 near the foot of Richmond street. And then she blew up.

[skidman]

Well done Big E, that was a clever guess.

Just a little remark: I just did a google image search "Halifax Explosion Fairview Lawn Cemetery" and the only picture it produced, that actually shows the detail we were looking for is this:

https://www.hmdb.org/Photos4/413/Photo413398.jpg

I'd say there is hardly a chance to identify the object from that photo. So even if one knows the correct answer it can not be verified by searching the web. From my point of view there's nothing wrong with using your own photo or a photo that has not been uploaded to the web. But it would be nice to choose a detail that corresponds to a photo that is available to the public. It's a question of sportsmanship imho.

[Catfish]

Not mentioning any hint after it was in a way already identified .. hmm.

[u crank]

I'd say there is hardly a chance to identify the object from that photo.

Hmm I took my photo from almost the exact same spot only closer and from a lower angle.

But it would be nice to choose a detail that corresponds to a photo that is available to the public. It's a question of sportsmanship imho.

Frankly that never occured to me. I didn't know that was a rule. But then again there are a lot of small grainy B/W photos used that I can't find either.

Not mentioning any hint after it was in a way already identified .. hmm.

Big hint. Go back and read all the questions and answers. :03:

[skidman]

No hard feelings! There are almost no rules. Let's keep it this way. I have to admit, the more desperate the search the deeper the insights in incidents you would normally never come across:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/91fgxsagxjlxk3m/ISD.png?raw=1

This one was put up to commemorate the fate of the victims of the Icelandic settlement disaster that took place in the 1870s. The sculpture was made by GUŎRÚN SIGURSTEINSDÓTTIR GIRGIS. Atta girl.

[Aktungbby]

Not mentioning any hint after it was in a way already identified .. hmm. Quote:
Originally Posted by Aktungbby View Post
sea disaster or land slide?
Quote:
Originally Posted by u crank View Post
Neither.
plus: rhetorical aside, definitively 'closing the door' with neither I define 'sea' as salt or briney waters and Halifax Narrows is definitly that, Just like my own Carquinez Strait at Mare Island. Given U Crank's sneaky cunning nature to rival my own deceptive nature:D :yep::arrgh!: I then moved to the fresh water Gale of 1913 the Great Lakes Storm killed more than 250 people, destroyed 19 ships, and stranded 19 others. Knowing and recalling his predilection for Edmund Fitzgerald type disaster stuff!:D https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/IMRAY%281884%29_p0749_HALIFAX.jpg/350px-IMRAY%281884%29_p0749_HALIFAX.jpg But good fun and cameraderie prevails in this wondrous thread and so, we move on! :Kaleun_Cheers: Winona sings it best! You walked up to the door but you didn't knock. :rotfl2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kEZx-balw

[Eichhörnchen]

Apologies if it's taking a while... time zone plus been fixing up a video link with the boy's college for his home schooling

Back soon with one you'll never get :D

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/mTiNLNK.jpg

What is this and where exactly is it?

[Jimbuna]

In the UK?

[Eichhörnchen]

No, not in the UK

[Jimbuna]

US?

[Catfish]

Europe?

[Eichhörnchen]

In the US

[Catfish]

Near the Rockies?

[Eichhörnchen]

Sorry, I missed Jim's second post so we crossed... it is in the US but not the Rockies

[u crank]

East of Rockies?