1. The first of two boats dismasted in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race was: 
  Durban 2010 and Beyond 
  westernaustralia2011.com 
  James Craig 

2. The main shipping channel at Port Phillip Bay is being dredged by: 
  Queen of the Low Countries 
  Queen of Luxembourg 
  Queen of the Netherlands 

3. The vessel in which Matthew Flinders sailed in to Mauritius where he was incarcerated for some eight years was: 
  Cumberland 
  Naturaliste 
  Investigator 

4. A ‘shifter’ was: 
  An old naval term for the cook’s mate 
  A sailor whose ambition shifted him to higher decks 
  A lever which aided control of large steering wheels 

5. ‘Ambergris’ is used in the production of: 
  Sharpening stones 
  Perfume 
  Molasses 

6. To ‘binge’ a cask was to: 
  Consume its entire contents in one sitting 
  Marking it for the purpose of a bill of lading 
  Clean or rinse it in preparation for new contents 

7. The Cunard shipping line was founded by a resident of: 
  Canada 
  England 
  South Africa 

8. A gaff mainsail has: 
  Three sides 
  Four sides 
  A square shape 

9 In eastern Australia, a magnetic bearing is converted to a grid bearing by: 
  Adding the magnetic variation 
  Subtracting the magnetic variation 
  Adding half the magnetic variation 

10. Australia’s Collins Class submarines were assembled in: 
  Williamstown, Victoria 
  Adelaide, South Australia 
  Fremantle, Western Australia 

Last month’s winner – 

Harold Greig, Williamstown, Vic. 

Answers to Quiz No 140

1. Cunard liners Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Victoria passed on either side of Fort Denison in Sydney on Sunday 24 February 2008 - the only time they will meet in Australian waters. 
2. NSW Maritime exclusion zones for the visit of the Cunard Queens to Sydney in February were 400 m ahead and 60m to left, right and behind. 
3. Cunard Liner Queen Victoria was built in Italy near Venice. 
4. The 18 foot skiff designed by Bob Miller (later called Ben Lexcen) was called Taipan. It has just been restored by the Australian National Maritime Museum. 
5. The Hydrographic Office for the RAN is based at Wollongong in NSW. 
6. The oldest ship loading crane in Western Australia is the 1911 Arrol Crane on Bunbury Jetty. 
7. The bell rung in Lloyds of London to signal an important announcement to Underwriters is the Lutine Bell; recovered after HMS Lutine sank in the Zuider Zee in 1799. 
8. The mutiny on Russian Battleship Potemkin in June 1905 was initiated by crew refusing to eat bad meat brought on board. The Captain considered this a mutiny and ordered some men shot but those selected to shoot their shipmates refused. Consequent rioting ashore led to the death of several thousand. 
9. A ‘quoin’ is a wedge used to elevate ships’ cannon to increase their range, and also to separate stowed casks. 
10. The vessels which undertook the third voyage of Captain James Cook on which he was killed on 14 February 1779 were HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery.