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- Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:52 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are joined by Tirpitz
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24286
@Karl Hm – ok – I got the point and – well – no, we will not end at the same analysis then :? . You ask how to take into account that Norfolk and Suffolk did not engage from the start, how to take into account that Hood aimed at the Prince instead Bismarck as she should have done, and … :!: That is ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:37 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Prince of Wales received hits on DS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10357
Could not have explained it better. As an addon – you might have come across the term ‘soft kill’ in respect to battleship encounters. That is a situation where you did not manage to get a shell into the (relatively small – just engines and magazines) vitals of the battleship but the structural dama...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:35 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Prince of Wales received hits on DS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10357
Could not have explained it better. As an addon – you might have come across the term ‘soft kill’ in respect to battleship encounters. That is a situation where you did not manage to get a shell into the (relatively small – just engines and magazines) vitals of the battleship but the structural dama...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:25 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are joined by Tirpitz
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24286
Hej Karl! Well – I think one point that joins us here is that we all do like to some extend the Battleship Bismarck. I do! :D Yet I do not like the virtual Ueberschlachtschiff Bismarck. There are many WebPages out there about Bismarck. kbismarck.com is one of the few where genuine information is pro...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:12 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are joined by Tirpitz
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24286
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:10 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are joined by Tirpitz
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24286
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:07 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Cat from the Bismarck
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12023
A fine story but - i am afraid - just that ... a story
See here:
http://kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=522
Ciao,
Ufo
See here:
http://kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=522
Ciao,
Ufo
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:03 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Prince of Wales received hits on DS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10357
All those shells that didn't explode or only detonated mildly makes me think it wasn't the Bismarck that sank the Hood at all. Maybe there really was an accident in one of the Hood's turrets afterall. Why would the Bismarck's shells be more effective against the Hood than the PoW? I would even ques...
- Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:09 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Prinz Eugen's Performance at DS Battle
- Replies: 58
- Views: 23247
Well spotted! :D But as it is an article and not a pick and mix :wink: - you also have to take into account the bit where the author calculates the ignition depth of Bismarck’s shells to be less than 3.5 metres at the distance where HMS Hood was hit. Now for the hit on HMS Prince of Wales the distan...
- Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:19 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Prinz Eugen's Performance at DS Battle
- Replies: 58
- Views: 23247
... Well, I would start to analize the underwater travel distance of both shells (of Bismarck and PoW) before conclude that It would have detonated before reach the ship if the fuse would have worked properly, because both shells had a delay time in their fuse quite similar if I remember. The shell...
- Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:34 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Prinz Eugen's Performance at DS Battle
- Replies: 58
- Views: 23247
... As Bgile said, the PoW was very lucky with the underwater shell. It could have produced the loss of a pair of knots (in some cases, it is said that the effects of this explosion if the shell would have worked properly as it did the 14 Inch shell of PoW in Bismarck, could have damaged the adjace...
- Fri May 26, 2006 5:01 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Raeder failed strategy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5820
... About the photon torpedoes I believe they are outdated: Enterprise E uses more sophisticated quantum torpedoes. Enterprise! The Big E! I did not think of this … its always the Americans who come along with their bigger gear and spoil the broth! First they had their superheavies for the 16’ and ...
- Thu May 25, 2006 6:00 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Raeder failed strategy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5820
A – well – interesting thought. :think: Could it be that it is far into fantasy and well disconnected from reality? On Raeder’s strategy I do very much recommend reading: “Raeder versus Wegener: conflict in German naval strategy” in War College Review; Autumn 2oo5 by Kenneth P. Hansen. (Google - I t...
- Mon May 15, 2006 5:37 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Were any women ever awarded the Iron cross?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1400
The German Ministry of Defence as now official holder of the records of German war honours records only one recipient of an iron cross in WWII; the test pilot Hanna Reitsch. If you google her name you get numerous pages detailing her life and achievements. Many public dictionary pages suggest two re...
- Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:49 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Ships of the line
- Replies: 33
- Views: 49778
Whow, Ulrich! Magnificent! :clap: There is a grace and beauty in wooden shipbuilding that has not been reached by anything made from metal, let alone plastics. And these guys did think in centuries not just for tomorrow. In the South of England you can still find the remnants of Woods with Oaken Tre...