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It would be interesting if the remains of the Confederate Navy's James River squadron were recovered....but it would be very expensive....

An early fav of mine was Space 1999.

Didnt Hood blow up because her Above the waterline torpedo tubes get hit?

Roma was not unpleasant to behold.

"Dreadnaught" by the same author is a must read.

In the early 1900s Britain was activly seeking an alliance with Germany, but this was scorned by the German government, possibly under pressure from Tirpitz. He needed an "enemy" with a big fleet to get his Navy Laws past. And far from stiffling German colonial and mercantile ambitions, th...

"Castles of Steel" is a good read about WW1 naval operations.

It seems to me the German battlecruisers were closer to "fast battleships" than anything else. They were certainly better protected than their RN equivilants. And ,more importantly, much better ammunition handleing procedures.