HMS Prince of Wales (53) - Quiz
A) Revenge-class B) Nelson-class C) Queen Elizabeth-class D) King George V-class
A) Vickers-Armstrongs B) John Brown and Company C) Cammell Laird D) Harland and Wolff
A) Belfast B) Birkenhead C) Newcastle D) Glasgow
A) 1922 B) 1935 C) 1930 D) 1919
A) 30,000 tons B) 35,000 tons C) 45,000 tons D) 40,000 tons
A) King George VI B) HMS Anson C) HMS Duke of York D) King Edward VIII
A) 1 January 1937 B) 3 May 1939 C) 10 December 1941 D) 24 May 1941
A) French aircraft B) Japanese aircraft C) Italian aircraft D) German aircraft
A) 16-inch B) 13.5-inch C) 15-inch D) 14-inch
A) 28 knots B) 25 knots C) 31 knots D) 35 knots
A) Tirpitz B) Scharnhorst C) Gneisenau D) Bismarck
A) Prinz Eugen B) Admiral Hipper C) Blücher D) Lützow
A) 1 September 1939 B) 10 December 1941 C) 24 May 1941 D) 22 May 1941
A) HMS Hood B) HMS Repulse C) HMS Tiger D) HMS Renown
A) John Tovey B) John Leach C) Boyle Somerville D) Lancelot Holland
A) Arthur Power B) Lancelot Holland C) Tom Phillips D) John Leach
A) Destroyed her main gun turret B) Destroyed her rudder completely C) Sunk her within ten minutes D) Holed her bow and caused a loss of 1,000 tons of fuel oil
A) German B) Italian C) Japanese D) American
A) 10 November 1941 B) 7 December 1941 C) 24 May 1941 D) 10 December 1941
A) HMS Repulse B) HMS Hood C) HMS Courageous D) HMS Renown
A) Force Z B) Mediterranean Fleet C) Home Fleet D) Force H
A) Near Kuantan, in the South China Sea B) Near the Denmark Strait C) In the Mediterranean Sea D) Off the coast of Iceland
A) Upright B) On her starboard side C) Upside down D) On her port side
A) 50 feet (15 m) B) 223 feet (68 m) C) 500 feet (152 m) D) 100 feet (30 m)
A) 30 B) 85 C) 120 D) 50
A) Yokosuka D4Y and P1Y B) Aichi D3A and Nakajima B5N C) Mitsubishi G3M and G4M D) Mitsubishi Ki-21 and Ki-67
A) Geneva Naval Treaty B) Treaty of Washington C) Treaty of Versailles D) Treaty of London
A) 1925 B) 1935 C) 1937 D) 1930
A) France and Italy B) Germany and France C) Japan and Italy D) Britain and the United States
A) 1937 B) 1935 C) 1939 D) 1940
A) Damage from a torpedo attack B) Late delivery of gun mountings C) A strike by shipyard workers D) Lack of steel
A) Considerable flooding in the port outboard compartments B) Damage to the steering gear C) The shifting of fuel oil reserves D) A direct hit on the bridge
A) Diesel engines B) Parsons geared steam turbines C) Gas turbines D) Reciprocating steam engines
A) Three B) Five C) Four D) Two
A) Twelve Yarrow boilers B) Eight Admiralty boilers C) Four Babcock & Wilcox boilers D) Six Scotch boilers
A) 100,000 shp B) 80,000 shp C) 120,000 shp D) 110,000 shp
A) 5,000 nautical miles B) 3,100 nautical miles C) 4,200 nautical miles D) 1,500 nautical miles
A) 6 B) 10 C) 12 D) 8
A) Three B) One C) Four D) Two
A) Two B) Three C) One D) Zero
A) 20,000 pounds B) 10,000 pounds C) 15,950 pounds D) 12,500 pounds
A) Every 90 seconds B) Every 20 seconds C) Every 40 seconds D) Every 60 seconds
A) 8 QF 5.25-inch guns B) 20 QF 6-inch guns C) 12 QF 4-inch guns D) 16 QF 5.25-inch Mk I guns
A) Oerlikon cannons B) UP projectors C) Hedgehog mortars D) Bofors guns
A) Vickers-Armstrongs B) Harland and Wolff C) Cammell Laird D) John Brown and Company
A) Edinburgh and Birmingham B) Norfolk and Suffolk C) Cumberland and Exeter D) Sheffield and Kenya
A) Because their radios were broken B) Because the signal was mistranslated C) Because of strict radio silence D) Because they were too far away
A) 05:49 B) 06:01 C) 05:37 D) 05:53
A) Because of electrical failure B) Because of smoke from the funnels C) Because of spray over the bow D) Because they were damaged by shellfire
A) The compass platform B) 15-foot rangefinders in the control tower C) The secondary fire control station D) The admiral's bridge
A) "B" turret B) "A" turret C) "A1" gun D) "Y" turret
