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Mmmm....I don´t quiet agree. In the mentioned site there is a picture of a launching, the "torpedo" was launched almost horizontally, question would be how far would the bare inertia take the torpedo before it goes to the bottom or comes to the surface, according to if it is hydrostatically positiv...

Too late for an edit. We also have to remember that PoW was being hit and near missed continually, with each near miss drenching parts of the ship with tons of seawater:

Brooks, In Alarm Starboard, recounts having the after director washed down by shell splashes.

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:25 am

Another synoptic chart:

Norfolk 0400: BP 997.9

Norfolk 0800: BP 999.5

Suffolk 0800: BP 1003.3

I'm certain that they stated true wind in the log. Here's a device to extract true wind from relative wind:

http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index ... d_Dumaresq

I think they were used as mortars, but the concept is very similar to a DC thrower.

I find it simultaneously fascinating and dismaying that this discussion has somehow morphed into a competition between the KGV design versus American battleships. I do not recall Dr. Brown mentioning anything whatsoever in that respect. Prince of Wales' DCT 15-ft rangefinder was quite unlikely to h...

Like Byron, I consider the opinion based on all the wartime experience garnered over time regarding all the ships of the class by D K Brown to be more valuable than the single trials experience of Constructor Pengelly. Quite so, Sean. Trials are customarily run in as good weather and smooth sea sta...

More ships at sea in dirty weather: RN carrier task force including a KGV class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwjrf0gZjIE watch the carrier taking it 'green'. USN during a 1945 Typhoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTV0qIoJgYA USS Missouri in the 1980s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_as89E...

Fellow Contributors, As I recall assertions that McMullen's memories were at fault mainly revolved around things he remembered when speaking to Tovey about things the Admiral might or might not remember correctly. I do not think anyone has seriously questioned or identified major faults in his acco...

Fellow Contributors, With regard to spray over the bow at Denmark Straits, McMullen has this to say: The story as far as I can remember is as follows. Y Turret was "wooded" as "A " arcs were not open. A rough sea and strong wind on the starboard bow together with our high speed resulted in a contin...

PoW 0400: Wind N Force 4 Sea 32

Norfolk 0400: Wind N Force 5 Sea 32

Suffolk 0400: Wind NNE Force 7 Sea 22

unfortunately, the log entries are made every 4 hours.

After their 1944 re-fits, the standard displacements of the surviving KGV's grew from approx 35,500 tons to 39,500-40,000 tons. As a result, the ships operating with the British Pacific Fleet displayed very wet behavior compared to US battleships (Iowas, IIRC) sailing in company. I'm still hunting ...

According to Prinz Eugen's KTB, the Denmark Strait action was fought in Beaufort Force 4 wind conditions (Moderate Breeze - 11-16 knots out of the NW), reducing to Beaufort Force 3 ( Gentle Breeze - 7-10 knots out of the E) sometime around 0600 hours. The principal sea state feature was a residual ...

Gentlemen, Yet another couple of questions for you I'm afraid! i was looking up the QE and R class ships and cannot really understand why the 'R's' were built except possibly in an effort to save some money as they were smaller and slower than the ships they went before them and seemed inferior to ...

Fellow Contributors, Like Byron, I consider the opinion based on all the wartime experience garnered over time regarding all the ships of the class by D K Brown to be more valuable than the single trials experience of Constructor Pengelly. I also point again to the marked changes incorporated in Va...