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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:49 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 59053
Re: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
Hi All, There are two significant phrases here: HMS Vanguard proved to be a much better seaboat for rough North Atlantic conditions excellent [indifferent? :shock: ] seagoing vessels with calm, flat pitching and low rolling movements Herr Nilsson can you clarify whether the contradiction in the latt...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:44 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: German strategy: Middle East vs Russia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10058
Re: German strategy: Middle East vs Russia
Hi Marcelo, Agreed, once you have achieved 4 in your list above and secured fuel for an escorting Italian Fleet there is no need to travel overland. "Rommel of the Afrika Corps" would never have existed if he had needed to drive all the way to Libya from southern Europe. (No ADAC breakdown...
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Tacking & Wearing
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20740
Re: Tacking & Wearing
Hi All, The spanker sail (or jigger) was a useful additional control device to assist the rudder in steering the vessel, but it did tend to "shadow" the lower square sail on the mizzen (mizen) deployed from the cross jack yard. For this reason this lowest square sail was often not deployed...
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Identify indicator
- Replies: 35
- Views: 29902
Re: Identify indicator
Hi Marcelo, Over the years Herr Nilsson has proved he has original source material beyond our widest dreams, and he releases a quantum every now and then for our amazement and enjoyment. :clap: :clap: :clap: Even more enigmatically, sometimes he hints that he is constrained from allowing some of the...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Main Armament of RN Peterel and Tern Gunboats
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2780
Re: Main Armament of RN Peterel and Tern Gunboats
Hi Fatboy, H T Lenton's mammoth effort British and Empire Warships of the Second World War says they were HA weapons, which could obviously be used for low angle fire as well. It says nothing about the disposition of the Lewis guns. Naval Weapons of WWII by Campbell mentions both 3" and 12 pdr ...
- Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: The surrender of the High Seas Fleet remembered
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26388
Re: The surrender of the High Seas Fleet remembered
Hi All, There was, of course, a huge glut of scrap steel immediately after WW1 and it might well have been the cost of scrapping was more than the value. As Byron pointed out, the ships were in extremely poor condition when they sailed to the UK, with maintenance having been non-existent for months ...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:56 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical: The British detect Bismarck with a ship-borne Walrus at 0900 on 25 May 1941.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 23905
Re: Hypothetical: The British detect Bismarck with a ship-borne Walrus at 0900 on 25 May 1941.
Hello Michael L, You make some very valid points,but....... Bismarck would have turned broadside-on and steered the opposite direction to Rodney Good, just when Lutjens needs to make the speediest progress towards safety, he is forced to turn at right angles to his desired course. This allows Tovey,...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical: The British detect Bismarck with a ship-borne Walrus at 0900 on 25 May 1941.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 23905
Re: Hypothetical: The British detect Bismarck with a ship-borne Walrus at 0900 on 25 May 1941.
Hi Michael L, I do not think you have been either "squirreled" or "rabbited" certainly not intentionally, whatever those terms mean. What has come out of your excellent calculation is that Repulse cannot be at such a showdown, and even PoW may be too far astern to catch up. KGV w...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21935
Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
Hi All, Hi Marcelo, a great deal of effort goes into achieving neutral buoyancy so those tiny little up and down thrusters can move it vertically. The people carrying out the extended search pattern were covering all bases. Accounts of Titanic missions say they have to use thrusters to stay in posit...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21935
Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
Hi All, I'm a great fan of James Cameron's movies but his comment Not only did he condemn the "prolonged" search for the sub after it lost contact, but he also said he "knew" the sub was sitting exactly under its last known position. is not helpful. He displays extreme hindsight ...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Shipborne aircraft - Walrus and Arado AR196 - Lost Opportunities?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5026
Re: Shipborne aircraft - Walrus and Arado AR196 - Lost Opportunities?
Hi All, My compliments on a nice piece of lateral thinking. Using the Arado AR196 as a pseudo fighter/interceptor. Well it's not that original TBH, the Baron says it was contemplated on Bismarck's bridge, when the Catalina was spotted, but rejected as a one-way mission. With twin 20mm cannon it woul...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:39 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21935
Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
Hello All, As those of us who have worked on ships well know, the Sea makes no allowances, accepts no excuses, and takes no prisoners. It is one of the last places where the individual can be truly free, and that freedom includes the ability to make bad choices and suffer the consequences. Even the ...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:23 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Radio Finger Printing (RFP)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2611
Re: Radio Finger Printing (RFP)
Hi Fatboy, This is a very interesting method of regularizing something which was previously more instinctive. Thanks for posting this. Morse key telegraphists had from the earliest days discovered they could recognise other operators by their "fist". That is the idiosyncratic way they actu...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21935
Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
Hi Marcelo, What I saw was just a slice out of the video you posted. Very comprehensive. Wikipedia has pulled together a site including the serious misgivings former employees and professional bodies have had about the safety of the vessel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Titan_submersible_incident Compa...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 5:49 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical: The British detect Bismarck with a ship-borne Walrus at 0900 on 25 May 1941.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 23905
Re: Hypothetical: The British detect Bismarck with a ship-borne Walrus at 0900 on 25 May 1941.
Hi Michael L, I'm afraid I don't see it your way, but then we don't have to agree, do we? Loading the hypothesis by only allowing the tinclad Repulse and KGV with her hidden armament issues to engage Bismarck is giving Lütjens too much of a chance. Looking at Duncan's map PoW is actually closer to B...