A) 05:53 B) 06:01 C) 05:58 D) 06:05
A) 2,000 B) 500 C) 1,419 D) 850
A) 06:01 B) 06:05 C) 06:15 D) 05:53
A) The boiler room B) The stern C) The compass platform D) The main gun turret
A) The navigating officer B) The bomb disposal officer C) Vice-Admiral Lancelot Holland D) Captain Leach
A) In the captain's cabin B) In the steering gear compartment C) In the wing compartments on the starboard side of the after boiler rooms D) In the ammunition magazine
A) A local shipyard worker B) The ship's chief engineer C) The Bomb Disposal Officer from HMS Cochrane D) A Vickers-Armstrongs technician
A) Friday B) Monday C) Sunday D) Wednesday
A) 6 June B) 24 May C) 10 December D) 3 May
A) Fifty B) Thirteen C) Zero D) Three
A) Twenty-two B) Thirteen C) Nine D) Five
A) 35,000 long tons B) 43,786 long tons C) 36,727 long tons D) 42,100 long tons
A) 35,000 long tons B) 48,000 long tons C) 43,786 long tons D) 36,727 long tons
A) 745 feet (227.1 m) B) 700 feet (213.4 m) C) 820 feet (249.9 m) D) 650 feet (198.1 m)
A) 103 feet (31.4 m) B) 115 feet (35.0 m) C) 95 feet (28.9 m) D) 90 feet (27.4 m)
A) 29 feet (8.8 m) B) 20 feet (6.1 m) C) 35 feet (10.7 m) D) 24 feet (7.3 m)
A) 5,000 long tons B) 2,500 long tons C) 3,542 long tons D) 1,500 long tons
A) 256 long tons B) 100 long tons C) 444 long tons D) 180 long tons
A) 20,000 yards (18,288.0 m) B) 15,000 yards (13,716.0 m) C) 24,070 yards (22,009.6 m) D) 30,000 yards (27,432.0 m)
A) 40,000 feet (12,192.0 m) B) 35,000 feet (10,668.0 m) C) 49,000 feet (14,935.2 m) D) 30,000 feet (9,144.0 m)
A) 32 B) 80 C) 64 D) 16
A) September 1939 B) August 1940 C) May 1941 D) December 1941
A) A convoy to Tobruk B) A convoy across the Atlantic C) One of the Malta convoys D) An Arctic convoy to Murmansk
A) Japanese aircraft B) Italian aircraft C) German aircraft D) French aircraft
A) Returning from the Battle of the Denmark Strait B) Fully commissioned and operational C) Anchored and mothballed D) Semi-complete state while still being outfitted
A) The rudder assembly B) The main deck armor C) The propeller shaft housing D) The shell plating
A) A local fire company and the shipyard B) A passing merchant crew C) The Royal Canadian Navy D) The local police department
A) 110,000 shp B) 100,000 shp C) 111,600 shp D) 120,000 shp
A) 0.95 lb per shp B) 0.50 lb per shp C) 0.73 lb per shp D) 1.10 lb per shp
A) 180 degrees B) 270 degrees C) 360 degrees D) 286 degrees
A) 360 degrees B) 180 degrees C) 270 degrees D) 286 degrees
A) 27 knots B) 28 knots C) 25 knots D) 30 knots
A) 02:47 B) 05:37 C) 02:00 D) 05:10
A) 05:10 B) 02:47 C) 05:37 D) 02:00
A) 10-mile visibility B) 2-mile visibility C) 15-mile visibility D) 5-mile visibility
A) 05:37 B) 02:47 C) 05:10 D) 05:53
A) 05:37 B) 05:10 C) 05:49 D) 06:01
A) 06:01 B) 05:37 C) 05:49 D) 05:53
A) Because the captain ordered them to hold fire B) Because the aft turrets were out of ammunition C) Because their approach was too fine (German ships were only 30 degrees on the starboard bow) D) Because the aft turrets were disabled by German shellfire
A) The thirteenth B) The first C) The fourth D) The second
A) It ran out of power permanently B) It was blown off the ship C) It caught fire D) It jammed
A) 06:05 B) 12:00 C) 01:00 D) 18:16
A) 30,300 yards (27,700 m) B) 26,500 yards (24,200 m) C) 16,500 yards (15,100 m) D) 20,000 yards (18,000 m)
A) 05:37 B) 06:05 C) 18:16 D) 01:00
A) Birkenhead B) Iceland C) Scapa Flow D) Rosyth
A) 5 feet (1.52 m) B) 8 feet 1 inch (2.46 m) C) 10 feet (3.05 m) D) 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m)
A) 8 feet 1 inch (2.46 m) B) 9 feet (2.74 m) C) 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) D) 7 feet (2.13 m)
A) 444 long tons B) 3,542 long tons C) 256 long tons D) 180 long tons
A) 180 long tons B) 3,542 long tons C) 444 long tons D) 256 long tons |
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