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by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:51 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Red October
Replies: 11
Views: 5982

No, it exists. It's a magneto hydrodynamics drive without any moving parts, actually built into a test vessel called Yamato. About 95% engine, 5% ship, speed 7 knots. Wiki even has an article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetohydrodynamic_drive Still not completely silent and not as fast as an en...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:45 am
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: K classe cruisers - diesel propulsion
Replies: 0
Views: 9494

K classe cruisers - diesel propulsion

Does anybody know of any articles or websites giving details of the use and performance of the diesel propulsion used in these ships?
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:42 am
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: Diesel engined battleships
Replies: 18
Views: 33248

I think that the largest diesel engines by then were the 8000 hp from Graf Spee. I believe that Graf Spee had 56,000 shaft-horsepower from eight MAN engines, thats 7,000 from each engine. The Deutschland/Scheer had a similar arrangement. The point here is that this large diesel engine facility was ...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:29 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Lifeboats etc.
Replies: 13
Views: 6051

I was thinking, in the sail era ships rarely sunk. As discussed in another thread about Trafalgar, only one of all the ships present was lost, due to a magazine explosion. So the fact that the boats were towed was more to save the boats than to rescue the crew in case of sinking. At the Battle of t...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:25 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Bismarck class turret protection
Replies: 74
Views: 57136

One key point that needs to be looked at in a discussion like this is the actual impact of shell hits on Bismarcks' turrets. On the final battle of 27 May an early hit from Rodney at a range where it is claimed Bismarcks' turrets had good protection from 16 inch shells put both Anton and Bruno out o...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:11 am
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Greatest warship of all time
Replies: 61
Views: 21397

Scharnhorst......................and I'm not being biased..............Honest :wink: An armed merchant cruiser, an aircraft carrier caught with its pants down, a couple of destroyers one of whom torpedoes you, and some barely armed merchant ships.... then clobbered by Norfolk, shelled by DOY and fi...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:55 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck a Baden Class?
Replies: 35
Views: 15353

But the torpedo that causes criticism was one that struck more amidships and somehow blasted through the TDS, which in theory was capable of withstanding warheads more than twice as powerful as the one the Japanese were using. Would the depth-setting for the torpedo have any impact on causing this ...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:51 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battle of The River Plate: Round 2
Replies: 34
Views: 14010

Re: Battle of The River Plate: Round 2

One of Spee's turrets had gone out of action during the fight. I don't know if it had been fixed or not. Likewise, the FC system had taken damage which may or may not have been fixed. The best speed was somewhere around 24 knots. Spee was in a serious predicament. Which turret? I haven't seen this ...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:39 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Screensavers
Replies: 1
Views: 1844

Screensavers

Has anybody thought of providing screensavers of Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Hood etc. on this site?
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:25 am
Forum: Announcements, News and Updates
Topic: Karl Heidenreich wins a mug
Replies: 25
Views: 31480

Nice mugs but why do none of them have Scharnhorst on? I didn't have time to design one but can do that if you are interested. How about one for Kormoran? Unlike Scharnhorst she did take on a warship far superior to herself and sink her! In fact I think she was the only KM ship to do that, if anybo...
by RF
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:51 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Red October
Replies: 11
Views: 5982

Red October

I'm sure most people on this website have seen this film where actor Sean Connery plays Soviet sub commander Markus Remius, who uses his command, Red October, as a vehicle to defect to the US. The Red October is depicted as having a ''caterpillar'' almost silent drive propulsion system - is this ''c...
by RF
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:43 pm
Forum: Military History and Technology
Topic: French military victories?
Replies: 49
Views: 42048

Sadly true. I´m certain the US lost the track for a military victory after WWII, that´s why I don´t believe they (and with them all the civilized Western World) would win in Iraq, why Iran would finnaly get their nuclear weapons and why China is going to defeat them when the fighting for Taiwan and...
by RF
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:38 pm
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: Diesel engined battleships
Replies: 18
Views: 33248

Re: Diesel engined battleships

Tiornu wrote:Yes, the best-known proposal was the "H" class.
But the diesel engines projected weren't developed were they?

What was the largest diesel engine developed by the Germans in the war?
by RF
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:34 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Little Big Horn anniversary!
Replies: 5
Views: 2700

Re: Little Big Horn anniversary!

Yesterday, June 25 is the 130th anniversary of the greatest defeat an American military unit has ever suffered in the battlefield: Little Big Horn. On that date, 1876, on the slopes of the Montana´s plateau troops of the 7th US Cavalry, George Armstrong Custer commanding, sighted what they believed...
by RF
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:23 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Battle of Arnhem, anniversary!
Replies: 2
Views: 3353

Re: Battle of Arnhem, anniversary!

The greatest airborne assault in History which main aim was to defeat the Germans in Holland, get into the Rhur and put an end to the war by Christmas 1944. Not quite, so far as WW2 goes. The air drop with the crossing of the Rhine by the British was bigger, but got very little headlines because th...