The Germans were greatly over estimating the deck penetration of the enemy guns. Her looks were classic and other than the KGV class battleship or the Tiger class battlecruiser, was the best of the British designs. by alecsandros » Tue May 27, 2014 8:29 am, Post
by alecsandros » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:26 am, Post The 1,764-pound killer shell traveled at 2,960 feet per second out the bore, faster than the bullet of a high-powered rifle. Warships, naval battles, technology, weapons, navies of all eras, modeling, etc. The South Dakota and Iowa class were required to resist the 2240 lb 16" shell out to 31,000 yards. Thank you! Bismarck-class battleships.
Key point: Despite the Bismarck’s well-trained crew, good design and powerful weapons, Iowa has one technological innovation the German battlewagon doesn’t: radar-directed main guns.
At 11 miles, it could penetrate 16.5 inches of armor, or roughly to the horizon at sea level, although it could theoretically hit targets much further. Join in if you dare! The ships were 821 feet long and displaced up to 50,000 tons fully loaded. Weather would be overcast with a sea state of between 3 and 5 or moderately rough. by Steve Crandell » Sat May 31, 2014 8:31 pm, Post Germany had been prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles to build warships over 10,000 tons, but the Anglo-German Naval Treaty of 1935 implicitly allowed them—though the German Navy was not to exceed thirty five percent the size of the Royal Navy.
It’s too bad she was not preserved.
Matthew Wright on February 3, 2019 at 9:11 am Yes, it would have been wonderful had HMS Vanguard been kept as a museum ship. Say why in the comments if you can. It's an all round Battleship class. Would the better battleship likely have prevailed if the two had met in a battle? Also if you count in the South Dakota, there's 6 of these vs the 2 Bismarck Class Battleship.
What if the Iowa-class fast battleships had been sortied into the Atlantic to square off against their counterparts, the Bismarck-class battleships? Thus these ships have about 140 mm effective deck, or about the same as KGV and Bismarck classes. Visibility would be well less than 20,000 yards and, to give a slight balance to the scenario it is daytime. vote. Effective fire still possible, especially hits on turrets and barbettes, at 16-24km.
Despite the vast scope of the Second World War, the navies of the United States and Nazi Germany fought few, if any, direct surface engagements.
a N. Carolina or S. Dakota class) against the Tirpitz we will make a scenario that occurs in the mid-North Atlantic. Tirpitz versus a US slow battleship In putting a slow US battleship (i.e.
The 1,764-pound killer shell traveled at 2,960 feet per second out the bore, faster than the bullet of a high-powered rifle. http://www.combinedfleet.com/baddest.htm#categories, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. Bismarck vs. South Dakota: Surface Engagements. Twelve high-pressure boilers powered three turbines, giving the ship a top speed of 30.1 knots. As some of you may recall, the first edition of this page featured a three-way race between Bismarck, Yamato and Iowa.I received quite a volume of e-mail from overseas (including some from Germany, surprise, surprise...) debating various points of contention.
We directly support the repository at WW2.ORG, and several other worthwhile projects that add to the historical record. Welcome to the WWII Forums! With that restriction out of the way, Germany immediately began construction on the Bismarck-class battleships.
by Steve Crandell » Tue Jun 03, 2014 2:26 am, Post
0 votes. ↳ The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905), ↳ Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games, Tirpitz vs South Dakota according to German sources, Re: Tirpitz vs South Dakota according to German sources, http://forum-marinearchiv.de/coppermine ... %20Tir.PDF.
by Steve Crandell » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:12 pm, Post Which battleship do you think was better overall at surface engagements, the Bismarcks or SoDaks?
You are at a gateway to WWII discussion, research, exploration, & analysis. by José M. Rico » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:52 am, Post Historical what if discussions, hypothetical operations, battleship vs. battleship engagements, design your own warship, etc. ). At 11 miles, it could penetrate 16.5 inches of armor, or roughly to the horizon at sea level, although it could theoretically hit targets much further.
Post Obviously this is a kind of worst case scenario, as Thorsten points out, not knowing the actual performance of enemy guns and shells. by Dave Saxton » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:11 pm, Post At distances longer than 23km, own deck may become vulnerable without a corresponding weakness of the enemy. by Thorsten Wahl » Sat May 31, 2014 4:39 pm, Post Who do you think gonna win? By the time of America’s entry into the war the Royal Navy had already sunk or neutralized the lion’s share of Hitler’s Kriegsmarine, with only Hitler’s U-boats remaining a substantial German threat.