# The Feud: Ships by Elendil's Heir \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 28, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822 "2010-08-28T19:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/41 "2010-08-30T18:00:14Z")
1. Lusitania 2. USS Arizona 3. Farragut 4. Jack Aubrey 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Pequod 8. Stern 9. Bismarck 10. Trafalgar ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/42 "2010-08-30T18:01:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > But how am I the only one who came up with Jutland? Wikipedia’s one-line “Result”: Midway: Decisive American victory Trafalgar: Decisive British victory Jutland: Tactically inconclusive; British dominance of the North Sea maintained My own peeve is the absence of Jules Verne fans. Two of my answers were from Verne but most of the few Verneish answers are “4. Nemo” where I went with Ahab. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/43 "2010-08-30T18:08:23Z")
1. Lusitania 2. Bismarck 3. John Paul Jones 4. Horatio Hornblower 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Pequod 8. Stern 9. Lusitania 10. Midway Notes: 3. Also useful for “Other than Paul McCartney, name a famous bassist” 5. Probably should have been an “Other than Titanic” here, too 7. From “Moby Dick” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/44 "2010-08-30T20:05:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > By the way, does anyone else think “Tall ships and tall kings, three times three” whenever they see this thread title? Especially given my username! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/45 "2010-08-30T20:21:28Z")
1. The Lusitania 2. USS Enterprise 3. James Cook 4. Jack Aubrey 5. Master & Commander 6. Right 7. The Indefatigable 8. Keel 9. The Lusitania 10. Trafalgar ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/46 "2010-08-30T20:23:57Z")
1. Lusitania 2. Bismarck 3. Nelson 4. Cap’n Jack Sparrow 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Black Pearl 8. Mast 9. Mary Rose 10. Midway ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/47 "2010-08-30T20:25:29Z")
1. Queen Mary 2. Bismarck 3. Captain Cook 4. Captain Ahab 5. Moby Dick 6. Right 7. Pequod 8. Hull 9. Lusitania 10. Battle of Hampton Roads (Monitor vs. Merrimack) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/48 "2010-08-30T20:25:51Z")
1. Queen Mary 2. USS Constitution 3. Nelson 4. Picard 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Enterprise 8. Stern 9. Lusitania 10. Midway ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/49 "2010-08-30T20:38:53Z")
1. QE2 2. The Bismarck 3. Captain Bligh 4. Captain Nemo 5. Mutiny on the Bounty 6. right 7. The Pequod 8. Mast 9. Lusitania 10. Trafalgar ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/50 "2010-08-31T00:32:09Z")
1. Queen Mary 2. Bismarck 3. Captain Cook 4. Captain Ahab 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Pequod 8. Stern 9. Lusitania 10. Battle of Trafalgar 3 - Just got back from the Big Island,so he’s the first that came to mind. 4,7 - Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/51 "2010-08-31T01:00:47Z")
1. Queen Mary 2. Bismark 3. Cook 4. Jack Sparrow 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Black Pearl 8. Deck 9. Lusitania 10. Midway ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/52 "2010-09-01T00:36:05Z")
Le bump into ice berg ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/53 "2010-09-01T01:47:37Z")
45 so far… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/54 "2010-09-01T13:16:56Z")
Le second bump. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/55 "2010-09-01T13:23:22Z")
1. Lusitania 2. USS Enterprise 3. Captain Cook 4. Captain Kirk 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. USS Enterprise 8. Stern 9. Lusitania 10. Battle of Midway ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/56 "2010-09-01T13:23:23Z")
1. Queen Mary 2. Bismarck 3. Bligh 4. Nemo 5. Sink the Bismarck 6. Right 7. Pequod 8. Stern 9. Andrea Doria 10. Trafalgar ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/57 "2010-09-01T20:18:46Z")
1. Lusitania 2. Bismark 3. Columbus 4. Nemo 5. Titanic 6. Right 7. Black Pearl 8. Stern 9. Bismark 10. Midway ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/58 "2010-09-02T19:04:46Z")
Ships are out of fashion? Re-bump. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/59 "2010-09-02T21:32:23Z")
1. Queen Mary 2. Enterprise 3. Sully Sullivan 4. James T. Kirk 5. Mutiny on the Bounty 6. Right 7. Serenity 8. Bridge 9. Lusitania 10. Midway ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822/60 "2010-09-03T06:07:51Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Ships are out of fashion? Apparently nobody gives a ship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-ships-by-elendils-heir-game-over/551822.md?page=4)