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by Mostlyharmless
Wed May 27, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Nagato protection
Replies: 38
Views: 8426

Re: Nagato protection

Nagato's rebuild is designed to prevent what happened to Hood happening to Nagato. The machinery spaces end up only protected at their 1920 standard whilst the magazines are quite well protected against WW2 shells, although there seem to be a few weak points such as the top of the lower barbette at ...
by Mostlyharmless
Tue May 12, 2020 10:21 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: The bomb that sank the Arizona
Replies: 12
Views: 4124

Re: The bomb that sank the Arizona

There are a fair number of bomb hits on modern battleships in WW2 and we can make some guesses about what would happen. For example, the IJN scored a single 500 kg bomb hit on Prince of Wales with a level bomber from about 2,500 metres, which was stopped by the 160 lb on 40 lb armour over the machin...
by Mostlyharmless
Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:56 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Who won?
Replies: 33
Views: 8690

Re: Who won?

Battleship, as opposed to battlecruiser, armour won at Jutland but by WW2 the evidence suggests that the shells were winning up to when the fight was stopped. However, there were only a limited number of times when battleship calibre shells hit battleships. It is fairly clear that shells from the la...
by Mostlyharmless
Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Us as others see us
Replies: 2
Views: 2977

Us as others see us

I found mention of this forum on the Battleship versus Battleship board, logically enough in a thread on the destruction of HMS Hood. One post describes us as a "near ghost-town" https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/warships1discussionboards/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=40464&p=782697#p782697 b...
by Mostlyharmless
Thu Nov 07, 2019 1:00 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: HMS Hood's armour layout
Replies: 21
Views: 14499

Re: HMS Hood's armour layout

I know this thread is rather old but hopefully I’ll get a response. In a post above a link is provided at admirals.org to a RN study of the immunity zones of their capital ships to the German 15”shell dated 1939. That link no longer works. Does anyone know where that paper can be found today? It se...
by Mostlyharmless
Fri May 03, 2019 8:26 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Some questions regarding Bismarck's armor scheme
Replies: 17
Views: 6224

Re: Some questions regarding Bismarck's armor scheme

The USN started strengthening the weather deck using 60 lb STS in North Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa and 60 plus 30 lb STS in the Montana design. This is normally called the bomb deck but I think that Dave once found a letter referring to this as a yaw deck. However, the outer hull above the armo...
by Mostlyharmless
Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Climate Change agenda
Replies: 268
Views: 107571

Re: The Climate Change agenda

I don't think we should accuse RF of being a conspiracy theorist or of selfishness. He just doesn't understand the basic science. For example, when he breaths out carbon dioxide, he is releasing carbon that was fixed in the food that he has eaten. If he didn't eat it, it would just be released by fu...
by Mostlyharmless
Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:27 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Climate Change agenda
Replies: 268
Views: 107571

Re: The Climate Change agenda

School pupils in the UK and across other European countries are being organised into a ''strike'' and walkout of their education today by a group calling itself 'Youth strike 4 climate''. This action is being supported by politicians including government ministers. Nothing is more politically insid...
by Mostlyharmless
Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:11 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

I have noticed that one can try to combine different nation's technologies. If we believe both the German's claims of penetration of thick armour at moderate obliquity and the Japanese belief that their shells can maintain velocity and direction after falling 30 to 60 metres short of the target, it ...
by Mostlyharmless
Sun Sep 16, 2018 11:44 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

Firstly, I must apologise that Freedonia's Navy Ministry has been on holiday during August. On reflection, this sort of inefficiency is probably why Freedonia is not normally listed amongst the Great Powers. Sadly, there is still little clarity on the strategic role for which our battleships are to ...
by Mostlyharmless
Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:23 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

I agree that bombs seem a serious threat to the German armour scheme. After the attack on Scharnhorst, the H39 design was revised to resist bombs resulting in the H41 paper design. This strengthened the scarp from 150 mm to 175 mm and replaced the 120 mm main deck by one of 200 mm. It was also propo...
by Mostlyharmless
Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:09 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

The bomb damages inflicted on Tirpitz showed that it was not particularly vulnerable to bombs compared to contemporary designs. Yes and no. The combination of the 50mm weather deck plus two decks worth of spacing to reach the panzerdeck makes penetration to the vitals unlikely. OTOH, given how low ...
by Mostlyharmless
Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:20 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

Let us try to choose the best armament for our battleship. I am going to agree with Dave on the secondary armament. The only available alternatives are USN's 5"/38 or the RN's 5.25". We will select the 5.25" as it will be better for dealing with destroyers or aircraft dropping Fritz-X...
by Mostlyharmless
Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:55 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

Bombs represent an intractable problem because they can strike at or near the normal. Perhaps Freedonia's fortune tellers will discover that even the Musashi's horizontal protection will fail against bombs. The bomb damages inflicted on Tirpitz showed that it was not particularly vulnerable to bomb...
by Mostlyharmless
Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:36 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
Replies: 26
Views: 13819

Re: Battleship for Freedonia

I feel that I must pause on watching football to give a few more details of Freedonia's position. As most of you know, Freedonia is positioned in the Indian Ocean and is descended from the kingdom of Queen Ranavalona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranavalona_I, who was instrumental in creating a navy...