Unfortunately it happened once before a year or two ago. Seems there are a lot of people out there with too much time on their hands and nothing better to do but make mischief. Pity.
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- Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Sensitive question
- Replies: 13
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- Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:33 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
- Replies: 257
- Views: 277480
- Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:36 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: A 46 cm shell (Yamato)
- Replies: 11
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True, the shell on the left is an APCBC type 91shell, or casting thereof, the one in the middle seems to be the special san-shiki AA incendiary common, and the one on the right looks to be a type 91 with the windscreen and part of the cap cut away to show the shell nose. Very interesting display and...
- Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:00 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: A 46 cm shell (Yamato)
- Replies: 11
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- Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:56 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: A 46 cm shell (Yamato)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5105
- Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:12 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
Ulrich, I personally cannot think of a time when any surface ship other than a minesweeper had been used in such a fashion. Frankly, I believe the Kriegsmarine, along with most others, depended on their minesweepers to sweep any channel a major unit would transit, at least in home waters in time of ...
- Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:01 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
It is possible, but I have not seen any photograph from the operation which suggests that they were rigged and ready for use. By sticking to the middle of the passage the squadron would have kept to water too deep for mining and I would presume therefore that perhaps they did not. Maybe in the Balti...
- Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:40 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
I have noticed that the Vittorio class, KGVs, Richilieu, and Dunquerque classes all had a forefoot plate with holes through it, and several shots of the KGV and Vittorios show them steaming with lines running up to the forecastle from the bow's forefoot. Presumably this was also a pravane attachment...
- Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:50 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
I have a problem visualizing exactly how that was done myself, Ulrich. I would think it to be most difficult to retrieve the lines without some sort of float arrangement---otherwise, how to haul the thin line back topside to attach the Otters to the cutting line. I frankly dont see how this could be...
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:30 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
It would seem that to have a bow boom above the water would not work as effectively as having the spar underwater and angled downwards. To protect the bow, the lines from the spar would need to run deeper than the ship in order to foul the mooring cables of contact mines and push them outwards and b...
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:00 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:29 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
yes that would be it. It extended downwards at approximately 45 degrees and seems to have been a feature in Bismarck, Hipper, and Scharnhorst classes. as well as the light cruisers except for Emden. Schmalenbach's Kreuzer Prinz Eugen has a nice photo of the installation hers, while in drydock for re...
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:13 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Diameter of the extendable boom in the nose of Bismarck
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20103
The bowspirite referred to is actually an extendable boom which is underwater (Ausfahreinrichtung für Stenge Bugschutzgerät), and it appears in drawings of Bismarck in von Müllenheim-Rechbergs book. It is also in plans of Scharnhorst and Hipper Classes. It is a boom which can be extended from a tube...
- Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:18 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Round metal object at the bow of the Bismarck
- Replies: 3
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- Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:38 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck bow anchors
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11761