WW2 Quiz Part 6 - Page 2

Kitty · 18-04-2006, 08:57 PM

At the outset of WW2, how many Destroyers did the Royal Navy have, and how many of these were lost during the next 6 years?

Owen · 18-04-2006, 10:38 PM

Answer here.http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignRoyalNavy.htm#3

Destroyers in 1939 184
Total in Service 461
Total losses 153

Of those 184 "1939" ships I don't know how many of those were lost.

spidge · 19-04-2006, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mosquito617

At the outset of WW2, how many Destroyers did the Royal Navy have, and how many of these were lost during the next 6 years?

Hi Kitty.

I assume you mean the day war was declared and if so my figures would say approx 95 of those lost as some were launched in September and October after the declaration.

If the 184 is the starting point. (this is total 1939 not at the outset)

Losses were 95

Then 89 survived the war.

Kitty · 19-04-2006, 01:47 PM

Hmm, seems the figures i have are totally different: -

At the outbreak of World War Two the Royal Navy had 180 destroyers, with 140 lost to enemy action during six years of conflict. To offset this attrition, 220 destroyers were built and 50 acquired from the USA via the bases-for-ships deal.

As this is the case I'll leave it to Spidge as the new Master of Ceremonies to decide who sets the next Q.
Now where did i leave that google search?
Kitty

spidge · 19-04-2006, 01:53 PM

This is my reference for British ship losses.

http://freespace.virgin.net/gordon.s...s1Major.htm#dd

spidge · 19-04-2006, 08:14 PM

Looks like a definitive answer to this one is going to be difficult.

The next question is open to all members.

spidge · 21-04-2006, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by spidge

Looks like a definitive answer to this one is going to be difficult.

The next question is open to all members.[/quote]

Dig out the books and ask a question!

Owen · 21-04-2006, 10:16 AM

I'll go then.

Which Senior British General was an avid Birdwatcher?

von Poop · 22-04-2006, 12:16 AM

It was Alanbrooke! (Field Marshall Lord) or Alan Brooke, or whatever.... Chief of the Imperial General Staff and top bloke!
I shall now think of a question. back in a mo.

von Poop · 22-04-2006, 12:21 AM

How was Churchill (Ultimate top bloke) stopped from attending the D-day Landings in person? (or at least from the deck of the Belfast) A scheme I believe Alanbrooke engineered.

19-04-2006, 01:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	This is my reference for British ship losses. http://freespace.virgin.net/gordon.s...s1Major.htm#dd __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

19-04-2006, 08:14 PM	#16 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	Looks like a definitive answer to this one is going to be difficult. The next question is open to all members. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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18-04-2006, 08:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Kitty Legendary Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,121	At the outset of WW2, how many Destroyers did the Royal Navy have, and how many of these were lost during the next 6 years?

18-04-2006, 10:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
Owen Grumpy Old Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,484	Answer here.http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignRoyalNavy.htm#3 Destroyers in 1939 184 Total in Service 461 Total losses 153 Of those 184 "1939" ships I don't know how many of those were lost.

19-04-2006, 01:47 PM	#14 (permalink)
Kitty Legendary Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,121	Hmm, seems the figures i have are totally different: - At the outbreak of World War Two the Royal Navy had 180 destroyers, with 140 lost to enemy action during six years of conflict. To offset this attrition, 220 destroyers were built and 50 acquired from the USA via the bases-for-ships deal. As this is the case I'll leave it to Spidge as the new Master of Ceremonies to decide who sets the next Q. Now where did i leave that google search? Kitty

21-04-2006, 10:16 AM	#18 (permalink)
Owen Grumpy Old Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,484	I'll go then. Which Senior British General was an avid Birdwatcher?

22-04-2006, 12:16 AM	#19 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,489	It was Alanbrooke! (Field Marshall Lord) or Alan Brooke, or whatever.... Chief of the Imperial General Staff and top bloke! I shall now think of a question. back in a mo.

22-04-2006, 12:21 AM	#20 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,489	How was Churchill (Ultimate top bloke) stopped from attending the D-day Landings in person? (or at least from the deck of the Belfast) A scheme I believe Alanbrooke engineered.

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