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The anchors Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/5/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


[ITA] Alle coordinate del listing noterete due grosse ancore, esposte quali trofei della Marina italiana.
Entrambe le ancore appartengono a due corazzate appartenenti alla Classe Tegetthoff (detta anche Classe Viribus Unitis) della k.u.k. Kriegsmarine (Imperiale e Regia Marina austro-ungarica), formata in tutto da quattro unità varate tra il 1912 e il 1915.
[ENG] At the listing's coords you'll notice two great anchors, displayed as war trophies of the Italian Navy.
Both anchors belong to two battleships of the Tegetthoff Class (also called Viribus Unitis Class) of k.u.k. Kriegsmarine (Imperial Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy), made up of four dreadnoughts launched between 1912 and 1915.
[ITA] Per trovare questa cache, è necessario scoprire:
L'anno in cui una delle navi fu affondata nel porto di Pola: DXXA
L'anno di nascita dell'Ammiraglio
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, cui venne intitolata la classe: XBXG
L'anno in cui ebbe luogo la battaglia navale di Lissa, considerata il capolavoro tattico di
Tegetthoff: XCXX
L'anno di demolizione della seconda nave, nei cantieri navali di La Spezia: EXFX

[ENG] To find the cache it's necessary to know:
The year one of the two ships was sunk in Pola: DXXA
The birthyear of
Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, whose name the Class is dedicated: XBXG
The year in which took place the naval battle of Lissa, won by Tegetthoff's fleet: XCXX
The year in which the second ship was dismantled in the La Spezia shipyards: EXFX

The cache is located at N 45° 25.ABC   E 012° 21.D(E+F)G
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

uvture cneg bs gur vasbcnary

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)