Who / What / Where Game

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Oh I'm paying attention, and lurking, but I don't have the time to spend digging.

No problem but perhaps you should ask yourself why the vessel in question was manned by s Hong Kong Chinese civilian crew.

It certainly surprised me when I first went aboard her and was advised it was quite the norm for such vessels.

[Aktungbby]

Clue: Approximately half the size and a distinctly different type of cargo.

Half the size(tonnage & length) of MV Cedarbank? and races with forklifts...a car ferry?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Half the size(tonnage & length) of MV Cedarbank? and races with forklifts...a car ferry?

Don't get hung up on the size and tonnage because I only mean roughly approximately.

Clue: A ship manned by civilians to aid a military arm.

A bonus clue: Made the worldwide news on a specific day because of a specific event.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Don't get hung up on the size and tonnage because I only mean roughly approximately.

Clue: A ship manned by civilians to aid a military arm.

A bonus clue: Made the worldwide news on a specific day because of a specific event.

She was first managed for the British Army by the British-India Steam Navigation Company, before being transferred in 1970 to the RFA, and was manned by Hong Kong Chinese civilian crew.[1]

RFA Sir Galahad. sunk by enemy action in Falklands

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../Galahad82.jpg

Yes indeed and very well done, the RFA Sir Galahad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Sir_Galahad_(1966)



There were dozens of clues yet to come if needed but I won't bore anyone with the tales I could tell. I worked on the other five of the Round Table class as well prior to the Falklands conflict.

Over to you Sir

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

RFA Sir Galahad. sunk by enemy action in Falklands

Sorry but I've just noticed the above and that is not quite true. She was badly damaged due to an air attack on 8th June and on 21 June, the hulk was towed out to sea by the RMAS Tug Typhoon and sunk by HMS Onyx using torpedoes.

[Aktungbby]

Yes indeed and very well done,

...and an Aussie pokie spammer interdicted into the bargain! I'll have something shortly...

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Sorry but I've just noticed the above and that is not quite true. She was badly damaged due to an air attack on 8th June and on 21 June, the hulk was towed out to sea by the RMAS Tug Typhoon and sunk by HMS Onyx using torpedoes.

I read that too: A little beyond damaged methinks; as opposed to scuttled 13 days later

On 8 June 1982 while preparing to unload soldiers from the Welsh Guards in Port Pleasant, off Fitzroy, together with RFA Sir Tristram, the Sir Galahad was attacked by three Skyhawks from Argentine Air Force's V Brigada Aérea, each loaded with three 500 lb retarding tail bombs.[3] At approximately 14:00 local time, Sir Galahad was hit by two or three bombs and set alight.[4] A total of 48 soldiers and crewmen were killed in the explosions and subsequent fire.[5] Her captain, Philip Roberts, waited until the last minute to abandon ship and was the last to leave.[6] He was subsequently awarded the DSO for his leadership and courage.[6] Chiu Yiu-Nam, a seaman on Sir Galahad, was awarded the George Medal for rescuing ten men trapped by a fire in the bowels of the ship

IE: imho when the captain abandons ship...alles Kaput! Hiryu and Yorktown were similarly dispatched.

[Catfish]

I never thought of a military ship, with the crew mentioned.
And Stephens yard, there seem to have been several with this name but none seemed to fit. And, after 1932?
Even checked this site, but also did not seem to fit.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan...ephen_and_Sons
In 1968, Stephens was incorporated into Upper Clyde Shipbuilders[5] and was closed after the latter organisation collapsed in 1971.[6] The engineering and ship repair elements of Alexander Stephen & Sons were not part of the UCS merger and continued until 1976, with the Company eventually wound up in 1982, when the shareholders were repaid.
Somehow misread this and thought the company had seized to exist long before, or changed its name.
Well done Aktung

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Catfish

I never thought of a military ship, with the crew mentioned.
And Stephens yard, there seem to have been several with this name but none seemed to fit. And, after 1932?
Even checked this site, but also did not seem to fit.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan...ephen_and_Sons
In 1968, Stephens was incorporated into Upper Clyde Shipbuilders[5] and was closed after the latter organisation collapsed in 1971.[6] The engineering and ship repair elements of Alexander Stephen & Sons were not part of the UCS merger and continued until 1976, with the Company eventually wound up in 1982, when the shareholders were repaid.
Somehow misread this and thought the company had seized (ceased) to exist long before, or changed its name.
Well done Aktung

Thanks! once I got the vastness of Sir Billy's boilermaking down, I examined all the '60s built Alexander shipyard vessels: and out of curiosity, realized I didn't even know what a 'royal fleet auxillary logistics vessel' ie RFA was...so presto there it was! I could go for a boiler maker myself right now!

 

671 Cargo Vessel MV Iberic 1960
672 Tanker TSS British Bombardier 1962
673 Cargo Vessel MV Antrim 1962
674 Frigate HMS Zulu 1962
675 Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Vessel TSS Chuscal 1960
676 Refrigerated Cargo Vessel MV Piako 1961
677 Passenger Cargo Vessel MV Dumurra 1961
678 Passenger Cargo Vessel MV Markhor 1962
679 Passenger Cargo Vessel MV Mahout 1963
680 Passenger Vessel TSS Avalon 1963
681 Frigate HMS Phoebe 1964
682 Dredger se Skitter Ness 1963
683 Dredger Bangka 1 1965
684 Passenger Cargo Vessel MV Zealandic 1964
685 Cargo Vessel MV Melbrook 1964
686 Dredger de Severodvinski 1965
687 Dredger de Onezhskiy 1965
688 Dredger de Arabatski 1966
689 Dredger Nassau Bay 1966
690 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Logistics Vessel RFA Sir Galahad 1966
691 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Logistics Vessel RFA Sir Geraint 1967
692 Dredger Nikarshaka 1967
693 Sewait 1967
694 Sahayak 1967
695 Refrigerated Cargo Vessel MV Majestic 1966
696 Refrigerated Cargo Vessel MV Brittanic 1967
697 Frigate HMS Hermione 1967
698 Dredger Ribbok 1967
700 Refrigerated Cargo Vessel MV Port Chalmers 1967
701 Refrigerated Cargo Vessel MV Port Caroline 1968

[Aktungbby]

Whats these?

[Catfish]

Related with colonies?

[Aktungbby]

IF you mean a subservient political entity, the answer would be yes.

[Catfish]

?
I mean related to a colony in the classic sense like one of those of the empires, british colonies, american colonies, german colonies.
So is it related to a british colony?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Catfish

I never thought of a military ship, with the crew mentioned.

Aye, I honestly thought that would lead people down the wrong path but the crew (cooks and laundrymen in particular) were from what was at the time the British colony of Hong Kong.