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Title: Name this ship
Post by: Staga on August 03, 2003, 07:09:35 PM

(http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/hiding.jpg)

Title: Name this ship
Post by: capt. apathy on August 03, 2003, 07:22:36 PM

"in todays lesson we will study the art of not being seen"

oh wait, this isn't 'caption this' is it?

Title: Name this ship
Post by: Steve on August 03, 2003, 08:01:02 PM

Guess:  Tirpitz

Title: Name this ship
Post by: Staga on August 03, 2003, 09:27:58 PM

Yeah well camouflaged eh?

OK, let's make it little easier. Here's her sistership:
(http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/seppa_1.jpg)

Title: Name this ship
Post by: mipoikel on August 04, 2003, 12:02:40 AM

First pic: vaka vanha....:D

Second.. too easy... :D

Title: Name this ship
Post by: Staga on August 04, 2003, 12:54:24 AM

tip 3: only ~100meters/300ft long but were armed with 254mm/10inch cannons... so definately they weren't destroyers  :D

Title: Name this ship
Post by: Steve on August 04, 2003, 01:23:41 AM

Better picture... a pocket battleship

Dunno whichn  

Scharnhorst?
Gneisenau?
Graff Spee?

Title: Name this ship
Post by: dankes on August 04, 2003, 03:25:08 AM

Finland cruiser

2 were built - Väinämöinen or Illmarinen

I would bet that this is Väinämöinen

Title: Name this ship
Post by: Staga on August 04, 2003, 07:34:27 AM

Well not a cruiser, more like a monitor thought finnish term was Armoured Ship (or coast defence ship).
Ships were able to sail in shallow waters due to their low draft, 4,5-5meters, but in open sea they rolled like he11.
Ship in first pic is most likely Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen was lost in very early part of the war (mine).
This ship was anchored east from Helsinki in a narrow but deep bay and Russian intelligence was unable to found it (gee wonder why...)

(http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/wwiiol/plaiva.jpg)

More info about Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen can be found from here (http://www.hut.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/index.htm)