Which ship sank the Hood in a two against ''one and a quarter'' unfair fight?miro777 wrote:hey...
na na na...
she was more successful than any other capital surface ship of the KM....
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- Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:58 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest warship of all time
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21720
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:53 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Who really sank the Hood? Bismarck or Prinz Eugen?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 89507
The concept of ''flasover'' is one that I am familiar with, as it is mentioned in the training programmes for the British civilian fire-fighting service. This is in connection with a door being opened to a confined space(within which ia a conflagration), in which the injection of oxygen sucked in th...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:51 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Shout at the devil
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4180
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:41 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Panzerschiff Scheer book?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6012
Re: Admiral Scheer Book
Ciao Gary, the best and most complete ......... Authors : Theodor Krancke ( Adm Scheeer Kpt) / J. Brennecke Title : Admiral Scheer Editor : Kohlers ( German ) but it is available in English as well. This one was published in English as ''The Battleship Scheer.'' It only covers the period that Kranc...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:35 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Who really sank the Hood? Bismarck or Prinz Eugen?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 89507
Re: Forward Magazine Explosion
The documentary suggesting the forward magazine explosion, which is not too bad otherwise, keeps coming up again and again. As a member of the Marine Forensics Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the author of "The Loss of HMS Hood -- A Re-examination" I...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:26 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Otto von Bismarck
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1729
Otto von Bismarck
Germanys' ''Iron Chancellor'' never lived to see a battleship named after him. Given his policy from 1871 to 1888 under Kaiser Wilhelm I of encouraging friendly relations with Britain to counterbalance France and the Russian Empire - and given that this expicitly mean't not providing a challenge at ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:03 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar and radio
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28175
Re: radio and radar
. Thanks for your posting. Of course Krancke could give his radar experience to BS but the Scheer had no R600 on board and therefore no t the latest VHF radio ranges obtainable. Surely the Germans would have specialist officers to deal with this rather than rely on commanding officers. Krancke was ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:34 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4384
What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
Apparently at Mers El Kebir the Strasbourg straddled Hood with her third salvo.
Suppose one of these shells had entered the Hoods' magazine and Hood blew up.... How would history see that?
What would Churchill say?
How would it affect Rheinubung????
Suppose one of these shells had entered the Hoods' magazine and Hood blew up.... How would history see that?
What would Churchill say?
How would it affect Rheinubung????
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:31 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Dunkerque vs. Scharnhorst
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13247
Re: Dunkerque vs. Scharnhorst
I wasn't aware of that. This does pose an interesting scenario.... see my new topic....ostriker wrote:At Mers el kébir, the Strasbourg fired 3 salvoes and escaped. The third straddled the Hood.
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:44 am
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: Diesel engined battleships
- Replies: 18
- Views: 34303
For me, the big story in German diesels is not the one about the big warships but the one about the S-boat powerplants. No one else was able to come close to what the Germans achieved, and the result was the most powerful MTBs of the war. According to the articles on the Prinz Eugen website the S b...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:38 am
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Cameron it´s too political correct
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11455
The thing about poitical and war documentaries/films are that wars are interpreted by the winners, in war the first victim is truth, and history is always written by the winner. Thats why the Kriegsmarine is portrayed as a lousy navy and routinely commits war crimes. You can always tell a lousy film...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:30 am
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Royal Navy movie listings
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4708
I have seen quite a few of these films over the years, some of them are almost as old as the WW2 itself. Many of them need to be re-worked as the plots are out of date in the light of what we now know, and many have inaccurate sub-plots which were known to be inaccurate at the time. Some of them are...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:20 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: The other Lutzow
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2957
The other Lutzow
When panzerschiffe Deutschland was renamed Lutzow in November 1939, what happened to the name of the Hipper classe cruiser then under construction which was also Lutzow? Was a new name designated before the vessel was sold to the Soviet Union? One source gives the name Zeuthen, but I think that is u...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:14 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: HK Pinguin + HK Atlantis vs. HMS Cornwall
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4740
Believe it or not but HMS Cornwall was temporarliy immobilised in the battle because a 5.9 inch shell found its way into her flower store. Now this wasnt really a problem except for the fact that the main electrical joint was located there. Cornwall was rendered powerless for a few minutes until th...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:00 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Clash of the Titans
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6442