Plunging fire wasn't their only problem. Their side armor was thin enough (9in) to be penetrated at battle range by most battleship guns. Remember that the...
Can anyone suggest or provide a simple list of ancient warship types for the
period 100BC to 100AD in particular...or in general??? I've been researching the...
I'm not necessariy disagreeing with Bob's analysis, but it is considering some points in TIGER's favor - 1. TIGER, as built, had an immense volume of...
Byron Angel
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Feb 1, 2005 3:48 pm
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Quite true Bryan, Tiger is most certainly a better ship than Renown and Repulse, 15in guns notwithstanding. Given a complete reboilering and re-engining to...
... From: NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:18 AM To: NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Smart, Bob
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Feb 2, 2005 2:50 pm
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Welcome top the wonderful world of ancient naval research. First off, you are right that writers use different names for the same ships. Part of this is the...
hi . characteristic of many soviet aircraft is having landing and take off capabilities on rough air fields .. does anyone know if the TU-22M shares this...
... I am filing my January mail, and missed this message; my apologies. See:http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~ateal/Wargames/newsteel.html This has his address. The...
Thank you, Brooks. I have always enjoyed your messages from the first time you commented on accuracy of GHQ 1:2400 ships a couple of years ago. ... From:...
Bob, I'm not smart enough to make the case that TIGER would have made a better conversion than RENOWN. I was only piping up that TIGER was worthy of...
Byron Angel
byron@...
Feb 2, 2005 8:41 pm
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I might have asked this one before, and apologies if so, but I have been wondering about some river monitors built by the Dutch around 1878 - the Isala, Merva,...
In a message dated 2/2/05 12:19:21 PM !!!First Boot!!!, ... speaking of the USN, the Squadron book on the US fast battleships discussed that the designers of...
The Germans definitely planned to re-arm Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with twin 15" turrets, but the outbreak of war prevented this. My understanding of the North...
Message: 3 Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:48:45 -0000 From: "Stefan Patejak" <sjpatejak@...> Subject: Re: Ancient warships. Welcome top the wonderful world of...
Last night I had a chance to look at D.K. Brown's "Nelson to Vanguard" but he really only mentions Tiger in passing. However, he was very dismissive of a...
Lawrence wrote - ... Last night I had a chance to look at D.K. Brown's "Nelson to Vanguard" but he really only mentions Tiger in passing. However, he was very...
Byron Angel
byron@...
Feb 3, 2005 6:33 pm
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In a message dated 2/3/2005 12:09:00 PM GMT Standard Time, NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com writes: I know the kriegsmarine had plans to swap triple 11" turrets for...
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Feb 3, 2005 8:00 pm
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It is not really well known what a bold risk was taken by the British in adopting the 15-inch gun. They effectively made a commitment to it long before the...
Byron Angel
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Feb 3, 2005 8:46 pm
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... By WW2 standards of speed, gunpower, and protection, a re-built 30-knot TIGER would have been perfectly useful against anything in the Kriegsmarine, short...
David Seddon
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Feb 3, 2005 10:28 pm
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... Interesting, given that the Germans seemed quite happy with 12" for a long time. Why did the KGV class use a 14" gun? Surely they were laid down after the ...
... There was still hope that the 1936 London Treaty, which limited max gun to 14", would still be ratified by all the signatories at the time that both the...
I certainly hope his master-modeling is better than his spelling ... and he seems to be off on some liner-converted-to-carrier kick. Does anyone have these?...
Well, in the second round of capital ship reductions engendered by the London Treaty, the Royal Navy was allowed only 15 vessels. Keeping Tiger would have...
Excuse me, but according to the language of the Washington Treaty <http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pre-war/1922/nav_lim.html>, the maximum allowable caliber is 16...
Kongo was, to a great extent, an enlarged Tiger. She and her sisters were extensivley rebuilt, and they had 14" guns. They proved very successful as carrier...
Stean wrote - Kongo was, to a great extent, an enlarged Tiger. She and her sisters were extensivley rebuilt, and they had 14" guns. They proved very successful...
Byron Angel
byron@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:14 pm
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Pat wrote - ... Interesting, given that the Germans seemed quite happy with 12" for a long time. Why did the KGV class use a 14" gun? Surely they were laid...
