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by Byron Angel
Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How close was the final battle?
Replies: 256
Views: 2560127

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...
by Byron Angel
Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:40 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How close was the final battle?
Replies: 256
Views: 2560127

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. ...
by Byron Angel
Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:01 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How close was the final battle?
Replies: 256
Views: 2560127

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. ...
by Byron Angel
Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How close was the final battle?
Replies: 256
Views: 2560127

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...
by Byron Angel
Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:08 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: How close was the final battle?
Replies: 256
Views: 2560127

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...
by Byron Angel
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Books and Reference
Topic: Best Books on Jutland?
Replies: 17
Views: 8851

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 ...
by Byron Angel
Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Ships sunk in port by aircraft attacks
Replies: 15
Views: 16666

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 ...
by Byron Angel
Mon Sep 25, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Recordings of HOOD survivors
Replies: 0
Views: 19785

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
by Byron Angel
Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Gun precision / dispersion
Replies: 129
Views: 79656

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...
by Byron Angel
Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:33 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Gun precision / dispersion
Replies: 129
Views: 79656

Re: Gun precision / dispersion

Double post .....
by Byron Angel
Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
Replies: 11
Views: 12801

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...
by Byron Angel
Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:39 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
Replies: 11
Views: 12801

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...
by Byron Angel
Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:53 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: HMS Rodney gunnery report for 27 May 1941
Replies: 11
Views: 12801

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
by Byron Angel
Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:52 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Some brief info on PRINZ EUGEN
Replies: 2
Views: 2090

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...
by Byron Angel
Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Denmark Strait: Half salvos vs full salvos
Replies: 13
Views: 4185

Re: Denmark Strait: Half salvos vs full salvos

@Byron “Schieber” [?] Deflection adjustment considering the future position of the target, and some other deflection corrections(drift, wind...) “Gang” [?] Deflection change ----------------------- enemy was completely hidden behind the splashes. “Indefatigable” seemed to cease fire and tried to ge...