Naval Questions part 41

C

Collin

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Remember, these questions were composed between 1940 and 1945.

Questions

401 What is "dead reckoning"?

402 The National Maritime Museum is at-

a Portsmouth,

b Greenwich,

c Plymouth?

403 What rating is a RN Gunner?

404 What was the film made by Noel Coward about the RN?

405 What kind of naval craft is a "Stringbag"?

406 What is the Captain's boat called?

407 What does a seaman call ropes?

408 How does one "pay one's debts with the topsail sheet"?

409 What is the badge of a Petty Officer?

410 What class of destroyer is named after an English sport?

Answers next Sunday.

regards Collin:ernae:
 
402. Greenwich
404. "In Which We Serve"
405. An aircraft, the Fairey Swordfish
 
401 the process of estimating one's current position based upon a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated speeds over elapsed time, and course.:kilroy:
 
Answers

Answers.

401 A reckoning kept to keep the theoretical position of a ship, without landfalls or sights.

402 Greenwich.

403 A Warrant Officer.

404 "In which we serve".

405 A Fairey Swordfish.

406 A gig.

407 Lines.

408 One doesn't - it is the equivalent of going off without paying.

409 Crossed anchors and Crown.

410 The Hunt class.

Well done all.

regards Collin:ernae:
 
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