Name That Ship

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by MAGNA

Must be J-3 type then. Is it the I-8 ?

J, or Junsen class it is. The thread is yours, Magna.

[MAGNA]

Oops. Serves me right. Now I have to find something interesting.

[MAGNA]

Ok. here's an easy one. sorry about the quality.

[MAGNA]

Is this one too easy ?

[cyberia]

I think you have us all stumped, Magna.

[MAGNA]

OK - clue - it was a cruiser but was converted to a Monitor. It was scuttled to avoid capture in the earlier part of the war.

[MAGNA]

OK. Still no go. We'll narrow it down to the Mediterranean then.

[Wustenfuchs]

Originally Posted by MAGNA

OK. Still no go. We'll narrow it down to the Mediterranean then.

Methinks we gonna need another hint.

[PatBC]

Originally Posted by cyberia

OK, I probably should have gone with something a bit less obscure...

HMS Hartland Point

Indeed a service ship, Wolster. And yes, LT, two different flags.

As Wolster pointed out: "Looks like the Union Jack on the front and the White Ensign on the rear, UJ can only be flown at anchor from the jack mast."

TThe HMS Hartland Point although commissioned and built by the English in 1944, was transfered to service with the Canadian Navy in 1945. The point of exchange when this particular photo was taken.

I sorry you are wrong about the fate of the HMS Hartland Point.

You are reversed on the information.

Hartland Point and the rest of the class were all built in Vancouver Canada. The class was to be 21 Victory type vessel built by Canada for the RN. Sixteen ships were completed, five were canceled because of the war being over.

It appears it was never transfer to the RCN but remain RN until 1965 when it was placed in reserve Status in Portsmouth.

However it's two sister ships HMS Beachy Head and HMS Flamborough Head did get transfered to RCN become HMCS Cape Scott and Cape Breton respectively. These sailed for the RCN till 1960's when they we replaced. They then kept alongside Halifax and Esquimalt respectively as fleet maintenance depots. The Cape Scott was broken up in 1978. The Cape Breton was sold to the Artificial Reef Society in 1999 and is now a dive site off Vancouver Island. I have walked the decks of the Cape Breton while she was still part of Fleet Maintenance in Esquimalt.

Royal Navy Ships

[MAGNA]

Ok. How's this. If you look closely the name is on the ship itself. It is an AXIS vessel. That should be enough I hope.