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The SS Tequila Sunrise????

Asherly I thought it was one of the Jutland 3 but the closest I can get to it is Queen Mary (nearly Bloody Mary).

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Sorry Karl, but a couple of things in your post I just have to challenge. Firstly, you say that Lutjens could have used PEs great speed to "continue the hunt". Are you suggesting that he would have sent PE after PoW alone, since Bismarck would not have been able to catch PoW herself? Secon...

HI RF I think the answer lies in your earlier post: It doesn't sink merchant ships directly but it eliminates for at least a substantial period of time one battleship that can match Bismarck for speed, leaving only KGV itself able to catch Bismarck. So, with Bismarck's speed reduced because of the d...

The motto actually goes with the title Prince of Wales, usually given to the heir to the throne ie Prince Charles. Also the three feathers go with the title, usually called the Prince of Wales feathers. So the motto and the crest go with the name. Where it originally comes from I'm not sure, but the...

But, as you said earlier BG, it is easier to sink a ship with torpedoes because they make a mess under the waterline. Now I may be wrong about this but I seem to recall seeing somewhere a picture, or two, of a torpedo flat and the caption stated that there was a rail, or something similar, that was ...

Totally off the off topic, but related to pc. Have you noticed how the donkey in Shrek doesn't have any, hmmmm, "bits"? I guess Disney just couldn't bring themselves to add that much realism!!

Global warming? Don't get me started on that topic I tend to rant about it!

regards

Ian

Happy Birthday Karl.

Many happy returns of the day :))))

Ian

I'll leave it to others to give chapter and verse about why the Bismarck was better/worse than any other ship, but I will reply re Bismarck's gunnery. Whilst there is no doubt that German gunnery was very good you can rest assured that Bismarck's gunners were NOT aiming to hit the precise point on H...

Nice one RF. Any more interesting suggestions out there?

Ian

Britain was not spoiling for a fight in 1914, far from it.

Which is why the military talks were carried out informally between the relevant army officers. IIRC the cabinet didn't asherly learn of them until the very last minute.

Nice reply Karl

Ian

I'm just waiting for the revelation that the Titanic was torpedoed by Germany because they couldn't stand the competition. After all the German Admiralty would be as much in the pockets of the shiiping lines as the British Admiralty was.

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Ian

I hesitate to get involved in this, being merely a Brit coming from a country who made ugly or fatally flawed ships!! However, I think the problem is in your choice of words Karl. You originally said "no ship ever built could hit as hard as Yamato". I think modern ships, firing modern miss...

Before that happened, lwd, Bismarck would grow wings and fly home, bombing Nelrod on the way.

If you read Bob Henneman's site you will see there is a lot of skepticism over this claim.

Ian

Hi Bg

Well it isn't logic really, more like a feeling, but it's still as valid as anyone elses, so I guess we are going to have to agree to differ.

regards

Ian