Re: Bismarck firing procedures at DS
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:41 pm
Hey There CSI Cadogan,
It's worth revisiting viewtopic.php?f=1&t=131 about the bow hit. Bulkheads were damaged, several compartments were flooded- we do not have the incident angle studies done on PoW in a dockyard. It seems to me quite possible some hits were less oblique to the centreline. And the assumption is made that because three salvoes were assessed as straddles, this is when the three hits were made. Not for certain.
We have already discussed how illogical some PoW corrections seem to be given the spotting assessment.
All the best
wadinga
It's worth revisiting viewtopic.php?f=1&t=131 about the bow hit. Bulkheads were damaged, several compartments were flooded- we do not have the incident angle studies done on PoW in a dockyard. It seems to me quite possible some hits were less oblique to the centreline. And the assumption is made that because three salvoes were assessed as straddles, this is when the three hits were made. Not for certain.
We have already discussed how illogical some PoW corrections seem to be given the spotting assessment.
Have you allowed for PoW's hard turn to starboard to avoid Hood's wreck, witnessed by Busch and many others, unrecorded by Rowell and dismissed as not happening at all by some?the range would not have dropped so precipitously from about 22,000 yards at 0555 to 16,500 at 0600!
All the best
wadinga