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Dave Saxton wrote:

Herr Nilsson wrote:The day before 1105 ...to take station: 0.4' astern of Hood

0 to 4 miles?

The RN often used "cables" for short distances as well as miles.

..... FWIW, I would interpret "0.4" as representing 4/10ths of a sea mile, i.e. 800 yards.

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..... With all due respect, Antonio, WW's career path really contradicts your implied argument that he was somehow a "dodgy character". May 1940 - Rear-admiral, Dover, in command of all ships and vessels off the Franco-Belgian coast for the evacuation of Dunkirk. WW was made a KoB for his ...

..... Alberto, I have not been following this complex, convoluted, overlapping and re-circulating debate in its full and glorious entirety, so please forgive me if I have missed the context of certain points. You wrote - "However the declaration of Capt.Phillips is completely opposite to Wake-W...

..... In order for two ships, each travelling at 30 kts, to increase the distance between them by 10,000 yards in 6 minutes, their respective courses must diverge by approximately 113 degrees. I would imagine that a simple comparison of the headings of the two ships on the track chart can demonstrat...

I can understand that reasoning, but you didn't say that. Your statement was all inclusive. .... Went back and re-read my original post. You're right. Not as contextually qualified as I would have liked. Sorry 'bout that. B NP and I could have been more polite by saying something like "you mea...

Steve Crandell wrote:
I can understand that reasoning, but you didn't say that. Your statement was all inclusive.

.... Went back and re-read my original post. You're right. Not as contextually qualified as I would have liked. Sorry 'bout that.

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..... The report states that smoke was observed at 0516 hrs. Although it did indeed prove to be Hood & PoW as expected, the sighting could not have been confirmed until a positive visual ID of the ships and perhaps an exchange of recognition signals had been made. Additionally, it would have bee...

Wadinga wrote
"Given the acceleration characteristics of a heavy cruiser already travelling at near maximum speed how much quicker would he be going 9 minutes later anyway? "

Answer - approximately 1 - 1.5 knots faster

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I can think of no battle in which 8in guns fired with any real effect upon the target. Wow, that's quite a statement. First battle of Guadalcanal. Portland and San Francisco vs Hiei. Devonshire vs Atlantis. Wichita and Tuscaloosa vs various French ships at Casablanca. San Francisco and Salt Lake Ci...

Re effective ranges for 8in guns, it would be interesting to know how WW defined "effective range". Not to put words in the man's mouth, but it is possible he was referring to maximum realistic engagement range. The Admiralty deemed 8in effective range for opening fire to be approx 17k yar...

Let us please be serious here: 20k+ yards is not "effective range" for an 8in gun cruiser battery. In rough ballistic terms (assuming more or less equal FC efficiency), that is equivalent to saying that the "effective range" of a battleship caliber main battery is 25k+ yards. B

. No. ALL WW2 "radar directed shooting" had to find the balance between the radar range and the gun range. irrelevant. you said " During battle no truly accurate equipment used to ascertain range to own force ships (and depending on circumstances enemy ship(s) ) " German Fumo27 ...

Does anyone recall the point I made about the lack of time synchronization between watches, clock, chronometers, etc, between ships? indeed even aboard the same ship?

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The persistent slanted attention this hysterical anthropogenic global warming propaganda campaign receives from a complicit media and the extent of funding flowing to it from various halls of government suggest that there are powerful political and industry forces at work here. As I stand back and l...

..... Interesting and thoughtful.

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