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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: 3-shaft propulsion
- Replies: 130
- Views: 150131
Re: 3-shaft propulsion
In a very general sense, one larger propeller turning slowly will be more efficient than any larger number of propellers turning more rapidly. The optimum number of propellers, and their size, is largely driven by issues of geometry -- draft is limited after all -- and the perceived need for redund...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
Wadinga,
You have gone down this path before. I have no interest in getting involved a second time.
Have a nice day.
You have gone down this path before. I have no interest in getting involved a second time.
Have a nice day.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
Scheer's book was IMO clearly intended for consumption by the postwar general public in Germany. Whatever "heroic" liberties he took with the historical account are understandable on that basis. The book was also far greater in scope than Jutland alone; Scheer covered the entire naval war ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
Thank you Byron for that source material with the German official account of Skagerrak (Monthly Information Bulletin - (Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department), Supplement Number Four, February 1926). Here is a link to a scanned copy online: https://archive.org/details/monthlyinformati1926un...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
I own at least ten books by Friedman, starting with his first work, “Battleship Design and Development 1905-1945” published all the way back in 1978. However, my opinion of Friedman has unfortunately rather diminished over recent years. He seems to have developed (IMO) a serious case of compulsive ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:52 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
Yes, I know. I invariably turn up like a bad penny whenever Jutland is being discussed. I happen to have a translation copy of “The German Official Account of the Sea Battle off the Skaggerak (Jutland)” as it appeared in the “MONTHLY INFORMATION BULLETIN, Office of Naval Intelligence, for February,...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The USA Presidential election 2024
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1226
Re: The USA Presidential election 2024
People desiring to identify an antidote to the threat of Deep State Globalist dominion only need to identify whom they are trying hardest to destroy.
Work it out from there.
B
Work it out from there.
B
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The USA Presidential election 2024
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1226
Re: The USA Presidential election 2024
Hi Byron, Well I have to stay home at Election Day because I am not an US citizen (but if I would be, I guess my sentiment would be the same; I honestly think from all fake-democracies the US is the most phony one). >>>>> Frankly, I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. But we resettled back t...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The USA Presidential election 2024
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1226
Re: The USA Presidential election 2024
Well, since the US is run by the CIA and the Pentagon on behalf of the military-industrial complex, the Israel lobby, and a few big cooperations anyway, it makes no difference at all if a senile war-monger or a senile pathological narcissist is sleeping in the White House. Like all presidents in th...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:35 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: New Book: A Most Gallant Fight
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2200
Re: New Book: A Most Gallant Fight
You have embraced an historic naval tale worthy of Patrick O’Brian.
Best of luck, Mike!
B
Best of luck, Mike!
B
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
De nada.
B
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- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Blucher in Dogger Bank
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: Blucher in Dogger Bank
Hi guys. In this battle Blucher was abandoned by the rest of the German ships, that could (orders notwithstanding) have stood by her. Was there any other case of a fellow ship left alone like this (in any war in the steam era)? Regards I’m only four and a half years late here 🤪, but the German ligh...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Manual of Gunnery for Her Majesty's Fleet 1880
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1074
Manual of Gunnery for Her Majesty's Fleet 1880
Go here - https://archive.org/details/manualroyal ... enetration
Everything you ever wanted to know ..... including Range Tables
It's just amazing what turns up on archive.org
Byron
Everything you ever wanted to know ..... including Range Tables
It's just amazing what turns up on archive.org
Byron
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: KMS BLUCHER
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12663
Re: KMS BLUCHER
The Germans were unaware of a torpedo battery near Oscarsborg's main gun battery at North Kaholmen Island. Built in 1901, it was equipped with three shore-mounted dual elevators firing the torpedoes via underwater tunnels. The torpedoes were Austro-Hungarian-built Whitehead torpedoes (in the torped...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Reports by British Office of Naval Intelligence about the German Navy 1917
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13542
Re: Reports by British Office of Naval Intelligence about the German Navy 1917
Hi Holger .....
What a very nice Christmas gift you have sent to us. Thank you so very mch!
Byron
What a very nice Christmas gift you have sent to us. Thank you so very mch!
Byron