OT - WWII quiz

[SirWhiskers]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which World In Flames (all optional counters included) am I?

Ship 1
Clue 1 - I am not a named vessel in WIF , but given my official type/designation, you could make a case for one.
Clue 2 - My construction began in 1939, I was completed two years later but was then sunk, just a little over 5 months after entering service.
Clue 3 - I am a Royal Navy Vessel

CVE HMS Audacity?

(I haven't checked, but I suspect most/all CVE's are unnamed in WIF)

[SirWhiskers]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which World In Flames (all optional counters included) am I?

Ship 2
Clue 1 - I do have my own counter in WIF .
Clue 2 - I was completed just before the outbreak of WWI; but I did not survive WWII.
Clue 3 - I was not built in the country I fought for.

Greek battleship Kilkis? (originally USS Mississippi)

My old Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of WWII calls it Kilkis, but other references say Lemnos...

edit: additional research suggests that Lemnos was decommissioned prior to WW2, while Kilkis was sunk in 1941, so I'm going with Kilkis. Still haven't found a counter for it, though.

[paulderynck]

#2 the CL Durban?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: SirWhiskers

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which World In Flames (all optional counters included) am I?

Ship 1
Clue 1 - I am not a named vessel in WIF , but given my official type/designation, you could make a case for one.
Clue 2 - My construction began in 1939, I was completed two years later but was then sunk, just a little over 5 months after entering service.
Clue 3 - I am a Royal Navy Vessel

CVE HMS Audacity?

(I haven't checked, but I suspect most/all CVE's are unnamed in WIF)

Warspite1

No sorry its not HMS Audacity.

Light carriers (CVL) have their own counters but not CVE.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: SirWhiskers

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which World In Flames (all optional counters included) am I?

Ship 2
Clue 1 - I do have my own counter in WIF .
Clue 2 - I was completed just before the outbreak of WWI; but I did not survive WWII.
Clue 3 - I was not built in the country I fought for.

Greek battleship Kilkis? (originally USS Mississippi)

My old Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of WWII calls it Kilkis, but other references say Lemnos...

edit: additional research suggests that Lemnos was decommissioned prior to WW2, while Kilkis was sunk in 1941, so I'm going with Kilkis. Still haven't found a counter for it, though.

Warspite1

No. You are right, there is no counter for Kilkis.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

#2 the CL Durban?

Warspite1

No sorry. I'm guessing you thought she was one of the two D-class given to the Polish navy? I'm afraid not (they were Dragon and Danae).

[warspite1]

Okay two clues to go, so time to drill down a bit without making it too easy.

Which World In Flames (all optional counters included) am I?

Ship 1
Clue 1 - I am not a named vessel in WIF, but given my official type/designation, you could make a case for one.
Clue 2 - My construction began in 1939, I was completed two years later but was then sunk, just a little over 5 months after entering service.
Clue 3 - I am a Royal Navy Vessel
Clue 4 - There were six of us in total (50% of which were lost in WWII).

Ship 2
Clue 1 - I do have my own counter in WIF .
Clue 2 - I was completed just before the outbreak of WWI; but I did not survive WWII.
Clue 3 - I was not built in the country I fought for.
Clue 4 - I am a capital ship, and I changed designation during my lifetime i.e. I started life as one type of capital ship and finished as another after modernisation.

[monkla]

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Ship 2
Clue 1 - I do have my own counter in WIF .
Clue 2 - I was completed just before the outbreak of WWI; but I did not survive WWII.
Clue 3 - I was not built in the country I fought for.
Clue 4 - I am a capital ship, and I changed designation during my lifetime i.e. I started life as one type of capital ship and finished as another after modernisation.

IJN Kongo

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: monkla

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Ship 2
Clue 1 - I do have my own counter in WIF .
Clue 2 - I was completed just before the outbreak of WWI; but I did not survive WWII.
Clue 3 - I was not built in the country I fought for.
Clue 4 - I am a capital ship, and I changed designation during my lifetime i.e. I started life as one type of capital ship and finished as another after modernisation.

IJN Kongo

Warspite1

Well done monkla, Kongo it is [:)] She was built in the UK as a battlecruiser for the IJN, before being modernised in the inter-war years, after which she was re-classified as a battleship.

Clue 5 would have been - If you ignore the spelling, this ship could have served with the Belgian navy!

[ezzler]

HMS LATONA - Abdiel-class Fast Cruiser Minelayer ?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: ezz

HMS LATONA - Abdiel-class Fast Cruiser Minelayer ?

Warspite1

...is the correct answer [:)]. The important clue being the first i.e. as a cruiser minelayer she could have had a counter in WF (and probably would have had she been German, Italian or Japanese.

I hadn't decided upon a 5th clue, as being a more difficult question I would have needed to make the last clue more obvious - but obviously ezz was equal to the challenge.

[paulderynck]

If you were a member of the "wavey navy", what were you and why was it nicknamed that?

[paulderynck]

A Major outranks a Lieutenant, but a Major General is outranked by a Lieutenant General due to what oft-forgotten contraction?

[ezzler]

RNVR.
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.

'Wavey' gold braid insignia.

[patchogue]

Seargent-major general

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: ezz

RNVR.
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.

'Wavey' gold braid insignia.

Right

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: patchogue

Q: A Major outranks a Lieutenant, but a Major General is outranked by a Lieutenant General due to what oft-forgotten contraction?


A: Seargent-major general

Right

Edit: question continuity

[warspite1]

Okay - a slight change of scenery:

Which WIF (all options included) aircraft am I?

Aircraft 1:

Clue 1 - I do have a World In Flames Counter and I fought with the Allies

Aircraft 2:

Clue 1 - I do have a World In Flames Counter and I too fought with the Allies

[terje439]

Hehe those hints ddid indeed narrow it down [:D]

1: B17e
2: Hurricane II

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

Hehe those hints ddid indeed narrow it down [:D]
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Warspite1

Can't believe you couldn't get it from those clues [;)]

No to both I'm afraid. Second clues to follow.