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- Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:09 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Top 10 Missing Naval Books
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5373
Re: Top 10 Missing Naval Books
My top five: 1-Armouring systems and protection schemes for dreadnoughts (I think that there is someone here who can write it!) 2-Warships´s boilers and machinery. 3-Naval radar (same as 1). 4-Naval weapons of WWI (extant but unpublished) 5-Naval guns and ammo (there is a Big Gun: Battleship Main Ar...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:31 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: U-Boots -------> US Subs???
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5515
Re: U-Boots -------> US Subs???
I think it is one of the theories Bgile.
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:07 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Soviet Union carriers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 48605
Re: Soviet Union carriers
Yes, Karl, I know about Moskva and Leningrad, but they were not conventional aircraft capable!!! And those that were, only see the light in the 80´s. Besides, what I envision, is a force of about 10 carriers by the late 60´s.
Regards
Regards
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:28 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Soviet Union carriers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 48605
Re: Soviet Union carriers
Thanks for all the answers guys. But there is one think that continues to strike me: if Argentina (which had far fewer reasons to have a carrier force) managed to get two carriers and developed Naval aviation, the Soviet Union must have built a carrier force, at least for the case that things demost...
- Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Soviet Union carriers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 48605
Soviet Union carriers
I was wandering why the Soviet Navy didn´t get interested in carriers until recently, and even then in a very small scale compared with the US. The Argentine Navy received two carriers in the 60´s and managed to develop a small carrier force, so I must assume that it wasn´t for luck of experience th...
- Tue May 20, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Armor Thickness – lbs and Inches
- Replies: 15
- Views: 51221
Re: Armor Thickness – lbs and Inches
I think that Hi-speed steel (steel alloyed with tungsten, the hardest of them all, mostly used in cutting tools) is around 9.
- Tue May 20, 2008 3:30 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9233
Re: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
Well, you may not know that the Argentina air support was poor because of the distance: the aircraft operating from the continent had just enough fuel to fly to the islands, do the job and come back, no more time to stay on station to provide air cover.
- Tue May 20, 2008 12:08 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9233
Re: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
Hi Robert: The Belgrano was in her way back from the islands when she was sunk. She was sent to the south of the islands along with her escorts, in combination with a force sent to the north of them (composed mainly by the carrier) to engage a British force that was shelling Puerto Argentino/Port St...
- Mon May 19, 2008 8:36 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: 2,000 tons of seawater in Bismarck's forecastle!
- Replies: 52
- Views: 16740
Re: 2,000 tons of seawater in Bismarck's forecastle!
I don´t agree with that Robert: shells use to fail to explode, but I think it is a rare ocurrence (if it ever happened) for them to explode when they are not intended to. For example I know many cases of unexploded aircraft bombs, but none that exploded during the freefall.
- Sun May 18, 2008 4:18 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9233
Re: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
Agreed, unless retrofitted with Exocet missiles as the Gearing-Allen M. Sumner ex-USN destroyers were.
- Sun May 18, 2008 1:48 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9233
Re: Falklands/Malvinas war naval scenario
I don´t know when the Belfast was retired, but I think that by 1982 it would have taken a big effort to put her on the move, while the Belgrano had been going since WWII. But as I said the Belgrano was in bad shape, the machinery was OK for just 18 kn. Regarding the training, by 1982 the Argentine f...
- Sat May 17, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Armor Thickness – lbs and Inches
- Replies: 15
- Views: 51221
Re: Armor Thickness – lbs and Inches
I think that there is a number rounding issue here: a 1 foot square 1 inch thick plate doesn´t weight exactly 40 pounds, but 40.85 pounds, taking a metric density of 7.86 for the steel. So a plate 1 foot square which WEIGHTS 40 pounds, is not 1 inch thick but a little less, 25 mm for the same densit...
- Tue May 13, 2008 9:52 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: U-859
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1779
Re: U-859
Search in bookfnder Robert, there are 12 copies, but the price is outrageous.
- Thu May 08, 2008 8:01 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Chaiten volcano
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6264
Re: Chaiten volcano
I must said that the Arenal is one of the most beautiful places in Costa Rica. It is amazing that so much beauty can cause so much damage....much like a battleship.and since it´s quite a tourist attraction
- Thu May 08, 2008 1:33 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Nuclear powered Battleship?
- Replies: 187
- Views: 112888
Re: Nuclear powered Battleship?
I mean spaceship Yamato....