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I guess you should never say never... Yes, it's possible under favourable circumstances. I think that a torpedo boat operating in coastal waters could have been able to damage or sink a battleship. A hit & run against a stationary battleship for instance. Caught unaware, she would never be able ...

How was the British "commence fire" flag signals? I recall that the signal flags "Shift target right" was hoisted aboard the Hood. I also recall that the Pow was the first to realize that Hood was engaging the wrong target. Did the Pow signal Hood by flag or radio upon this disco...

Yes, I would think so, RF... Since this is a hypothetical scenario, battle range is not set, thus making it a matter of flexibility, don't you think? Would the British and Germans still spend their effort on the same "fire methods" if the battle range had been reversed? British great range...

The Tirpitz has also been referred to as the "Queen of the North" and the "Lonely Queen of the Ice" etc. Most ships have many attributions in the press and by self-appointed historians, but the only thing that really matters is what the men who sailed her called her. I have neve...

Lots of thanks for providing me a list, Ulrich. :D Didn't the British also have an Indy? I thought of one of their frigates, the Indefatigable from the sailing era? Was this nickname applied to the WWI battlecruiser too, perhaps? It seems like a name easily applied to RN vessels that starts with - I...

When I suggested the modified Twins, I had in mind that they operated in pairs, just like in the airforce where they have a wingman. Don't you think that six or nine 15-inches x 2 would offer a certain edge in battle? One to draw fire and another to engage with maximum effect. Or decrease the effect...

Knowing the events that actually took place in the battle, I'd say that Lützow would have the edge, just as Karl says. The German BC's were sluggers in battle, something firmly proved by Derfflinger and Seydlitz. But if the British had "tightened" up their disipline handling explosives, I ...

I've always been fascinated by the "nicknames" that was given to some battleships. They sometimes had a romantic kind of nickname, and other times something powerful that kind of personalized or magnified their presence. For instance, I remember that when I first heard of "The Mighty ...

Jod Dora?

Are the flags your thinking of a kind of battle alert-signal prior to engagemets? I'm not sure if I understand your question completely...

What about a Gneisenau mug? Or with the Twins?

Overconfident? Who? Me?

An AMC, carrying the right equippment, could be a first strike weapon. But not dependent of punching power... 15-inches aboard an AMC does not make her resistant to enemy fire. By the time you'll acquire the target, the other ship would probably have blown you out of the water. Gun flashes from a me...

Maybe it's in my genes to be victorious... How did I do that? Eh, simply by answering, I guess. The fact that both the British and the US is placed amongst my top 75% makes me somewhat invincible, so don't you bully with my navy, Karl. Otherwise I'll have to deploy some of my CV's and BB's to pay yo...

Yo're right about Cilliax.. :wink: It was at least one of the twins. But I would have to say that the Channel Dash was amongt the most genious operations, and that's why he had my vote. Simple and genious. He was a man who didn't reject the idea to sneak by, right under the nose of the British. Just...

I had it confirmed right now. Yes I'm British. Then I win the war, right? :think: Your army is the British and the Commonwealth (Canada, ANZAC, India). You want to serve under good generals and use good equipment in defense of the western form of life. British and the Commonwealth 75% Finland 75% Po...