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An interesting senario, perhaps the three heavy ships would co -ordinate their attack with the three carriers with the two battleships and one battlecruiser attacking in line on one side while the aircraft from the carriers attack with torpedoes from the other side and the cruisers and destroyers wa...

Gentlemen, I'm afraid I don't have the knowledge or expertise to really understand your calculations, but from what I gather it would appear that some are saying that the reports by those involved are misleading or have been altered. Are they really saying that their investigations 73 years after th...

dougieo: Karl, you forgot to add 1 "inferior" POW with 1 "inferior" 14in hit to screw up the Bismarcks cruise?, correct? and while it may be good to have the "best" individuals I would take the BEST TEAM any day!! No offence Karl comeback? No offense taken. In order to...

Churchill's considered opinion: The command now passed to Rear-Admiral Wake-Walker on his bridge in the cruiser Norfolk. It was for him to decide whether to renew the fight at once or hold on to the enemy till the Commander-in-Chief should arrive with the King George V and the aircraft-carrier Vict...

I doubt the Germans were using magnetic exploders - they were too unreliable at that time I think. Besides the water columns were observed on Barham's port side and the ship heeled rapidly to port suggesting contact-type detonation on the side of the hull. The bulges obviously did not protect her f...

Gentlemen,
Once again, thank you vey much for your replies and information.

Gentlemen, Once again thanks for your input. I understand that some of the earlier magazine explosions was due to either elderly or faulty cordite, if shells were fuzed when they left the armament factory they could also be in a ships magazine for years, did the fuzes or the explosive in the shell i...

Gentlemen, A couple of questions, on any warship, particulary large one like Battleships, when were the fuzes actually put in to the shell - was it only just before action was expected? Also what was the situation after action had finished were any shells that had been loaded into the breeches simp...

Gentlemen, A couple of questions, on any warship, particulary large one like Battleships, when were the fuzes actually put in to the shell - was it only just before action was expected? Also what was the situation after action had finished were any shells that had been loaded into the breeches simp...

Gentlemen,
Would the likely outcome be that the RN would loose all three ships?

Gentlemen, A couple of questions, on any warship, particulary large one like Battleships, when were the fuzes actually put in to the shell - was it only just before action was expected? Also what was the situation after action had finished were any shells that had been loaded into the breeches simpl...

[quote="alecsandros"]... Prince of Wales withdrew after receiving 7 hits in 2 minutes, while not scoring a single hit in return (during those 2 minutes - she only scored while she was firing un-opposed). Her radar was not functioning, her crew was not well prepared. They were however, BETT...

Not by a long shot. Every 203mm hit was important, especialy as the KGVs were NOT armored against heavy cruiser fire above the waterline - except for the main turrets, barbettes and portion of main belt above the waterline. In the real engagement, Prince of WAles suffered damage from Prinz Eugen's ...

Is it possible that German Jews would be able to steal Bismark/ sink her at her home port. Sounds a bit like Red October viz the Soviet Navy. German Jews did not formulate any organised active opposition to the Third Reich. Also stealing a battleship requires sailors. So the answer to the question ...

Gentlemen, As always I bow to your superior knowledge when it comes to armour v ballistics, Bismarck was undoubtedly a very powerful well armoured ship, but I do think (in my inexpert opinion!) that to suggest that she would 'see off' two modern RN battleships even with the help of PE is being a lit...