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- Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Ships of the line
- Replies: 33
- Views: 48593
Many thanks for the prompt one on the cannon ball! If you have the weather gauge it means you are upwind of your enemy, so it is easier to shoot at the rigging, not the hull. The guns did have elevation adjustments, but they were crude and not very precise. ... I am puzzled about the weather gauge. ...
- Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:33 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Ships of the line
- Replies: 33
- Views: 48593
@Bgile I would agree that one ship that ever blew up in battle does not make it common. Did it sound like that? :oops: I do agree that less than 50% of all ships of the line ever build anywhere in the world did blew up. It is uncommon then. I stand corrected. :D Out of the top of my head I would thr...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:35 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Tirpitz instead of Scharnhorst in North Cape
- Replies: 65
- Views: 34511
hey guys my opinion is that the Tirpitz would have defiantly escaped the weather and the radar problems are factors whihc really affected the Scharnhorst (she was a very wet ship) but not so much the Tirptiz first of all the Tirptiz HAD a better crew than the Scharnhorst! the Scharnhorst had just a...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Ships of the line
- Replies: 33
- Views: 48593
The normal was the cast iron ball. Besides you had all sorts of sophisticated cannon balls. Chain or bar shot, where two cannon balls were connected either by a solid bar or a chain – used to cut down the enemies rigging. To cut down the enemy’s men either to prevent boarding or to clear the enemy’s...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:49 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck vs. Iowa
- Replies: 322
- Views: 85554
Re: Biz vs Iowa
...Iowa goes down in history, now that they are all stricken, as the best shooting battleship of all time. At a range purportedly to be 47,000 meters, using specially selected hand packed powder charges, in experiment to test the maximum theoretical accuracy of the rifle, some 5 out of 6 rounds fro...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:16 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck´s un ending arguments
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29487
Oh, yes! And it’s not only that! Along comes Physics: A force induces a counterforce … if you (over)do a bit of Bismarck bashing up pop the statements like my Zeppelin model. If you ridicule a subject you must expect the counterarguments to be of the ridiculous type. And – whoops – filled are sevent...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:11 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: German Battleshipbuilding program
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8345
Karl – your question opens a whole pot of maggots of politics, interwoven with tradition, mingled with recent defeat, mixed up with recourses, stirred with technical questions, seasoned with personalities involved. You might open that tin but out comes enough to fill three to four decent size books....
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:11 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: The most successful and most unsuccessful Warships
- Replies: 150
- Views: 114094
Success - well ... Trade warfare being of great interest to me I have to throw in a vote for CSS Alabama, the most successful raider to roam the seven seas. And one more for the grand old lady of the Dreadnought age: HMS Warspite; successfully fighting her ways through two world wars, never shy of a...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:20 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck´s un ending arguments
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29487
... And it is not what Combined Fleet say... But neither it is what the Bismarck mythology sustain. For Combined Fleet you must accept that he falls into a very common trap. In comparing vessels within a certain class you have to apply some sort of filter to judge. By doing so you assume a certain ...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:23 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck´s un ending arguments
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29487
Karl – about your points: You have to admit nearly all of them have been answered in the one or the other thread here over the years. And - as you pointed out – the answer is in nearly all cases somewhere in the middle. For the Baden class. Yes – Bismarck was a descendent of the Baden class! The Ger...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:13 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck´s un ending arguments
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29487
I think it's almost certain that a lot of that damage was done to the already weakened rudders when the ship hit the bottom. For example, the stern didn't fall off while the ship was on the surface, either. Indeed.And there are witnesses, Antonio could report it, that said that while sinking Bismar...
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:54 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck´s un ending arguments
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29487
Speaking of Bismarck's last battle. Did the Bismarck hit any other ship? I don't recall this in any other discussion. Did he (the Bismarck) make any strikes on King George V or Rodney? The answer to that question can be found there: http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414 Sorry for brush...
- Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:55 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Cameron it´s too political correct
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11326
Learn to live with it. :( Such documentaries are not meant to be historically correct. They are meant to sell. If you are into the topic it is often better to watch with the tone off, so you do not have to endure the rubbish told. There is a documentary out on TV and the next day you collect the com...
- Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:19 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Was Bismarck a mis-hitter?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 19681
- Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:49 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck survivors’ interrogations
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8501
Always amazing what a well-sorted library does for one! :D Just ask and I have a look if I find it on your shelf! :lol: The term “firing charges” refers to the German practice to scuttle by not just reversing pumps but to blow up piping that hat connection to the sea like pipes of the cooling system...