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@Marcello Malara Original plans? No, not plans in a narrower sense. On the whole I would estimate 1.5-2 m shelf space originals (operating manuals, building regulations etc.). @wadinga Thanks for the compliment, but this certainly overexaggerated. There are so many wonderful small design and engine...

I've colored Hipper's clutch and I hope it helps to understand the mechanism: They used a bevel gear to synchronise the revolutions of the turbine (blue) and propeller (yellow) shaft. In case of indentical revolutions the green part wouldn't rotate anymore (except the upper bevel wheel). The revolu...

Byron Angel wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:32 am

Also worthy of note are the port & starboard "Stuns'ls" (Studding Sails) set on the fore-topsails, fore-topgallant sail and main top-sails.

Byron

Yes! What a beauty, isn´t she?

Cutty Sark painting.

Note:

-furled mizzen
-upper and lower topsails in fore, main and mizzen
-topgallants and royals in fore, main and mizzen
-skysail on main

José M. Rico wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:56 pm

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 6:23 pm Hello Jose, there is a photo in Whitley book with a crewman using helmet.

Bismarck crewman??

Ahhh no, my mistake, it was on a thread about Scharnhorst. Sorry.

Huh. I dispute that most ships of the era lacked square sails on the mizzen. If you google "frigate" for example, you will see a ship with square sails on the mizzen mast and I believe that was common for a ship rigged vessel. Most naval battles you see in paintings have ships with square...

Hi Byron, Most interesting, I suppose how quickly it can be done depends entirely on the training of the crew and the competency of the officers, presumably in the days of sail the RN were some of the best! With regard to the word 'Spanker', is that what is often referred to as the 'Mizzen'? Yes! T...

José M. Rico wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:36 am Hello,
Did Bismarck Flak crews wear steel helmets?
I believe they did during Rheinübung, but it seems it was not always the case, particularly during training in the Baltic.

Hello Jose, there is a photo in Whitley book with a crewman using helmet.

Hi Byron, Most interesting, I suppose how quickly it can be done depends entirely on the training of the crew and the competency of the officers, presumably in the days of sail the RN were some of the best! With regard to the word 'Spanker', is that what is often referred to as the 'Mizzen'? Yes! T...

I didn’t realize the shafts could be coupled while rotating. This makes sense, similar to what jet engines do when shutdown and restarted mid-air. I’d imagine the revolutions would have to be closely matched to avoid damage, probably not undertaken lightly. Yes, that is my doubt, it seems beyond th...

Gentlemen, Just watched a documentary on the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, it stated that that after WW1 the US, France Italy and of course the UK all wanted a share of the ships particularly the British who actually wanted the lot! As it happened the agreement was for the ships to b...

dunmunro wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:19 am

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:39 am

dunmunro wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 12:41 am At Coral Sea RA Crace's RAN and USN support group was identified as a USN carrier TF and an IJN TF and attacked by the IJNAF and USAAF!

Thanks. That would the TF44 attacked first by Japanese and then American planes?

Yes, TF44.

Thanks!

dunmunro wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 12:41 am At Coral Sea RA Crace's RAN and USN support group was identified as a USN carrier TF and an IJN TF and attacked by the IJNAF and USAAF!

Thanks. That would the TF44 attacked first by Japanese and then American planes?

While surface cruising, USS Grayling was bombed by B-17s out of Midway on 7 June 1942. Several of them dropped their bombloads, some 20 bombs from about 10,000 feet, all of which missed. Grayling crash-dived and avoided damage, but the B-17 crews claimed to have sunk a Japanese heavy cruiser in 15 ...

Amazing....