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- Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:08 pm
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: Kampon boilers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27065
Re: Kampon boilers
Very interesting. Thanks for the response. I had not considered the fact that one is not moving so much against gravity as other forms of resistance. I guess this would also apply to a lesser extent to semi-trucks going down a level highway.
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:04 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: High towers on Japanese battleships
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3436
Re: High towers on Japanese battleships
Stability was carefully studied in all phases of construction. That British sail warship that turned turtle was a clarion call. I'm pretty sure that the Captain's demise was caused not so much by faulty design as by failure to strictly supervise the material that was being worked into the ship duri...
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:58 am
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: Kampon boilers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27065
Re: Kampon boilers
But: would not even the same horsepower require more fuel to move more weight? Example: Say I have a 500hp diesel running at maximum power towing 5,000 ponds. Now suppose I have that same engine running at maximum power towing 10,000 pounds. Will it burn more fuel--or burn the same fuel but just mov...
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: Kampon boilers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27065
Re: Kampon boilers
Would one not expect Yamato to burn more fuel given that it's engines have to propel a lot more weight?
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:28 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Shell hits v armour
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4904
Re: Shell hits v armour
"Normal" hits are a mythical concept after about what 1880 or so?
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Ship's cats in the Imperial German Navy?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3413
Re: Ship's cats in the Imperial German Navy?
I recall that some German cats featured in this vid but don't remember if they were WWI or WWII....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7HIY0GTEC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7HIY0GTEC8
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:54 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Halsey on Leyte Gulf
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4627
Re: Halsey on Leyte Gulf
The three modernized BBs with Mark 8 FC radars were the only ones that had a good fire control solutions, and West Virginia actually did much of the shooting. If she had been there by herself it probably wouldn't have made much difference in terms of BB firepower. The Japanese ships were really des...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: 'QE' and 'R'class ships
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3918
Re: 'QE' and 'R'class ships
If I remember my Freidman correctly, Winston was presented with an option: four "Super QEs" or five "Rs" for the same cost. To what I am imagining must have been his eternal regret, he permitted himself to be persuaded to go with the Rs.
- Sat May 21, 2022 3:47 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 83995
Re: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?
This is very interesting. Is the "Harveyesque" method employed by US mills a possible source of the apparent inferiority of US plate (one reads everything from 10 to 25 per cent inferior to UK & German plates)??
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:34 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Armor Quality
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4013
Re: Armor Quality
Definitely clouding the issue is the fact that two plates taken from the same ship could vary in factor of merit very considerably. Given that the sample sizes for actual physical tests were always going to be quite small, this introduced a large element of chance and uncertainty to any conclusions ...
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:30 am
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: "Best" Pre-Dread Battleship
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1780
Re: "Best" Pre-Dread Battleship
Anybody care to take a crack at this one?
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:27 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
- Replies: 67
- Views: 31698
Re: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
Sorry if I missed this from earlier in the thread, but wasn't Tourbridge actually ready to go for it before allowing himself to be talked out of it by a subordinate who upbraided him (Tourbridge) for brining up his "pride" as a factor? Also I think it was Massie in Castles of Steel who poi...
- Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:59 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Are the Iowas Battlecruisers?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5490
Re: Are the Iowas Battlecruisers?
Ah OK got it--thanks.OpanaPointer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:44 pm Assigned as "assigned to ship's company". I did nearly a year on New Jersey then volunteered to cross-deck to Missouri to replicate my experience with certain items. (Both ships were being fitted out for service after being pulled from mothballs one more time.)
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:07 am
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: "Best" Pre-Dread Battleship
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1780
"Best" Pre-Dread Battleship
Hi all: Wondering what your thoughts are on the best pre-dread (which includes the somewhat paradoxically named "semi-dreadnoughts"). Personally I'm having a difficult time deciding between the Brit Nelsons and the French Dantons. Who do you think would win a one on one (or a two on two if...
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:02 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Cruisers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2123
Re: Cruisers
Gentlemen, I'm not sure this post is in the right place, but here it stays! We have often discussed the merits of armour and armament of Battleships and Battlecruisers on this Forum, but rarely on Cruisers, so here is the question. if you were going to go into battle on a cruiser, what type would y...