Against 20" caliber guns nothing is a match: a KGV would look like a lifeboat. Somewhere in this site is a composed photo of the Tirpitz alonside a H class.
You can find it in the main forum, look for the Spanish Section: "Acorazado Bismarck", inside is a topic called "Los acorazados H ¿alguien sabe algo?" and look for a reply of "cascokuro" and voilá!
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In theory, the H-Class despicted in the fictional comparison photo above was a 130,000 ton behemoth (almost twice of an Yamato and more than twice an Iowa) with so much armour the Allies woud need to throw an atomic bomb from a B-29 to do any harm to her. A bomb like the one thrown to Tirpitz would damage her, but not sink her.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Sir Winston Churchill
There were many evolutions of the H design. One of them was the 130,000 ton superbattleship that is potraited in the fictional photo seen above. Yamato was half that vessel.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Sir Winston Churchill
The later "H" designs were for ships that could not be built. H-41 with 16.5in guns was the final product that anyone considered practical, but she was never begun.
Building the actual ship is something quite different than sketching up a few drawings. I think the Germans should have concentrated on ships with two twin 380mm turrets on a 15,000 design protected against 6-8"shell fire
Karl Heidenreich wrote:In theory, the H-Class despicted in the fictional comparison photo above was a 130,000 ton behemoth (almost twice of an Yamato and more than twice an Iowa) with so much armour the Allies woud need to throw an atomic bomb from a B-29 to do any harm to her. A bomb like the one thrown to Tirpitz would damage her, but not sink her.
I believe that Barnes Wallis' 'Grand Slam' bombs could capsize her. Otherwise the underwater mines planted by midget subs that crippled Tirpitz would get her.
Wow.
