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Old 7th October 2022, 19:01
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#899 - Middlesbrough, Teeside.
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Old 7th October 2022, 19:05
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Old 7th October 2022, 19:08
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Easy one....

And another......

Twice torpedoed in WW2...... Submarine Commander at 24
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Old 7th October 2022, 19:37
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Overnight tough puzzle........

Identify the ship......

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Old 7th October 2022, 21:06
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A ship to identify.....
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Old 7th October 2022, 21:55
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Not easy on a tablet.....
How are things on a bigger screen anyone?

Without feedback i can't fine tune

Not easy for me on anything but thats me. My puzzle to matching the quesition wirh the answwer, Players need to key the answer with the post number, after all Im an old fart and need a little help at times.
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Old 8th October 2022, 07:41
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T'was my point in an earlier post, John.
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Old 8th October 2022, 07:43
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#903. Answer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey-Jones

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Old 8th October 2022, 07:44
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A ship to identify......
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Old 8th October 2022, 07:47
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#904.......extra question.

"The most beautiful ship in the world"

According to who?

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Old 8th October 2022, 08:02
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A ship to identify......
Benito Juarez, Mexican Navy.
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Old 8th October 2022, 08:26
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Well done.

Correct.
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Old 8th October 2022, 08:35
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#905 - Chitral maybe?

On the other hand no it isn’t.
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Old 8th October 2022, 08:45
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A former seafarer to identify........
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Old 8th October 2022, 08:55
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#905 Monte Umbe.
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Old 8th October 2022, 09:30
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"#905 Monte Umbe"
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Old 8th October 2022, 09:51
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A former seafarer to identify........
Harry Worth
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Old 8th October 2022, 10:15
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Almost right.....

Unfortunately..........

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Old 8th October 2022, 12:23
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A former seafarer to identify........
Harry H Corbett ?
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Old 8th October 2022, 13:18
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#919 - As Leonard Grundy.
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Old 8th October 2022, 14:09
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"Harry H Corbett"

Marine Corbett served during the Second World War with the Royal Marines, Scapa Flow and the North Atlantic....eventually drafted to Tonga and Australia.....killing two Japanese while fighting hand-to-hand using a bayonet in New Guinea.

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Old 8th October 2022, 14:23
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A ship to identify.....and her most famous exploit.
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Old 8th October 2022, 14:45
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#922- is it this one?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_New_York_(1888)
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Old 8th October 2022, 15:31
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It is....

Part two of the question?
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Old 8th October 2022, 15:32
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