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Mystery Ships |
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A photo submitted by Alexander Monreal shows a passenger steamer, probably a transport, seen from a battleship. The steamer has the number 16 on her hull. |
Reply 1 Jan. 11, 2012 S/S BAVARIAN of the Allen line, Transport No 16 in the Boer War. Barry Lake |
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Looks like a destroyer that has been converted into an anti-aircraft picket ship. Any help in identifying this vessel would be a big help. |
Reply 1 Nov. 9, 2011 The name of the mystery ship is HMS Adventure, a minelayer completed in 1927. The photo was probably taken in 1943 before her conversion to a repair ship in 1944. All the best and keep up the excellent work, Monty Mills |
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Reply 2 Nov. 9, 2011 Looks to me like a cruiser of D (Danae) class converted to AA ship. The whole superstructure is like a D class. The problem is that only HMS Delhi was converted and armed with American 5 inch guns and fore guns were shielded. The cruiser on the photo has no shielded guns as far as I can see. Other possibility is that she is a cruiser of C class and at last she can be the HMS Adventure, a minelaying cruiser, built 1924. Vladimir Tarnovski |
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Reply 3 Nov. 9, 2011 I don't know whether the following is of any help, you probably know the following – the HACS gunnery control system makes it a WW2 era ship using British armaments. It clearly has a primary AA role (I don't think it is one of the amphibious warfare conversions) – the configuration does not match any of the C class cruiser conversions as there appears to be 3 4” turrets aft. The UK fitted out the Jacob van Heemskerck with UK weapons but this ship is smaller and had I think only 1 funnel. Several Polish destroyers were re-fitted but this ship looks far larger than a destroyer. Several merchant men were re-fitted as fleet support auxiliaries but I can't remember any having this scale of armament. None of the designed auxiliaries Adamant, Tyne etc had 3 turrets aft so I don't think it is one of these. I think the most likely answer is, it is one of auxiliary AA ships, the Canadian Prince class. The only other AA ships with 4 * 4” turrets were the Alynbank, Springbank and Foylebank which appear to have 2 turrets forward and aft. Thank you for an excellent and informative web site, Chris Parker |
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Reply 3 Nov. 9, 2011 Looks like ADVENTURE --big clue is the forward funnel is the thin one unlike the Cs and Ds where the forward funnel is the fat one. Regards, Barry Lake |
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Reply 4 Nov. 9, 2011 The mystery picket ship looks a bit like a British "D" Class cruiser although the stacks appear somewhat different as well as their spacing behind the tripod mast. Creig Miller Port Neches, Texas USA |
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A little out of the normal, I received this photo of a radio controlled ship model from a guy who says |
In response to your question to the name of the ship displayed, I believe it to be the OTTO HAHN. A ship from the former GDR. Leo ter Linden |
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Am inclined to think the model is that of a mythical whimsey. The superstructure looks as though it is 4 deck levels high, yet is hardly any higher than the hull, which clearly shows only 2 levels via portholes. The hull itself is too low to the waterline to be much more that 2 levels as well. |