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What was the "heavy shock" felt to Starboard aboard PoW immediately after discharge of her 12th salvo; according to PoW's recorded time entry for salvo 12, this would have occurred @ approximately 0559:30 based upon PoW clock time.

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Phil,
Quite agree. "Official Histories" in general must IMO be treated with care. They are probably best described by Napoleon's comment about "a mutually agreed tissue of lies" (mostly small "white" lies or "lies of omission", but sometimes real whoppers).

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The "64,000 Dollar Question" - How many rounds did Bismarck discharge in her action against Hood and Prince of Wales? The honest answer is that no one really knows for certain. The figure of 93 rounds relies upon a single source - the "93 rounds expended" comment contained in Lutjen's post action tr...

Someone should be able to provide a quick answer to this question - Did Bismarck possess remote power control of her main battery turrets in train ? > If so, then she arguably might have been able to continue main battery fire under continuous helm. > If not, then her ability to fire while turning w...

Hello Thorsten, So given the accurate azimuth of the fixed baseline, plus two highly accurate measurements of azimuth from the ends, the remote positions of the ships were derived. Interesting. All the best wadinga The sort of "range-finder" Thorsten describes was common in modern coastal defense s...

Santarini's book is, on a certain level, interesting. But it is a good thing that his work is described by him as "hypotheses" rather than "analyses"; the author relies upon a series of interlocking assumptions about the action that are not necessarily corroborated and is in one case contradicted by...

Agree with respect to both your cited cases.

Also, IIRC, for deployed anti-torpedo nets to be effective, the ship had to maintain a speed of not more than about 12 knots.

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Just for the record - the reason I took myself to the sideline is because I just grew tired of all the vitriol; I'll be 71 next month and don't need the stress. But I love the topic and would happily participate in a collegial adult setting. Whatever ever happened to - "We'll just have to agree to d...

OpanaPointer wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:11 pm

Satan?

Ask Patrick Moore.

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Goodbye, Mr Virtuani. I have had my fill.

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+1 RF.

The interests who seek to advance this "climate apocalypse" swindle are utterly despicable.

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"All of the criticised models are developed and documented in peer-reviewed scientific journals." ..... all of which are circulated within and "reviewed" by a carefully circumscribed academic echo-chamber whose members are reliant upon the same thoroughly politicized funding sources. > In the 70's w...

Regarding my "agenda" (funny to hear such a guy speaking of "agenda" when he has an evident one), I have none, except to admire courage and smartness on both sides , vs the RN fans who believe that all Axis officers are timid, cruel and stupid and all RN officers are courageous, generous and clever...

Cannot comment about the psychology of D'Oyly-Hughes. But, from what I can glean from the internet regarding his service background and qualifications (submarines in WW1, learned to fly post-war but had no apparent experience or training in carrier operations) he certainly seems to have been a quest...

.... One must also take into account the raider's ability, once at sea, to disrupt merchant traffic patterns and convoy schedules and force the opponent to commit forces (which might be put to good use elsewhere) as convoy escorts or as response elements against possible raiding forays. Whether or ...