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KGV had a 30mm weatherdeck, a 150mm over 12.5mm D steel MAD and then a 38mm splinter deck over the magazines, with several 12mm decks between the armoured decks.

Over the machinery there was a 30mm weatherdeck, and a 122mm MAD over a 12.5mm D steel deck.

The drawing on this page shows the compass platform, where Captain Leach was stationed:

http://www.hmshood.com/history/denmarks ... amage1.htm

Hi all, I’ve read that there was an Admirals Bridge on the King George V class battleships. Was this separate to the normal bridge, or just the bridge being renamed because the ship carried an Admiral. If it was separate, can you tell me where it was in relation to the normal Bridge please Regards ...

Accounts of Prince of Wales operations in the tropics indicate that the KGV's were poorly suited for operations in such environments. They were not equipped with air conditioning and ventilation below decks was poor. In fact the crew engaged in unauthorized ventilation improvements which probably c...

Actually that should be 13 to 31 Aug.

Here's an interesting link:

https://www.hmsramillies.co.uk/

HMS Ramillies supported the invasion of Southern France. From 23-31 August she fired 145rnds of 15in HE and 44 rnds of 15in AP. Maximum range at open fire was 24000 yds.

Fellow Contributors, It interesting that Bismarck's invisible target is almost exactly aligned with the alignment between the photographer on Prinz Eugen and that target is almost exactly abeam of Bismarck's port side, ie the flagship fouls the range for PG. This is the situation which applied and ...

Hi dunmunro, Indeed the Mk XVIIB appellation for British 15-inch AP projectiles was found to have applied to both early war projectiles AND the new Cardonald design. It is not possible to conclusively state which projectile was used in the cited test based upon the text alone. However, given the po...

Re the two pages the dunmunro kindly posted, there are some curious issues hovering around cited test series. Projectile - Shell APC, Hadfield 14-inch Mark 1 B.N.T. (weighted and plugged) – 1,595 lbs, versus - Ex-Tirpitz 12.5-inch cemented plate, sections 4 ft 6 in x 5 ft 6 in approx.: laid over a ...

Thanks to you both for the info, it makes interesting reading. I'm sorry that I have strayed way off topic here,perhaps it should go back to the 'Shell v Armour topic. But as we are here, I'm not sure at what range these tests were carried out, presumably as they were only aiming at a small piece o...

Hi guys, a question related to wind. What was the effectiveness of putting the wind in the long range gunnery calculation? The firer can only measure the wind direction and speed at sea level, on firing the shell will climb many thousand meters, passing by atmospheric layers with different wind dir...

Yes, very interesting and it confirm RN statements regarding wind and seastate conditions during the final battle.

Having started the ball rolling, I thought you might have spotted this already: Thanks Wadinga, i must have missed this one! Re Dave's statement that the difference between 14/15/16" guns was marginal, i know this is going a bit off topic but it has been claimed that Bismarck's main armour was not ...

Fellow Contributors, Off topic but I think relevant. The politicians of Britain and France had seen a generation of their young men slaughtered and desperately tried to stop it happening again via maintenance of Treaty. The warlords managed to sleepwalk/ cajole / con their populations into embracin...

None of the 35,000 ton treaty battleships were worth building in view of the international arms race in the late 1930s. The Japanese were expected to build 16 inch/46,000 ton ships to complement the Nagato class. The Italians already built 15 inch/40,000 ton ships. Then the Bismarck 15 inch/44,000 ...