The Ships Of The Line thread!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

One of the greatest tragedies of history is that Sky News wasn't around in WW2 for the demise of the Hood, Bismarck, Yamato etc.

Just run the Barham footage.

[klr]

One of the greatest tragedies of history is that Sky News wasn't around in WW2 for the demise of the Hood, Bismarck, Yamato etc.

I do believe you're serious.

In any event, restrictions on war reporting would have stopped Sky News in its tracks, unless the management were interested in being charged with treason, and/or having the station summarily shut down.

I don't suppose anyone would be interested in a PDF version of Battle Damage to Surface Ships?

You suppose incorrectly.



... as in I would.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I don't suppose anyone would be interested in a PDF version of Battle Damage to Surface Ships?

You suppose incorrectly.



... as in I would.

I'll gen it up this PM. Already scanned, so I just have to feed it to the Medusa.

[devogue]

One of the greatest tragedies of history is that Sky News wasn't around in WW2 for the demise of the Hood, Bismarck, Yamato etc.

I do believe you're serious.

In any event, restrictions on war reporting would have stopped Sky News in its tracks, unless the management were interested in being charged with treason, and/or having the station summarily shut down.

Well, they could have got the Skycopter out, and there were three survivors from the Hood - they could have had pictures and video on their iphones. If only WW2 hadn't kicked off so early.

[BrettA]

... but only dreadnoughts, super-dreadnoughts and battle cruisers. And maybe flat-tops. Nothing before then, or the ghost of Jacky Fisher will get very annoyed.

Well, since your terms have dictionary variability and the fucking rules are toast anyway, these are the closest I've got...

Cruisers?

LOL... Given that she simply pwned the Dreadnought WRT displacement, length, speed, power (shp), range, complement and (arguably) firepower, Jacky himself would back me up on this one (yeah, I asked him)! Besides, she looks way too fucking sweet for ...

[klr]

Yamato and Musashi. The biggest battleships ever built, and still useless in the face of aerial attack:

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Yamato and Musashi. The biggest battleships ever built, and still useless in the face of aerial attack:

When not properly used in a combined arms effort.

[klr]

Yamato and Musashi. The biggest battleships ever built, and still useless in the face of aerial attack:

When not properly used in a combined arms effort.

Something the Brits forgot with Prince of Wales and Repulse. Air cover? Who needs it?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Yamato and Musashi. The biggest battleships ever built, and still useless in the face of aerial attack:

When not properly used in a combined arms effort.

Something the Brits forgot with Prince of Wales and Repulse. Air cover? Who needs it?

Prince of Wales
Repulse
Yamato
Musashi
The Iowas
The South Dakotas
The North Carolinas
. . .

[devogue]

The Japs should have got Nintendo or Sony to make their battleships.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The Japs should have got Nintendo or Sony to make their battleships.

They do love losers.

[klr]

Yamato and Musashi. The biggest battleships ever built, and still useless in the face of aerial attack:

When not properly used in a combined arms effort.

Something the Brits forgot with Prince of Wales and Repulse. Air cover? Who needs it?

Prince of Wales
Repulse
Yamato
Musashi
The Iowas
The South Dakotas
The North Carolinas
. . .

Well, it helps if the attackers are well-trained and use good aircraft ... or in the case of the Bismarck, rickety old bi-planes so slow that the AA gunners just can't bring themselves to allow sufficient deflection.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Well, it helps if the attackers are well-trained and use good aircraft ... or in the case of the Bismarck, rickety old bi-planes so slow that the AA gunners just can't bring themselves to allow sufficient deflection.

Bloody fun fair, that!

[klr]

Well, it helps if the attackers are well-trained and use good aircraft ... or in the case of the Bismarck, rickety old bi-planes so slow that the AA gunners just can't bring themselves to allow sufficient deflection.

Bloody fun fair, that!

And even when they did register hits, more often than not the shells just went straight through the fabric. "Bloody draughty" was the comment of one Swordfish observer who spent a couple of hours on the return leg seated right above a big hole in the bottom of the fuselage.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Well, it helps if the attackers are well-trained and use good aircraft ... or in the case of the Bismarck, rickety old bi-planes so slow that the AA gunners just can't bring themselves to allow sufficient deflection.

Bloody fun fair, that!

And even when they did register hits, more often than not the shells just went straight through the fabric. "Bloody draughty" was the comment of one Swordfish observer who spent a couple of hours on the return leg seated right above a big hole in the bottom of the fuselage.

Handy as a poop chute, though, wasn't it?