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- Mon May 03, 2021 10:08 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: the main armament of the General Belgrano
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7765
Re: the main armament of the General Belgrano
Is the main armament of the Belgrano in 1982 not the surface to surface version of the French Exocet? Seems a gunship that distance from the landing sites is a minimal threat. However it is a war zone.
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 12:50 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4447
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
Perhaps USS Juneau during the withdrawal from the Friday the Thirteenth sea battle.
BD
BD
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:35 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Updating the KGV class
- Replies: 77
- Views: 12963
Re: Updating the KGV class
The obsolescence of the British and American battle fleets was driven by foreign developments of more powerful ships and aircraft. Hood's armor is good against Scharnhorst's 11 inch guns but overmatched by the Bismarck's 15 inch guns. I can't see how building 14 inch KGV's and NC's makes the Yamato,...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:57 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Updating the KGV class
- Replies: 77
- Views: 12963
Re: Updating the KGV class
None of the 35,000 ton treaty battleships were worth building in view of the international arms race in the late 1930s. The Japanese were expected to build 16 inch/46,000 ton ships to complement the Nagato class. The Italians already built 15 inch/40,000 ton ships. Then the Bismarck 15 inch/44,000 t...
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:44 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Who fires first wins ?????
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29415
Re: Who fires first wins ?????
The second meeting didn't come off as well if memory serves.So the Nowaki won when it was engaged by Iowa and New Jersey? I could argue that either way.
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:33 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Dreadnoughts sunk by gunfire alone?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15013
Re: Dreadnoughts sunk by gunfire alone?
The French battleship at Mers-el-Kebir whose name eludes me is another. Unless beaching does not count as sunk.
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:54 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: A KGV in the south atlantic 1982 ?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 26869
Re: A KGV in the south atlantic 1982 ?
What is the launcher behind KGV's "B" turret? SAM or SSM?
Bob
Bob
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:36 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND--AUG.1942
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15472
Re: BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND--AUG.1942
Could the outcome of the battle been changed if Adm Crutchley had kept the cruisers together in a single line, but used more destroyers to cover the entrances to the anchorage? Then was the practice of splitting your force equally to guard the sea lanes to the anchorage standard Royal Navy doctrine?...
- Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:16 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battle of Santa Cruz-October 1942
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11554
Re: Battle of Santa Cruz-October 1942
Another battle showing the vunerability of the Yorktown class to torpedo hits. The large lists caused the crews to prematurely abandon ship. The Enterprise survived the war by not having her hull graced by them. Speaking of the CV-5 Yorktown, RIP to my uncle Sammie who passed away the first week of ...
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:07 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Gunfire hits below the waterline?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9161
Gunfire hits below the waterline?
The loss of the IJN Kirishima's has been attributed to both scuttling and being holed below the waterline. Since neither the Bismarck nor the Scharnhorst sinkings describe such hits and damage resulting from them, is this something rare? I know that USS Boise took a special IJN diving shell below th...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:27 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Your favourite Battleship
- Replies: 18
- Views: 24762
Re: Your favourite Battleship
USS North Carolina BB-55 (the Showboat) I have visited her several times over the last 20 years. It is only a 6 hour drive to Wilmington, NC from my home. The first time I toured her, I was 16 years old and found myself imagining myself on the conn of the Washington off of Savo. LOL.. It would not h...
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:38 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Now a question about funnel caps....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9409
Re: Now a question about funnel caps....
Did any of the WW1dreadnaught coal burners have capped funnels?
Bob
Bob
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:17 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Naval communications in WWII
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13267
Re: Naval communications in WWII
Voice communication channels in 1944 were mostly on VHF radio frequencies (30 to 300 megahertz) and these were line of sight or a little more. The longer distance communications were on th HF radio frequencies. The shortwave frequencies (3 to 30 megahertz) usually have predictable distances dependin...
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:30 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
- Replies: 67
- Views: 31698
Re: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
IIRC, the action at River Platte started with opposing forces closing the range. By the book, Troubridge's armored cruisers should lose. Of course, by the book, a heavy cruiser going one on one with a battle cruiser at 3,000 yard range gets blown out of the water. All the British cruisers needed to ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:11 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
- Replies: 67
- Views: 31698
Re: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
Churchill was probably setting a precedent for Chris Craddock's feeling that he had to engage the German East India squadron regardless of the outcome. I wonder if Henry Harwood's tactic in the next war would have worked on the Goeben. Split the Goebens fire by having two ships engage on opposite fl...