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- Mon May 28, 2007 2:41 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: May 25 1982
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27481
- Mon May 28, 2007 10:36 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: May 25 1982
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27481
I found this in Wikipedia The sinking of the Sheffield is sometimes blamed on a superstructure made wholly or partially from aluminium, the melting point and ignition temperature of which are significantly lower than those of steel. However, this is incorrect as the Sheffield's superstructure was ma...
- Sun May 27, 2007 11:20 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: May 25 1982
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27481
- Sun May 27, 2007 11:08 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: May 25 1982
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27481
- Sat May 26, 2007 8:12 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: May 25 1982
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27481
- Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:34 pm
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: CV Charles de Gaulle´s propellers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12998
- Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:59 pm
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: CV Charles de Gaulle´s propellers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12998
Re: CV Charles de Gaulle´s propellers
I was reading this weekend that in the year 2000 the new French CVN Charles De Gaulle suffered from the breaking of a screw of one of her propellers, which was replaced by a unit of former CV Clemenceau which limit her speed to 25 knots until an american company built a new propeller for her. Why s...
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:39 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Battleship v torpedo boat
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4946
- Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:33 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Littorio or Vittorio Veneto instead of Bismarck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11040
I think that the Italian ship would have some severe problems with the stability in the Atlantic Sea... I agree. This is a problem met by the mediteranean navies. The Italians ships were not for the atlantic. The french met a lot of problems with the Dunkerque/Strasbourg during a franco-english tra...
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:13 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 132051
- Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:56 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Which is your WWII army?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6664
My results: Germany 81% Soviet Union 81% Finland 81% United States 75% Japan 69% Poland 69% France, Free French and the Resistance 50% British and the Commonwealth 50% Italy 44% For me, the best army, is lead by men who are not norrow minded. The commanders doesn't think that their point of view is ...
- Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:40 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Dunkerque vs. Scharnhorst
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13244
- Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:24 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4384
The French fleet was very important to whoever put his hands on her. For the Axis those ships in the Mediterranean would be a great asset. For the British also. We talk in hindsight here. What the French Admiral had in his mind in that moment was a dangerous responsability. I don´t blame him: I wou...
- Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:48 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4384
Fighting their British allies? I've never before seen this event characterized as friendly fire. Oops! Sorry, France! [Hee!] The French retaliated immediately at Mers El Kabir by sending planes to bomb Gibraltar, however they did little damage...... No damage at all i think :think: Some of the fren...
- Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:27 pm
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: French military victories?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 43370