Funny,because I think by placing the mainmast at the back of the funnel gives it more beauty then Scharnhorst.RF wrote: Gneisenau had a mainmast positioned to the back of the funnel, Scharnhorst had its mainmast set further back which I feel does give better athestic quality.
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- Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:29 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 131535
- Sat May 26, 2007 11:48 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho) treasure ship design
- Replies: 47
- Views: 78374
I believe the suprising thing about the ships is it Beam. At 4.9cm on a 1:1250 model, the real ship would have a beam of 50-60 meters long (approx) :shock: :shock: :shock: From Wikipedia: …We stopped in the port of Calicut, in which there were at the time thirteen Chinese vessels, and disembarked. C...
- Sat May 26, 2007 6:15 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: May 24th, 2007: 66th DS anniversary!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13504
- Mon May 07, 2007 10:27 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Modifications to Tirpitz
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15047
- Mon May 07, 2007 9:01 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Modifications to Tirpitz
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15047
- Sun May 06, 2007 11:56 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Modifications to Tirpitz
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15047
Earlier Costas mentionned some improvements on the Tirpitz that could have had a different effect durning Rheinbung. It is known that during the trials of the Bismarck in Baltic that it turbines (Blohm and Voss geared turibnes) had difficulty turning with both rudders locked. But we know that the Ti...
- Sun May 06, 2007 10:45 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 131535
- Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:38 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Modifications to Tirpitz
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15047
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:37 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 131535
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:17 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Single events in Kriegsmarine history
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12846
I don't know about all the auxilary raiders as most of then operated far from the Atlantic and while they were successful did not seem to arouse fear as they operated far from German waters. Because of that I don't exactly feel the Pinguin's part was all that great or any of the Raiders. The same go...
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:00 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Luftwaffe torpedo planes
- Replies: 49
- Views: 25547
That is very true that they would not dare to try and place one on a BF-109. Its frame simply just could not support it, being so weak and flimsy (not weak but just less solid). Most of its regualar loads were not too big either. At its time it was considered good (It was picked from a design contes...
- Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:14 am
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: A new "Sink the Bismarck!" movie?
- Replies: 115
- Views: 90510
Well you can't just solely base a movie on facts and historical accuracy (You need the general stuff though), that just becomes more or less a documentary. The simple purpose of a movie is to entertain people and thus make money.That is why you got to change things a bit. I think putting more drama ...
- Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:34 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Modifications to Tirpitz
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15047
Well their is always people that under/overestimated slow aircraft. Anyway even though they failed to shoot the aircraft they managed to dodge most of the torpedos except for 1 fatal torpedo and one less fatal one. I am just curious but is it hard to shoot while constently moving in a random directi...
- Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:01 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Modifications to Tirpitz
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15047
I am not so sure about storing all those planes.For one they were supposed to used for reconnaisence not aircraft patrol. The Reich Air ministry never seemed to have wanted fighter aircraft on their big warships. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that Fw-190's were first in service at august 19...
- Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:13 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Looking for survivors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2225
I am sorry Mr.Allen as of the brave men of Schlachtschiff Bismarck are all dead. The last survior of Bismarck died in October 2006 at Roseneath Ontario. The only survivor living in the US was Bruno Rzonca. He died too. You can view the crew list and a list of surviors of the Bismarck on this website...