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- Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:24 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: LOSS OF HMS ARK ROYAL IN WW2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4589
Re: LOSS OF HMS ARK ROYAL IN WW2
The statement about counterflooding being prohibited seems odd to me. Counterflooding can hardly have been a new and untried practice in the RN during WW2!It was certainly practiced in the RN during WW1. An airborne torpedo will often be lighter than a submarine torpedo, so all torpedo hits are not ...
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:13 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Ersatz Yorck/Mackenson vs Hoods
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3064
Re: Ersatz Yorck/Mackenson vs Hoods
The Hood has better armor, heavier armament and more speed. The Hoods ought to win every time. With half again the tonnage of the Mackensens, that is not surprising. The only possible advantage the Mackensens have would be better internal subdivision, pumping capacity, auxiliary generators etc, whic...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:57 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Armament of the Bogatyr-class as rearmed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4976
Re: Armament of the Bogatyr-class as rearmed
Thanks for the answer!
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Alternate Bismarck Campaign
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12070
Re: Alternate Bismarck Campaign
True the S & G did give a poor account of themselves in the encounter with Renown. However, in that battle the S & G were disadvantaged by weather and that battle was itself heavily influenced by fluke events, perhaps more even than at DS. How often will a 4.5 in hit knock out an 11 in turre...
- Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:28 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
- Replies: 151
- Views: 45354
Re: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Edit: BTW I am not so sure it would have been better to operate together, or with the limited number of ships available that it would have been practical. I was thinking of convoy attack here, where ships scatter; a pair of panzerschiffe could account for the bulk of the fleeing ships by attacking ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:28 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
- Replies: 110
- Views: 24471
Re: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
That really shows how far the KM had fallen from the WW1 German Navy. In WW2 the KM repeatedly failed to coordinate even a few destroyers and heavy ships, both North Cape and Barents Sea are examples of this. You not taking into consideration the conditions. At Barents Sea the visbility when they m...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
- Replies: 110
- Views: 24471
Re: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
As always an interesting post Delcyros.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:22 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
- Replies: 110
- Views: 24471
Re: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
With respect to the secondary 5.9 inch guns they aren't as formidable as at first sight. Only four guns in single lightly armoured mounts on either flank, poor fire direction and generally only good for sinking stationery merchant ship targets. The cruises of both Scheer and AGS evidences this. I a...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:17 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
- Replies: 110
- Views: 24471
Re: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
On paper, yes, but subject to certain caveats. These will relate to range at which the action commences and the immediate British tactics. If the RN commander opts for Harwoods' tactic of splittiing the AGS fire by attacking on two flanks then the AGS will be in trouble once the British cruisers ar...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:11 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
- Replies: 110
- Views: 24471
Re: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
In Artic operations German warships always operated in groups. This was intended for Scharnhorst's last operation as well. Scharnhorst sailed in the company of 5 zerstroyers. Scharnhorst was to over power the convoy's close escort or enemy cruisers allowing the destroyers to more efficiently go abo...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:36 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
- Replies: 110
- Views: 24471
Re: Best U.S. cruisers at the river Platte
On paper, yes, but subject to certain caveats. These will relate to range at which the action commences and the immediate British tactics. If the RN commander opts for Harwoods' tactic of splittiing the AGS fire by attacking on two flanks then the AGS will be in trouble once the British cruisers ar...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:42 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck closes in to finish off Prince of Wales
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7672
Re: Bismarck closes in to finish off Prince of Wales
An interesting tidbit is that the French navy fought as many battleship vs battleship actions against the allies as the KM!alecsandros wrote:
Indeed, there was little battle experience in the KGM...
French: Mers el Kebir, Dakar, Casablanca.
KM: Denmark Straits, Bismarcks last battle, North cape.
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:38 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck closes in to finish off Prince of Wales
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7672
Re: Bismarck closes in to finish off Prince of Wales
...In the whole career of Prinz Eugen the DS battle was its only surface ship battle engagement. KM surface ship serious and prolonged engagements with other surface ships were very rare events..... Indeed the only occasion of a KM ship repeatedly getting into a scrap with other ships was the hilfs...
- Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:02 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Pre-Dreadnoughts refitted to meet Dreadnought standard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15039
Re: Pre-Dreadnoughts refitted to meet Dreadnought standard
The turrets and barbettes and trunks are an integral part of the hull and armor system. Just adding one is not a simple undertaking. I would say it is virtually impossible. First off, there simply isn't any space, unless you are to remove something else, which almost certainly has to be the engines,...
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:54 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Was Hitler a British Agent...
- Replies: 64
- Views: 31406
Re: Was Hitler a British Agent...
Actually, the Maginot line did it's job in a roundabout way! The Germans didn't want to attack through it, so they go through Belgium, everyone gets pissed and Germany eventually finds itself at war with the rest of the world and loses. Who did you say didn't learn from WW1? The Maginot Line was a ...