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by downes51
Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:05 pm
Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
Topic: SMS Lutzow (1916)
Replies: 12
Views: 14436

Re: SMS Lutzow (1916)

She was commissioned in November of 1916 after being completed by the Blohm & Voss company.
That would be 5 months after she was sunk at Jutland!

Wiki says she was launched in November 1913 and commissioned in August 1915.
by downes51
Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:48 am
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Worst admiral of all time
Replies: 49
Views: 49184

Re: Worst admiral of all time

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Beattie. He arrived at Jutland with 5 BCs and 5 fast new battleships up against 5 of Hipper's BCs. He managed to shake off his own Battleships resulting in them being late arrivals at the fight, and on engaging Hipper's cruiser squadron he opened fire after Hipper ...
by downes51
Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:39 am
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Worst admiral of all time
Replies: 49
Views: 49184

Re: Worst admiral of all time

Bey was in an unfortunate position. He should have resigned. That would have been one action showing he had some naval savvy. Instead he was rather being in the position of a small kid being forced by the school bully (Donitz, and Hitler behind him) to fight another kid he had no chance of beating....
by downes51
Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:21 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Greatest Warship Name Ever
Replies: 98
Views: 72521

Re: Greatest Warship Name Ever

I like HMS Agincourt.

Also the Invincible class battlecruisers had a great series of names, including Inflexible, Indomitable and Indefatigable.
by downes51
Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:09 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Unluckiest Warship
Replies: 105
Views: 69994

Re: Unluckiest Warship

HMS Defence (1907) had an unlucky career. It failed to prevent the breakout of the Goeben and Breslau which is popularly blamed for the bringing of Turkey into the war in 1914. Shortly thereafter, scheduled to join Admiral Cradock's fleet in the South Atlantic in the hunt for Von Spee's squadron it ...