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- Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: CSS Hunley
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12110
Re: CSS Hunley
It would be interesting if the remains of the Confederate Navy's James River squadron were recovered....but it would be very expensive....
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:31 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: UFO series to be made a movie (2011)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17883
Re: UFO series to be made a movie (2011)
An early fav of mine was Space 1999.
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:52 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Royal Navy Super Battleships and Battlecruisers
- Replies: 123
- Views: 94347
Re: Royal Navy Super Battleships and Battlecruisers
Didnt Hood blow up because her Above the waterline torpedo tubes get hit?
- Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:46 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Most Beautiful Dreadnought
- Replies: 73
- Views: 50479
Re: Most Beautiful Dreadnought
Roma was not unpleasant to behold.
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:27 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Jutland recurrent themes
- Replies: 51
- Views: 43965
Re: Jutland recurrent themes
"Dreadnaught" by the same author is a must read.
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:51 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: The German Dreadnought Kaiserin
- Replies: 36
- Views: 28839
Re: The German Dreadnought Kaiserin
In the early 1900s Britain was activly seeking an alliance with Germany, but this was scorned by the German government, possibly under pressure from Tirpitz. He needed an "enemy" with a big fleet to get his Navy Laws past. And far from stiffling German colonial and mercantile ambitions, th...
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:19 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Jutland recurrent themes
- Replies: 51
- Views: 43965
Re: Jutland recurrent themes
"Castles of Steel" is a good read about WW1 naval operations.
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:05 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: SMS Moltke (1910)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24286
Re: SMS Moltke (1910)
It seems to me the German battlecruisers were closer to "fast battleships" than anything else. They were certainly better protected than their RN equivilants. And ,more importantly, much better ammunition handleing procedures.