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Fellow Contributors, It has been said: As, even in this forum, everybody seem to be in agreement about (or, not being in agreement, is lacking any argument to counter) the fact that page 211 map is "fully adopting" Antonio's 2005 reconstruction (see above posts), Let there be no doubt, I do not agre...

Fellow Contributors, Wunderbar news for Teutonic-techno fans! Since all German ships are apparently measured in less-dense water, where their draft is deeper, that means they are faster everywhere else, because for a given loading their wetted area is smaller! Like in the Atlantic for instance. Or n...

Fellow Contributors, I used the comparative figures from an old article: Thus the specific gravity of the waters of the North Atlantic is said to be 1.0266, and that of the South Atlantic, 1.0267, showing a difference of .0001 only ; that of the North Pacific, 1.0254, of the South Pacific, 1.0265, a...

Fellow Contributors, I assume because of the density of the water. Exactly. As was raised but largely ignored before, the Baltic is nearly freshwater, less dense than oceanic water, so while Bismarck may have been immersed as if she were at operational displacement 47,900 m3 = 49,100 mt in seawater ...

Fellow Contributors,

although we knew the speed and the SHP's, we never had an idea at what draft/displacement.

Gentlemen can we just confirm these "famous" speed trials took place in the Baltic?

All the best

wadinga

Fellow Contributors, Culverin pointed out All battleships, and some of the armoured cruisers, are fitted with torpedo net defence for protection against attack by torpedoes. In earlier ships this defence was fitted completely round the ship, but in the latest vessels the extent is about three-quarte...

Fellow Contributors, A brief web search suggests there is a see-saw battle between high speed explosive reactive armour (ERA) creators and specialised sabot developers. Much as there was between conventional armour developers and projectile manufacturers in naval weapons. ERA was originally develope...

Fellow Contributors, The original question said Could I turn a 37mm into a Tiger-killer just by making the barrel long enough and putting more powder in the cartridge?" Several inventors wanting to avoid an unwieldy barrel, eg Hermann Gerlich, opted for the squeeze bore principle see Wikipedia "Sque...

Fellow Contributors, This statement is 100% correct if, perhaps IMHO, a little understated: Yes. Meteorological conditions and other anomalies (such as atmospheric ducting), even sea state to a degree, can influence radar performance. Yes hugely affect, we cannot talk about absolute guaranteed deliv...

Fellow Contributors, The point of a forum is surely discussion and possibly argument. Not to constantly lock threads to no purpose, simply because there is some dissension. My original question was about the ships and the battle and we are still discussing a ship, submarine Ambra and its part in the...

Fellow Contributors, I personally don't know what has been written in this book but I see what the highly respected Italian naval author Francesco Mattesini writes of Cernuschi's articles in Storia Militare: n. 172 – gennaio 2008 Punta Stilo, nuovi elementi Parte 1a (E. Cernuschi) n. 173 – febbraio ...

Fellow Contributors, To return to the thread subject: anti-torpedo nets, looking at the splendid large format photos in R A Burt's series of books about British pre-Dreadnought and WWI battleships, it is clear that they were relatively insubstantial, as the rolled nets lining the decks of various ve...

Hello andrewuk184, I think the whole business of "surrendering" in the heat of action is tricky. Just because you put your hands up an instant after unloading your last clip into a man's buddy, it might be a little optimistic to expect the survivor to treat you with overwhelming courtesy, whilst his...

Fellow Contributors, R A Burt, writing of the loss of HMS Triumph to U-21's torpedo in "British battleships 1889-1904" says As with Majestic the torpedo sliced through the nets as if they were paper and struck the ship with maximum force. Although some RN vessels had dispensed with torpedo nets and ...

Hello Byron, Thanks for all that splendid information, a fine response. So no fittings for booms then. Just unnecessary "holes in the hull" just above the waterline. I hope the gunports were a better seal than the Mary Rose or the Vasa's :shock: I think the "net from vessels' own hull type barriers"...