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- Thu May 08, 2008 5:54 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Nuclear powered Battleship?
- Replies: 187
- Views: 113040
Re: Nuclear powered Battleship?
Well leaving out the whole debate as to how usefull a 16" gun would be in today's world... If you were going to design a "realistic" 16" armed ship for the modern age the result would be something more akin to the brittish monitors than a real BB. A cheap to build and repair stea...
- Tue May 06, 2008 9:18 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Battle of Midway: Another perspective
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5837
Re: Battle of Midway: Another perspective
I'm not sure how much chance there was to absorb the lessons learnt at Coral Sea before Midway. The other carriers were already leaving when Yorktown got back and she only stayed long enough in Pearl for a quick 48 hour mending. Had any of the American ships been bombed with a flight deck full of fu...
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:34 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck vs. South Dakota @ 1942
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11185
Re: Bismarck vs. South Dakota @ 1942
I'm sorry you didn't find my attempt at humor funny. 1. So, when Willis Lee is assembling his scratch force Bismarck and PE got South Dakota approaching Savo Island. Maybe it´s November 14th before dusk. Lindemann has been sitting out of the war a year and a half after Rheinubung so he wants to kick...
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck vs. South Dakota @ 1942
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11185
Re: Bismarck vs. South Dakota @ 1942
Clearly there is only one possible result for such a hypothetical scenario... The SD breaker fails leaving her helpless... fortunately forsight on the part of the Allies ensured that a fully equiped squadron of night trained swordfish were maintained on Guadalcanal for just such an eventuality. They...
- Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:37 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest warship of all time
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21720
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:14 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 132192
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:45 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 132192
I would say Nevada would have more claim to fame than Force Z. And although I guess it's pointless to advance opinions to the contrary given the fixed nature of the most attractive list but I would put Hood and Iowa at least above Bismark, Warspite wouldn't make the list as reconstructed, KGV? ok bu...
- Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:14 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: The German Dreadnought Kaiserin
- Replies: 36
- Views: 29431
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:13 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: hypothetical opponents
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8302
40,000 yards (that is, just beyond Rodney's gun range so she can't fire first), and Bismarck tries to charge around to a position astern of Rodney at a range of 38,000 yards (within 15in range). And let's say Rodney takes one minute to execute a 90deg turn. 40000 yards x 2 x 3.14 = 251200 yrds /2 (...
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:57 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: hypothetical opponents
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8302
Yes the 8 inch shell can pose a threat. But how many instances are there of 8 inch or other cruiser shells causing substantial impairment to a battleship's firepower? Norfolk on Bismarck Norfolk on Scharnhorst Takao/Atago on South Dakoda Portland/San Francisco on Hiei edit - and possibly PE on Hood...
- Wed May 30, 2007 10:30 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: May 24th, 2007: 66th DS anniversary!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13551
The greatest sea chase in Naval History is over. Paul Don't forget that the Battle of Trafalgar also was preceeded by a sea chase that would almost be on the same lavel as the pursuit of Bismarck.... I would offer up the escape of the USS Constitution from the pursuing british squadron in the war o...
- Tue May 29, 2007 11:23 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Historical Naval actions that would make good movies?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 65187
- Tue May 29, 2007 11:11 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Luftwaffe blitzes Naval constuction sites instead of London
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8599
Airborne drops on a couple of Channel Ports (such as Newhaven) with smale scale naval landing forces using the few landing craft the Kriegsmarine had available, forces sufficiently small to be supplied entirely by air, the RAF completely unready for the Battle of Britain and Stukas knocking out the...
- Mon May 28, 2007 10:33 pm
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: Coal fuel and oil fuel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20843
Re: Coal fuel and oil fuel
1. When the navies changed the adopted fuel from coal to oil? Britain started trials with oil in 1898. In 1908 it was decided that all future destroyers were to be oil fired exclusively. 2. Which was the first capital ship that used the new fuel? In 1912 the Queen E and USS Nevada were started, the...
- Mon May 28, 2007 9:21 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck Wreck Salvage
- Replies: 113
- Views: 161029