Ciso Alec,Alecsandros wrote: "There are to many eye-witness accounts and maps to show that PoW DID make a turn to avoid Hood immediately after the battlecruiser exploded"
well, we will have to agree to totally disagree on this aspect, many witnesses felt the ship turning and this was due to the heeling...... There is no space/time between PoW salvos to allow any significant turn except an irrelevant one (less than 10°), due to the fact that Y turret was never wooded and an interval of 20 secs is not enough to allow even such an irrelevant turn and counter-turn......
Possibly, but in some minutes after 6:06 both ships would be back to their full speed and range increase rate would be quite high, so again I don't expect many hits. Historically, in more than 3 minutes with the same geometry, BS and PG were not able to put a single hit on PoW (albeit the distance was already a bit higher).you wrote: "Fire would be done continously. 6:03 - 6:18:"
IMO the very first minuets would have been key in order to slow down PoW, if not done immediately, the probability to slow her later are very limited, except accepting a very long stern chase .
yes but again, I don't think Bismarck could go further than 180° in any case if Lutjens was not asking PG to take care of Norfolk beforehand..... e.g. on 105°the risk to be torpedoed in few minutes (5 mins for a launch of several fishes at extreme range, 10 mins for a launch at very, very short range) is too high.....you wrote: just occurred to me that if PoW goes on 180*, Bismarck would better go on 150* and fire with all turrets... If PoW goes 135*, BS can go 105*, etc."
Hi Steve,Steve Crandell wrote: "The British survive if slowed; the German ships don't."
I fully agree, and this is the key reason why Lutjens decision not to risk further was absolutely correct (without hindsight) and Lindemann was wrong..... Even without the torpedo alert, having the door of Atlantic wide open by PoW retreat, I think Lutjens would not have changed his course 220°to finish PoW taking risks he could not afford.
Bye, Alberto