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Sorry Kev been abit buzy. Here we go ,Who was said to be the "Father of the Foreign Legion" and it's first Inspector General IN 1931 ?  Roger the Cabin Boy
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Thanks Glen, much appreciated!!
Great question by the way - that'll get them thinking!!   
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Hi Glen Was it one Colonel Paul-Frederick Rollet who re-organised the Legion and saved it from the French Government's post WW1 defence cuts? (Could have done with someone like him in this country today!) Best Wishes Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Hi Robin, I will give you that he was promoted to General  Over to you with a question from Guzz. Roger the Cabin Boy
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Thanks Glen, I have to admit that I had to trawl through my ref library to find that answer! Here's a Naval one! In the 1960's a tourist attraction was opened by one Ellis B Daw at Sparkwell near Plymouth. (This has nothing to do with the question obviously but read on! ) Ellis' father was one William Ellis Archibald Daw and joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday becoming an Assistant Paymaster (Active Service). He served on two ships during WW1, the second I'll keep in case I get a second question in the future but the first is the subject of the photo below. The picture was taken by W.E.A.Daw RN in 1916-17 and shows his Captain relaxing on the bridge of his ship. This vessel was launched six years earlier as the "Intaba" and was renamed by the Navy for her war service. The question is in two parts but I'll accept either part as the answer. Firstly, what was the Intaba renamed to (there are two possibilities here) and secondly, what sort of warship was she? (There is a clue in the background!) Plymouth57 attached the following image(s): First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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She was requisitioned as a Transport Ship. Renamed WAITOMO in 1916 then ENGLESTAN IN 1927.  Roger the Cabin Boy
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Brilliant! Well done Glen. She was designed as a passenger liner for the African station, one of a fleet, all named after African tribes and consequently had no form of cabin heating at all, so the Admiralty sent her on convoy escorts to Murmansk in Russia!! "Archie" Daw as he was always known as nearly died in a naval hospital from pneumonia as a result. She was also officially called the Q4 and was one of the famous Q-Ship submarine decoys, the cabin behind the Captain holds one of the quick fire guns, brought into action as the cabin walls were dropped down! Well done again and over to you... First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Another Naval question, Name the first ship to be built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier? (How many are there playing this quiz) Roger the Cabin Boy
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Hi! That was the japanese "Hōshō" in 1922. Regards, Bernd
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Sorry Bernd wrong answer Roger the Cabin Boy
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HMS Hermes??
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You are right Bernd I should have put ROYAL NAVY Carrier which was the HMS HERMES 1923. Now you have a go Bernd.  Roger the Cabin Boy
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Sorry Kev, it's been a long day. Roger the Cabin Boy
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OK, once more an easy question: what was the only german aircraft carrier and where is it now? Regards, Bernd
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Hello Glen,
Just to clear up any confusion can we take it that Bernd is correct here since he answered the question correctly based on the information in your question? As in you didn't mention you were looking for a Royal Navy Carrier in particular, which is how Bernd took it and answered accordingly?? If so then well done Bernd and over to you my friend for the next question!!
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I see you've sorted it already!! Don't worry Glen, it's fine, I've had a long day too - Well done Bernd!!
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She was the Graf Zeppelin & was discovered in 2006 on the bottom of the Baltic,near Leba in Poland Rob Nolli Illigitimi Carborundum!!!Current Builds: HMS Victory, SV Thermopylae
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Hi Rob! Very fast answer and absolutly correct! Now you´re on! Regards, Bernd
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Ok,hopefully this will take some brain crunching Part of the Royal Navy but not commisioned so does not wear HMS,what is Hindostan,where is she & what was her former name. Rob Nolli Illigitimi Carborundum!!!Current Builds: HMS Victory, SV Thermopylae
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She was originally called the "East Indiaman" and was a fourth-rate ship. She was burnt out after been purposely run aground in Rosas Bay after catching fire. Model boats built so far:-
Billings Cutty Sark
Scratch built twin IC RC Vosper MTB.
Scratch built rc electric hybrid.
Scratch built rc IC hydrofoil (ran happily on snow as well as water!)
Plus numerous numerous RC planes.
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Sovereign of the Seas!
1200:1 HMS Victory (by Mantua)
The Battleship Yamato (seriously considering building as an RC model)
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