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- Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:26 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Malvinas/Falklands war - Alleged attack on HMS Invincible
- Replies: 153
- Views: 143484
- Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:32 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: June 4th, 5th and 6th: a couple of interesting anniversaries
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9325
- Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:23 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: SMS MarkGraf V USS Texas.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10483
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:34 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: SMS MarkGraf V USS Texas.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10483
The modern battleships had better torpedo protection, but there was no way to provide protection proportional to the increase in torpedo destructiveness. Thanks Tiornu, Could you say why? There have been many debates on this site about shell v armour, with the general conclusion seeming to be that ...
- Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:25 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: SMS MarkGraf V USS Texas.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10483
Lusitania
Did anyone (in England) see the progam on the sinking of the Lusitania the other night, it seemed that the RN were trying to blame Captain Turner for the tragedy?
- Tue May 29, 2007 3:04 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Luftwaffe blitzes Naval constuction sites instead of London
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8599
RF, thanks for your reply, surely we wern't quite as helpless as that? After all we were expecting an invasion and we did have some conventional forces left as well as some aircraft. It is one thing to land small forces in particular areas, but quite another to take over an entire country. I still t...
- Wed May 23, 2007 10:18 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: POW instead of DoY at North Cape
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9968
- Wed May 23, 2007 10:12 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck armed with 11-inch guns
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10733
I suppose that in reality the German navy should have concentrated on submarines, armed merchant ships like Pinguin (which were fairly expendable) and maybe a few long range cruisers or Graf Spee type ships. Although they did not have the prestige of a large battleship, an awful lot of subs could ha...
- Wed May 23, 2007 8:12 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: KG 5 class underestimated?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 45250
- Tue May 22, 2007 3:23 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Luftwaffe blitzes Naval constuction sites instead of London
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8599
That is true, and why the Poles and to a lesser extent the Czechs played such a key role for the RAF in September 1940. Another key question - what if Hitler had ordered an all-out land assault on Dunkirk on May 27 1940, causing most of the evacuated troops to be taken POW instead, and then orderin...
- Tue May 22, 2007 12:09 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: KGV Class 14-in Turret Problems
- Replies: 115
- Views: 53998
Are you thinking of Iowa? Yes, you're right, I think it was. I seem to remember my father telling me that when he was on the QE in the late 20's that if a misfire occurred they had to wait some time before they opened the breech. I can't remember how long it was though, it might have been as long a...
- Tue May 22, 2007 11:08 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: KGV Class 14-in Turret Problems
- Replies: 115
- Views: 53998
Hi chaps, My question re misfires seems to have been overlooked, so here it is again. A few questions, if one has a misfire in a gun that uses cordite for it's charge (as oppose to a complete shell and case) doesn't there have to be a certain lenght of time before the breech can be opened to avoid t...
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Jutland recurrent themes
- Replies: 51
- Views: 45618
The way I read Jutland was that Beatty went charging in against the German Battleships with his Battlecruisers and got a hiding. He was saved by the 5th Battle Squadron with its QE class ships which handed out quite a lot of punishment to the Germans and had their shooting been a lot better could we...
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:20 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck construction flaws
- Replies: 397
- Views: 291702
I always thought that the Bismarck was constructed quite well as an armored ship, but that the most serious and deadly construction flaw was in the layout and conceptual plan for adequate antiaircraft defenses of the time. Even at dockside they never shot down an attacking aircraft for certain! Is ...