Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:56 pm
hey...
but why would PE ever even THINK about doing so??
adios
miro
but why would PE ever even THINK about doing so??
adios
miro
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2 points here:Antonio Bonomi wrote:Ciao RF and all,
But PoW correctly identyfied the Bismarck anyway, Hood did not.
I think the Suffok radio reports always reporting Bismarck ahead of Prinz Eugen did play a role there confusing Hood and Adm Holland a lot.
Ciao Antonio :D
You can read all the events here in :At 03:19 the Suffolk transmitted one of her reports on the enemy.
This was very useful for VADM Holland to evaluate the whole scenario.
The Suffolk reported a battleship at 188° (from Suffolk) at a distance of 24,000 yards (21,900 meters) and one heavy cruiser at 185° at a distance 22,500 yards (20,500 meters).
From this message it is clear that Suffolk was still reporting the Bismarck position as ahead of Prinz Eugen by 1,400 meters (1,500 yards), without having realized that the two German ships had changed their own positions a few hours before.
You already received a fine, lengthy answer to these questions, so please forgive my belated intrusion. However, I was surprised not to see what I feel is a simpler, more obvious reason for PE moving out of line: Preservation!miro777 wrote:... i don't really understand one thing....
why would a cruiser pull out?
wats the use?
enlighten me please
adios
miro
RNfanDan wrote:You already received a fine, lengthy answer to these questions, so please forgive my belated intrusion. However, I was surprised not to see what I feel is a simpler, more obvious reason for PE moving out of line: Preservation!miro777 wrote:... i don't really understand one thing....
why would a cruiser pull out?
wats the use?
enlighten me please :idea:
adios
miro
Things were happening very quickly here - did they have time to signal by flag or by blinck-lamp? The signal traffic from Hood was fairly constant, could POW ''butt in'' the way of fleet orders?lAntonio Bonomi wrote:Ciao Rf and all,
your 2 points are very interesting and do deserve a lot of careful analysis:
1) When PoW after the discussion you described realized that Bismarck was second il line, did Capt. Leach made any signal about it to Hood ?
I have never read anything about this, on any report or book.
Seems like nobody asked him about it and how it went on those crucial minutes about this mismatch.
Did they exchanged flag signals ?
Radio messages ?
Same thing do apply also to the Y quadrule turret been 'wooden' after the 300 course order, did PoW signalled that to Hood ??
Was that the reason of the order to go back on course 280 ?
Ciao Antonio :D