Name This Ship!

[cupper]

You both are correct.

Very interesting place to visit if you ever get in the area. Spent a week there last summer for work (they are rebuilding the whole interchange for the bridge in the picture, and revitalizing the downtown riverside area.

 

[Cloud Cover]

go ahead Navy Shooter...

 

[NavyShooter]

Ok,

How about a beached carrier?

Any guesses?

NS

 

[Cloud Cover]

My guess is that it is the Riga (renamed Varyag) when she was basically abandoned along the Black Sea by the Ukraine. There is a small ship beside it, perhaps a destroyer.

 

[Cloud Cover]

while we are waiting for Navy Shooter...

 

[NavyShooter]

I was waiting for the right answer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Vikramaditya

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Severodvinsk,+Arkhangelsk+Oblast,+Russia/@64.5754418,39.8222996,15z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x441842144c395125:0x6c58295f371382a3

 

[NavyShooter]

Yours is the Scharnhorst:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst

Photo is apparently one taken in Kiel in 1939-1940.

NS

 

[Cloud Cover]

it is indeed the Scharnhorst.

I had no idea of the scale of conversion work on the Vkiramaditya. Quite the project! I loved this quote:
"The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) criticised the fact that Vikramaditya would be a second-hand warship with a limited life span, which would be 60% costlier than a new one, and there was a risk of further delay in its delivery.[37] The Indian Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta defended the price for the warship saying:

"I can't comment on the CAG. But you all are defence analysts, can you get me an aircraft carrier for less than USD two billion? If you can, I am going to sign a cheque right now". 

Considering the carrier came with 16 Mig29K and 6 Helix, all for 2.35billion USD, the Indians probably got a very good deal.....   

 

[Eye In The Sky]

I've been lurking in this thread;  some great historical ships and shows of knowledge so far.  I am weak on the historical stuff, but always looking to improve my RECCE on current stuff.

If anyone wants to add in some modern stuff, partial shots, etc every now and then, that would be sweet as well.  A few examples below.

Thanks for the history lessons so far!

 

[AlexanderM]

I'll say that ship 1 is a De Zeven Provinciën Class Frigate but I can't say which one.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Actually, the top picture from EITS is a German Navy Sachsen class frigate (also known as a Type F-124).

The second pic is a good'ol Soviet ( now Russian) Udaloy class destroyer.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Actually, the top picture from EITS is a German Navy Sachsen class frigate (also known as a Type F-124).

The second pic is a good'ol Soviet ( now Russian) Udaloy class destroyer.

:nod:

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

All right, let's see if I figured out how to attach a picture. If there is no picture, please let me know, and I will bow out (god knows I tried all possible ways with my mac):

Who is this ship?

 

[Lumber]

I almost said a Rothesay/Whitby class, but that huge air search radar on the main mast just didn't fit...

HMAS Yarra. Australian River-Class destroyer escort.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Correct Lumber.

Only the first two of the six River class destroyer Escorts had their American made Air Search radars way at the top of the main mast. The other four had it aft of the funnel on a separate mast. It was thought that Parramatta and Yarra could double as Air picket destroyers for the carriers on top of their ASW duties, which explains the location of the Air Search radars. And Parramatta had a different funnel cowling, so this is indeed Yarra.
Your turn.

 

[Lumber]

And I didn't leave the name and pennant number in the file name this time!  ;D

 

[Edward Campbell]

Is that HMS Good Hope, a Drake class cruiser?

Edit to add picture:

 

[larry Strong]

HMCS Niobe?

 

[Lumber]

Is that HMS Good Hope, a Drake class cruiser?

Indeed..

That was quick.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

All right, lets try this again

Who, where (if you can when, approximately) and two extra points for the ship in the background.

Whoops. Picture won't stay this time. Now what did  I do differently last time ???

Let me work on this.