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Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:41 am
by steveh11Matrix
???

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RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:53 am
by Twotribes
Mayday float?

Some grounded ship trying to pretend to a tree.

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:08 pm
by Subchaser
Looks like one of German destroyers... somewhere in Baltic…

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:14 pm
by Ron Saueracker
Minneapolis or New Orleans camouflaged at Tulagi after having their bows blown off at Tassaforanga.

Just looked at the pick....wrong! LOL Though I recognized the photo.[;)]

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:28 pm
by tsimmonds
The first and only entish warship, gunboat Fangornaburarum, anchored in the river Isen just following the fall of Isengard. The crew are ashore....we think.

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:20 pm
by rkr
Ilmarinen or Väinämöinen somewhere in Finnland's archipelago?

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:44 pm
by steveh11Matrix
ORIGINAL: rkr

Ilmarinen or Väinämöinen somewhere in Finnland's archipelago?
Correct! It's Väinämöinen, although I have to say Fangornaburarum is a much more entertaining answer!

Here's another shot in more conventional vein...

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RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:48 pm
by Tiornu
Isn't she adorable? You can't miss that giant Q-tip in German designs at that time.
I have it on good authority that neither Vainamoinen nor Ilmarinen ever served in the Pacific.

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:23 pm
by steveh11Matrix
Well, I never actually said that they did... [:)]

When I found that photo of her in camouflage I just had to post it!

Steve.

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:28 pm
by String
ORIGINAL: Tiornu

Isn't she adorable? You can't miss that giant Q-tip in German designs at that time.
I have it on good authority that neither Vainamoinen nor Ilmarinen ever served in the Pacific.

neither was it a german design, It was a finnish ship

RE: Hre's a new "What's this?"

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:37 pm
by steveh11Matrix
But it was a German design. According to http://www.hut.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/ ... oastal.htm , the design was by Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw, a dutch 'front' company for a German 'clandestine' design company.

Steve.