Who / What / Where Game - Page 955

Aktungbby · 12-23-20, 06:41 PM

Good eye! but the expression "southest of Cape Farwell" applies to a broad area up to 500 nautical miles by participants of the battles. In the case of the sub sunk by my particular merchant: "Northern Atlantic south-east Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position.. ..N .. ..W by 120 Squadron" Uboat.Net is hazy on this sort of stuff. A careful review of the sinking locations of the Uboat's two other sinkings that night puts it's own loss location SSE of Cape Farewell: "500 nautical miles (930 km) south east of Cape Farewell,"

Buddahaid · 12-23-20, 06:57 PM

Must be a year earlier then.

U-132. Sunk on 4 November 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, in approx. position 55.38N, 39.52W, when the British ammunition ship Hatimura blew up in a huge explosion. U-132 had torpedoed this ship earlier and was probably waiting nearby for her to sink when caught in the lethal radius of the explosion.

Aktungbby · 12-23-20, 08:23 PM

Bingo! you're up! sorry for the delay...out getting stocking stuffers!

Buddahaid · 12-23-20, 08:29 PM

Well, you nearly named the answer.

What ship is this?

Jimbuna · 12-24-20, 05:31 AM

US warship?

Buddahaid · 12-24-20, 09:41 AM

Yes it is.

Jimbuna · 12-24-20, 09:57 AM

Heavy/armoured cruiser?

Buddahaid · 12-24-20, 10:07 AM

Originally classified as a light cruiser but finished as a heavy cruiser. It sort of splits the difference.

Jimbuna · 12-24-20, 11:09 AM

WWII?

Buddahaid · 12-24-20, 11:15 AM

Yes.

Jimbuna · 12-24-20, 11:15 AM

USS Brooklyn?

Aktungbby · 12-24-20, 11:36 AM

One of 8 light cruisers CL24 thru CL31 started in 1926 but upped to heavy cruiser?

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In 1926, construction began on a new group of light cruisers, armed with eight-inch guns instead of the six-inch or smaller weapons carried by the existing CLs. Eight of these were completed between late 1929 and early 1931 as CL-24 through CL-31. At the beginning of July 1931, these eight ships were redesignated as "heavy cruisers" (CA), based on warship classifications established by the previous year's London Naval Treaty, but their hull numbers were not changed.

USS Houston?

Buddahaid · 12-24-20, 11:45 AM

Not a Brooklyn class and not Pensacola class.

Jimbuna · 12-24-20, 11:57 AM

Indianapolis?

Buddahaid · 12-24-20, 12:06 PM

Not Portland class.

12-23-20, 06:41 PM	#14311
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,867 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Good eye! but the expression "southest of Cape Farwell" applies to a broad area up to 500 nautical miles by participants of the battles. In the case of the sub sunk by my particular merchant: "Northern Atlantic south-east Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position.. ..N .. ..W by 120 Squadron" Uboat.Net is hazy on this sort of stuff. A careful review of the sinking locations of the Uboat's two other sinkings that night puts it's own loss location SSE of Cape Farewell: "500 nautical miles (930 km) south east of Cape Farewell," __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 12-23-20 at 06:51 PM.

12-23-20, 06:57 PM	#14312
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Must be a year earlier then. U-132. Sunk on 4 November 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, in approx. position 55.38N, 39.52W, when the British ammunition ship Hatimura blew up in a huge explosion. U-132 had torpedoed this ship earlier and was probably waiting nearby for her to sink when caught in the lethal radius of the explosion. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-23-20, 08:23 PM	#14313
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,867 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Bingo! you're up! sorry for the delay...out getting stocking stuffers! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

12-23-20, 08:29 PM	#14314
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Well, you nearly named the answer. What ship is this? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-24-20, 05:31 AM	#14315
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	US warship? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-24-20, 09:41 AM	#14316
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Yes it is. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-24-20, 09:57 AM	#14317
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Heavy/armoured cruiser? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-24-20, 10:07 AM	#14318
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Originally classified as a light cruiser but finished as a heavy cruiser. It sort of splits the difference. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-24-20, 11:09 AM	#14319
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	WWII? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-24-20, 11:15 AM	#14320
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Yes. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-24-20, 11:15 AM	#14321
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	USS Brooklyn? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-24-20, 11:45 AM	#14323
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Not a Brooklyn class and not Pensacola class. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-24-20, 11:57 AM	#14324
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Indianapolis? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-24-20, 12:06 PM	#14325
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Not Portland class. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie