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Never read about HMS Furious before... but only 4 x 7,6-cm FlaK? This is a for this time, very strong caliber... World War 1 aircrafts could be taken down easy with a .50 caliber and not the 6-fold (3 inch), and 4 guns only for such a large ship... easy target in the last 2 war years for the always ...

He made the famous "dreadnoughts", but once I have read somewhere, that also older ships which are not worth ("liners" which were not build as warships, so an upgrade is not worth), however I read that they used a method of "soaking" (?) the coal into oil or the oil to ...

Driving fast is always "costly", for us normal people in most cases at the gasoline station... but many ships can reduce consumption by 50% with only going a few knots lower... Best Example: Yamato at full speed did need 70 tons fuel per hour! It was also used, like Tirpitz to refuel small...