Marine Trivia Quiz 142 

Compiled by Jim Broadside 
  1. The last vessel to be claimed by Bellambi reef north of Wollongong was: 
  _ Collier SS Munmorah 
  _ Collier SS Bellambi 
  _ Tug St Giles 

2. The 2008 Sydney International Boat Show will be held from: 
  _ 7 to 12 August 
  _ 31 July to 5 August 
  _ 14 to 19 August 

3. The first allied submarine commander to be awarded the Victoria Cross for the Dardanelles campaign was: 
  _ Lieutenant Commander HHG (Dacre) Stoker, RN, commander of AE2 
  _ Lieutenant Commander EC Boyle, RN, commander of E14 
  _ Lieutenant Norman Holbrook RN, commander of B11 

4. A ‘kingpost’ is a: 
  _ Short mast near a cargo hatch used to work a cargo derrick 
  _ A naval posting from which promotion is virtually assured 
  _ A naval posting from which promotion is highly unlikely 

5. A ‘land breeze’ always blows from: 
  _ The sea to the land at sunrise 
  _ The land to the sea at sunrise 
  _ The land to the sea in the evening 

6. A ‘mudhook’ is: 
  _ A cocktail based on crème de menthe and anisette 
  _ A compressed air powered side thruster 
  _ A slang term for an anchor 7. ‘Inertial Navigation’ is based on: 
  _ Computerised triangulation from satellites 
  _ Dead reckoning which assesses direction and speed from a known start point 
  _ Sightings from the sun, moon and Stars 

8. The America’s Cup, which Australia II won in 1983 was named after: 
  _ The country America 
  _ A schooner named America 
  _ Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci 

9. A submarine is able to dive because: 
  _ Filling her ballast tanks with sea water produces negative buoyancy 
  _ Its diving planes and momentum allow it to be driven below 
  _ Powered water intakes along the keel produce negative buoyancy 

10. The oldest yacht club in Western Australia is: 
  _ Royal Perth Yacht Club 
  _ Fremantle Sailing Club 
  _ Mounts Bay Yacht Club 

Last month’s winners

– Kelly Scott, Nedlands, WA. Austin Brown, Concord, NSW. Peter Williamson, Avalon, NSW. Georgina Harris, South Melbourne, Vic. 

Answers to Quiz No 141 

1. The first boat dismasted in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race was westernaustralia2011.com. The second boat was Durban 2010 and Beyond following which the fleet was told to stop racing. 
2. The main shipping channel at Port Phillip Bay is being dredged by Queen of the Netherlands. 
3. The vessel that Matthew Flinders sailed into Mauritius where he was incarcerated was the Cumberland, a colonial schooner of 29 tons built in Port Jackson in 1801. 
4. A ‘shifter’ in old naval parlance was the cook’s mate whose duties included shifting the salted provisions. 
5. ‘Ambergris’ is used in the production of perfume and is sometimes found in the intestines of sperm whales. 
6. To ‘binge’ a cask was to rinse or clean it in preparation for new contents. 
7. The Cunard shipping line was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard of Nova Scotia, Canada in 1839. 
8. A gaff mainsail has four sides and a top spar called a gaff to support the head. 
9. In eastern Australia, a magnetic bearing is converted to a grid bearing by adding the magnetic variation. 
10. Components of Australia’s six Collins Class submarines were built in various parts of Australia but the vessels were assembled in Adelaide.