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by RF
Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:58 am
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Greatest warship of all time
Replies: 61
Views: 21397

miro777 wrote:hey...
na na na...

she was more successful than any other capital surface ship of the KM....


adios
miro
Which ship sank the Hood in a two against ''one and a quarter'' unfair fight?
by RF
Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:53 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Who really sank the Hood? Bismarck or Prinz Eugen?
Replies: 45
Views: 87213

The concept of ''flasover'' is one that I am familiar with, as it is mentioned in the training programmes for the British civilian fire-fighting service. This is in connection with a door being opened to a confined space(within which ia a conflagration), in which the injection of oxygen sucked in th...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:51 pm
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: Shout at the devil
Replies: 2
Views: 4159

I'm not too keen on this film, it strikes me as one of those movies that plays on facts and reinforces stereotypes in the name of entertainment, rather like U-571.

''African Queen'' is a far better film covering similar subject matter.
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:41 pm
Forum: Books and Reference
Topic: Panzerschiff Scheer book?
Replies: 8
Views: 5994

Re: Admiral Scheer Book

Ciao Gary, the best and most complete ......... Authors : Theodor Krancke ( Adm Scheeer Kpt) / J. Brennecke Title : Admiral Scheer Editor : Kohlers ( German ) but it is available in English as well. This one was published in English as ''The Battleship Scheer.'' It only covers the period that Kranc...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:35 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Who really sank the Hood? Bismarck or Prinz Eugen?
Replies: 45
Views: 87213

Re: Forward Magazine Explosion

The documentary suggesting the forward magazine explosion, which is not too bad otherwise, keeps coming up again and again. As a member of the Marine Forensics Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the author of "The Loss of HMS Hood -- A Re-examination" I...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:26 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Otto von Bismarck
Replies: 0
Views: 1718

Otto von Bismarck

Germanys' ''Iron Chancellor'' never lived to see a battleship named after him. Given his policy from 1871 to 1888 under Kaiser Wilhelm I of encouraging friendly relations with Britain to counterbalance France and the Russian Empire - and given that this expicitly mean't not providing a challenge at ...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:03 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck radar and radio
Replies: 66
Views: 28008

Re: radio and radar

. Thanks for your posting. Of course Krancke could give his radar experience to BS but the Scheer had no R600 on board and therefore no t the latest VHF radio ranges obtainable. Surely the Germans would have specialist officers to deal with this rather than rely on commanding officers. Krancke was ...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:34 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?

Apparently at Mers El Kebir the Strasbourg straddled Hood with her third salvo.

Suppose one of these shells had entered the Hoods' magazine and Hood blew up.... How would history see that?
What would Churchill say?

How would it affect Rheinubung????
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:31 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Dunkerque vs. Scharnhorst
Replies: 31
Views: 13177

Re: Dunkerque vs. Scharnhorst

ostriker wrote:At Mers el kébir, the Strasbourg fired 3 salvoes and escaped. The third straddled the Hood.
I wasn't aware of that. This does pose an interesting scenario.... see my new topic....
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:44 am
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: Diesel engined battleships
Replies: 18
Views: 33254

For me, the big story in German diesels is not the one about the big warships but the one about the S-boat powerplants. No one else was able to come close to what the Germans achieved, and the result was the most powerful MTBs of the war. According to the articles on the Prinz Eugen website the S b...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:38 am
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: Cameron it´s too political correct
Replies: 15
Views: 11321

The thing about poitical and war documentaries/films are that wars are interpreted by the winners, in war the first victim is truth, and history is always written by the winner. Thats why the Kriegsmarine is portrayed as a lousy navy and routinely commits war crimes. You can always tell a lousy film...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:30 am
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: Royal Navy movie listings
Replies: 1
Views: 4696

I have seen quite a few of these films over the years, some of them are almost as old as the WW2 itself. Many of them need to be re-worked as the plots are out of date in the light of what we now know, and many have inaccurate sub-plots which were known to be inaccurate at the time. Some of them are...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:20 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: The other Lutzow
Replies: 5
Views: 2901

The other Lutzow

When panzerschiffe Deutschland was renamed Lutzow in November 1939, what happened to the name of the Hipper classe cruiser then under construction which was also Lutzow? Was a new name designated before the vessel was sold to the Soviet Union? One source gives the name Zeuthen, but I think that is u...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:14 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: HK Pinguin + HK Atlantis vs. HMS Cornwall
Replies: 9
Views: 4699

Believe it or not but HMS Cornwall was temporarliy immobilised in the battle because a 5.9 inch shell found its way into her flower store. Now this wasnt really a problem except for the fact that the main electrical joint was located there. Cornwall was rendered powerless for a few minutes until th...
by RF
Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:00 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Clash of the Titans
Replies: 17
Views: 6380

miro777 wrote:hey...
to sum it up:

Yamato - H-class
Yamato wins...



(my opinion)

adios
miro
With 16 inch guns, yes. But the 1943 version with 20 inch guns as mentioned by Karl....