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- Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
Hello Byron, consistent straddling between salvo 18 and 22 (4 out of 5 consecutive salvoes straddling in 3 minutes from 09:00 till 09:03, while ship was sailing a straight course 85°) are IMHO good sign of quite accurate firing solution. However, just after that, no straddle was noticed anymore unt...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:51 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
Hello Mr. Angel, thanks for this very interesting analysis. Your friend writes: "...By 0900 the enemy’s fire which had been at the rate of 1 - 1.5 salvos per minute..." It may look as a slow RoF for Bismarck, but IMHO we have to keep in mind that only A and B turret were bearing (in addit...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:40 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
An analysis of RODNEY's gunnery experience versus BISMARCK on 27 May 1941 provided to me by a friend some years ago: HMS RODNEY GUNNERY ACTION vs BISMARCK Throughout the engagement with Bismarck, which began with Rodney’s first salvo at 08.47, the conditions were very trying for visual observation. ...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:01 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
... > On the subject of RPC for battleship main battery guns: Bismarck was completed with RPC in elevation; the four war-built US IOWA Class ships had RPC in both elevation and train: IIRC RICHELIEU had RPC. The post-war VANGUARD was the first British battleship to be fitted with main battery RPC. ...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
Rodney's FC gear was ~15 years behind KGV's. Rodney was not fitted with cross leveling gear or TIC gear at the time of the action, according to Admiralty comments as part of Rodney's GAR for 27 May. Please re-read my post, dunmunro. My remarks were specifically directed toward RODNEY alone. While o...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:08 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
Hallo Dummunro, I doubt that Rodney and KGV would shoot very accurately while maneuvering. Did the AFCT get continuous inputs and thus provided continuous firing solution (like on the German C38 or the US Mark 37 FCS), or had it to be fed with data for every new calculation, i.e. were results gener...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Best Books on Jutland?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8868
Re: Best Books on Jutland?
Which book does the best job of telling us what's wrong with our bloody ships today? Hi OP, I highly recommend "Battle of Jutland" by John Brooks. Go here for details - https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Jutland-Cambridge-Military-Histories/dp/1107150140 This topic was very recently discussed ...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:53 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Ships sunk in port by aircraft attacks
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16680
Re: Ships sunk in port by aircraft attacks
And I guess no one wants to talk about the remnants of the Imperial Japanese Fleet stashed about various places in the Inland Sea in the summer 1945 . . . sitting ducks for TF-38 strikes, though they, the TF-38 staff, thought it a monumental waste of resources. Absolutely fair comment. We can also ...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Recordings of HOOD survivors
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Recordings of HOOD survivors
Just posted two days ago. Go to “Armoured Carriers” YouTube channel to listen to recorded voice testimony from the three HOOD survivors.
Byron
Byron
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Gun precision / dispersion
- Replies: 129
- Views: 80004
Re: Gun precision / dispersion
If i remember correctly, there was a detailed discussion on the Messkette in the Marinearchivforum some months ago. ... Aufschlagmessgerät.jpg The "Aufschlagmessgerät" appears from description as a switchable second zoomed A-scope . That means it shows only a section of approximately 1000...
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:33 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Gun precision / dispersion
- Replies: 129
- Views: 80004
Re: Gun precision / dispersion
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- Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12836
Re: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
Re Fire Control Tables, IIRC - RODNEY - AFCT Mk I KING GEORGE V - AFCT Mk V Byron KGV class had a Mk IX AFCT. They also had fully stabilized director sights and RFs along with superior cross leveling gear, not to mention Type 284 and Type 279 radar. You are correct as to Fire Control Table, dunmunr...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:39 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12836
Re: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
Re Fire Control Tables, IIRC - RODNEY - AFCT Mk I KING GEORGE V - AFCT Mk V Byron KGV class had a Mk IX AFCT. They also had fully stabilized director sights and RFs along with superior cross leveling gear, not to mention Type 284 and Type 279 radar. You are correct as to Fire Control Table, dunmunr...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:53 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12836
Re: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
Re Fire Control Tables, IIRC -
RODNEY - AFCT Mk I
KING GEORGE V - AFCT Mk V
Byron
RODNEY - AFCT Mk I
KING GEORGE V - AFCT Mk V
Byron
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:52 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Some brief info on PRINZ EUGEN
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2091
Some brief info on PRINZ EUGEN
Some KM data re PRINZ EUGEN The following is a fragment from an unidentified USNI article on Prinz Eugen passed onto me by a friend a few years ago. I forgot I had it and just tripped over it a few minutes ago while hunting something else – During a refit after her February 1942 return to Germany, P...