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Re: Serious design flaws in King George V class Battleships?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:15 am
by dunmunro
alecsandros wrote:Are you sure it's the same battle ?
http://www.world-war.co.uk/sydney_story.php3
the ranges are from Sydney's action report.
Re: Serious design flaws in King George V class Battleships?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:21 am
by alecsandros
Re: Serious design flaws in King George V class Battleships?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:23 am
by alecsandros
Anyway, it's a digression from the discussion,
as Sidney did not have 5.25" guns, and her target wasn't a destroyer, but a light cruiser.
For the record , Sidney's ammo consumption at Cape Spada was 963 x 6" rounds.
Re: Serious design flaws in King George V class Battleships?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:03 pm
by Harry Lime
Thanks for posting your interesting material dunmonro. I think we can agree that HMAS Sydney scored hits at about 18,000 yards possibly a little more, UP to maybe 20,000 yards.