How well would Hood have stood up to a concentrated attack by Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive-bombers?
Could a bomb dropped from a Stuka blow up Hood?
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- Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:36 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Hood vs. Stukas
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3039
- Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:32 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Argentine Navy - a query
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18010
The references are very interesting. One question - as we had here a one carrier navy how was the organisation of flight, training of aircrews conducted - did the navy have its own air force or were operations done as part of the Argentine Air Force? One reason for the query is that during the 1982 ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:34 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: What if Hood hadn't blown up?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 47709
I think Lutjens thought that the British wouldn't fire on the PE, that Hood and POW would concentrate on Bismarck. This was indeed the British intention. What upset things was Hollands failure to identify his intended target properly, and were it not for the insubordination of Captain Leach then bot...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:18 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar and radio
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28024
Re: Bismarck radio and radar
Do you have information about the Graf Spee's orders. I read it somewhere but forgot to make a note. Au revoir, Erik I'm not aware that radar featured much with Graf Spee, Rasenack for example seemed only to consider the Seetakt to be relevant for gunnery ranging. Of course Harwood didn't have rada...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:11 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar and radio
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28024
Re: Bismarck radio and radar
Hallo RF thanks for your interest. Even without reading the Scheer-book I think you will agree that officers destined to command the big ships must have received understanding of the the tactical use of radar and be aware of its pitfalls. The Captain of Prinz Eugen in his report warns against the d...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:58 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Battle of The River Plate: Round 2
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14017
hey.... does anybody know why Langsdorf decided to sail to Uruguay, which was neutral, rather then Argentinia...from which my sources said, would be more german friendly...? adios miro btw: i haven't heard about problems in the turrent either... I believe F.W. Rasenack gave in his book the reason w...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:50 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: SONAR in the ship
- Replies: 59
- Views: 23332
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:47 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Bismarck class turret protection
- Replies: 74
- Views: 57176
We don't know what really happened there. The turrets are buried in the mud and nobody knows if there are any full penetrations, or if there are, when they occured, as far as I know. At what range did the Rodney hit(s) occur? Several minutes transpired before the pivitol hit occured. It may well ha...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:42 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Mary Celeste and Ghost Ships?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3616
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:34 am
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: South American military conflicts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15080
South American military conflicts
I have made some notes and observations from the references given to me by Marcelo concerning the War of the Triple Alliance. As this website is devoted to naval matters people may be interested in reading and discussing them. One of my interests is geopolitics, specifically the interaction of geogr...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:39 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: The most successful and most unsuccessful Warships
- Replies: 150
- Views: 114123
hey yes...but it was Graf Spee who saved her those month... or was it another ship? Graf Spee detached a cruiser from his squadron, cuz he knew he will lose this battle... adios miro Emden was despatched to create a diversion in the Indian Ocean while Spee attacked Tonga. Spee had just lost his bas...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:31 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: WW1 Invincible/ Inflexible vs. WW2 Scharnhorst/Gneisenau
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15687
Hey.... are u sure about that? I read a first preson report by Cap. Eyssen about the journey of Komet. and he did NOT state anything about the failure of the operation in terms of that plant being Japanese... adios miro Eyssen was not aware that the phosphate plant was owned by Japanese private com...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:23 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: WWII Atlantic theatre greatest battle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4868
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:18 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest warship of all time
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21399
hey... Scharnhorst lost against superior enemies... adios miro So did Bismarck. Admiral Bey in Scharnhorst, a destroyer specialist, should have kept company with his destroyers who could have screened Scharnhorst from the Allied destroyers and give Scharnhorst a chance. OK it could have led to the ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:08 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest warship of all time
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21399
Richard Garrett records Scharnhorst (and Gneisenau) only targeted vessels much weaker than themselves and spent most of their careers evading equal or superior forces. But Thats what Raeder wanted. No warrior really wants to engage equal or superior forces. You are supposed to overwhelm an enemy, g...