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As a burning wreck how did she pose a threat? Even if somehow the German's got her back to port, rebuilding her would be too costly and time consuming, [And be at the mercy of Allied bombers.]. There is no question of the Bismarck class being powerful and extremely dangerous opponent's but the facts...

Been reading this thread with interest.Some of you are talking about technology's which weren't really relevant or indeed around during this period. And as for the bismarck's armoured scheme, it was seriously flawed so i certainly would not use that ship as a starting point for my ideal ship. Some o...

This fight is still heavely in favour of the british ships with their superior radar and fire control but a lucky hit could change things dramatically. In war nothing is ever certain but in 9 out of 10 cases the brits should win. By the way Vanguard would have been available in 42 since the Lions wo...

Richelieu is more heavilly armoured whilst S.D has the gun advantage along with better radar and fire control. Richelieu is around 3 knots faster [ the S.D class in reality could manage at best 27 or 27.5 knots], and can bring all her guns to bear coming forward to close the distance. The advantage ...

First off the H39 class would be the only ones to build realistically. Britain would have countered these with the more heavely armoured Lion class as well as building the Vanguard. But they would have still posed a tremendous threat to the R.N regardless of it's new ships. One can only ponder at wh...