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AND ALL I WANT IS A TALL SHIP..... Part II
By : M.R.Sethi


1. In 1577 Drake set out on his voyage round the world. What was the name of his flagship?

2. Built at the turn of this century, this battleship was the idea of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John, Fisher, first sea lord. Can you name the ship?

3. `Missouri' was the name of a famous battleship. How did this ship became famous in the Second World War?

4. In which play do these famous lines appear, "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?"

5. This famous battleship was built for James IV of Scotland at the beginning of the 16th century and was the largest battleship anywhere in Europe at that time. Can you name it?

6. Battle cruisers play a vital role in any modern naval war. What are these?

7. They left Plymouth in the ship the Mayflower and set up the first colony in New England. Who were they?

8. This famous British ship was sunk by the German Battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic in 1941. Can you name the British ship?

9. The monitors played a crucial role in the British Navy. What was a `monitor'?

10. The formidable fleet of ships sent by Philip II of Spain in 1585 to attack England was wrecked by a fierce storm. What was the name of the fleet?

ANSWERS


1. He set out in the Pelican with four other ships. These were separated from him in the Cape Horn area and he went on alone, changing the name of his ship to `Golden Hind.'

2. The Dreadnought. Named after the first of the series, HMS Dreadnought, this battle ship displaced about 18,000 tons, carried ten 12-inch guns and was protected by 11-inch armor.

3. At the end of the World War II, the Japanese formally surrendered aboard this battleship.

4. `Doctor Faustus', by Christopher Marlowe. Faustus, the hero of the play, utters these words on seeing the spirit of Helen conjured up by Mephistophilis.

5. The `Great Michael'. It was 236 feet long and 36 feet wide and carried a crew of 300.

6. Basically, they are warships that displace a similar tonnage to that of the battleship and carry similar armament. But cruisers have less protective armor and can travel much faster.

7. They were the Pilgrim Fathers, political and religious victims of persecution, who set out in 1620 for the Americas.

8. HMS Hood, a 42,000 ton battle-cruiser. The magazine was hit by shells from the Bismarck for the ship blew up and most of the crew was drowned.

9. It was an unusual warship of shallow draught and of cruiser size, but which mounted very heavy guns. Two of the best known British monitors of this century were HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.

10. The Spanish Armada, also called the Invincible Armada. It was defeated by the British navy and later a heavy storm.


 

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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