A little Christmas photo quiz...

[robbie]

I could swear that pic was taken in the bay I'm looking from my window at the moment, even the snow looks the same!!.

Is that you Dave, standing up on the super structure port side!!

[DaveB]

In 1929.. my dad was 2yo so on this occasion.. twas not me

ATB
DaveB

[Paul K]

Ding !

Okay, time's up. It's HMS Courageous at Boka Kotorska, Yugoslavia, in 1929 with a Fairey III a-dangling. Unfortunately no single person got it all correct, so I'm afraid I get to keep the glittering first prize. Thems the rules, sorry.

[Tomliner]

Of course,I knew these answers all along but I didn't want to show off! Would I lie to you?.
Happy new year to you all.EricT

[FlyTexas]

Those small trees along the shoreline look very much like trees you'd find in Boka Kotorska, Yugoslavia.

Brian

Ding !

Okay, time's up. It's HMS Courageous at Boka Kotorska, Yugoslavia, ...

Brian

[ChrisHunt]

Okay spill the beans Paul, what was the glittering prize you've managed to hold on to? ☺

I got as far as thinking it looked like the Med and that the ship was a cruiser conversion.

On the subject of cruiser conversations, the picture gave a great view of all the additional steelwork needed for the flight deck. I wonder how these ships handled - looks horribly top heavy.

And on the subject of cruisers - where did the name for that particular classification of ships come from?

Regards,
Chris

[SkippyBing]

Okay spill the beans Paul, what was the glittering prize you've managed to hold on to? ☺

I got as far as thinking it looked like the Med and that the ship was a cruiser conversion.

On the subject of cruiser conversations, the picture gave a great view of all the additional steelwork needed for the flight deck. I wonder how these ships handled - looks horribly top heavy.

And on the subject of cruisers - where did the name for that particular classification of ships come from?

Regards,
Chris

I suspect a lot of the additional steelwork was compensated for by the removal of the big guns, reduction in the size of the superstructure and the elimination of a lot of the armour plate high up in the vessel. They could also have increased the armour plating below the waterline as they did with the Victorious after her rebuild to maintain the metacentric height in about the same place.

[ChrisHunt]

I considered that Skippy but much of what was removed from up top was built around a longitudinal centre line. The additional steelwork, on the other hand, effectively raises the centre of gravity by extending the width of the ship at a point quite a bit higher than originally designed. Must have used quite a bit of ballast to keep any excessive role in check.

Some reading to do I think.

Regards,
Chris

[SkippyBing]

I see what you mean, the moments of inertia will probably have changed quite a bit so the roll response is probably slower.... I think, I'd have to dig out my degree notes and see how much I've forgotten!

[Paul K]

Okay spill the beans Paul, what was the glittering prize you've managed to hold on to? ☺

Brace yourself, Chris...cue drum roll and Michael Miles voice... the first prize was nothing less than a green Renault Laguna ! ( the second prize was two of them ). Unfortunately, it looks like I'm lumbered with it for another year.

Looks like we've progressed onto naval architecture now.