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The exocet is built to engage large modern warship. Not à battleship. Today warship are built of wood, composite, resin etc...

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...

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In fact, that i heard is that the small fire at the impact, transmitted a lot of heat inside the aluminium structure, which put the fire to the ship.

marcelo_malara wrote: On May 5th there was no ship sunk, but on May 4th the Sheffield received the Exocet that ultimately doomed her.

With a great lack of luck! This exocet failed and didn't explose. It was the fuel of the missile, which started the fatal fire which burned the ship.

As far as I know the steam catapult on this CVN is american design and built also. True ! French policy of being self-sufficient in defence matters. This policy will be forget quickly. Some Army commanders are asking to "buy on the market" instead of buying expensive material in France. I...

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...

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Remember that some destroyer can run up to 40 knots and so can deliver some torpedo salvoes...

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...

Hi Karl.

Oh! If i were you i'll put missouri in the top famous ships... Repulse im not sure...

Why Vanguard have special mention?

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I guess its down to who lands the hits first

What is known about the French Navy artillery performance?

i will search a bit soon. currently i only know about The Courbet and Bretagne class artiellery performance.

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...

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...

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