[REQ] @bigboywooly regarding King George V

[Woof1701]

Hi there Bigboywooly,

There's just one thing I liked to request regarding British warships in the GWX campaign. Lately I came across a Task Force in the med with two King George V and two Nelson class ships. Since both Nelson-class ships were active in WW2 I thought this was acceptable. But only one King George V class ship remained in WW2 :) So the other one must've been a ghost ship. :) Did you dictate the game which battleships to use in a Task Force or are they selected at random?

[joea]

Actually mate there were 5 King George V class battleships.
HMS King George V, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Howe and Anson. :know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V_class_battleship_%281939%29

[Woof1701]

Oh ok. I just found out there were TWO King George V-classes 1911 and 1939 ... Never heard that a country used a name twice for a ship class ... Sorry for the misunderstanding then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V_class_battleship_%281911%29

[bigboywooly]

lol
No worries

Actually a few countries use the same names for classes again

At least 2 Bismarck classes I know of

Bismarck Class iron flush-decked corvettes


Bismarck 25th July 1877 Hulked in 1891.
Blücher 20th September 1877 Sold as a hulk in 1908.
Stosch 8th October 1877 Broken up and used for scrap in 1907.
Moltke 18th October 1877 Hulked in 1910.
Gneisenau 4th September 1879 Wrecked on 16th December 1900.
Stein 14th September 1879 Hulked in 1908


Bismarck Class


Bismarck (http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/bismarck1.htm)14th February 1939 Sunk on 27th May 1941.
Tirpitz (http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/tirpitz.htm)1st April 1939 Sunk on 12th November 1944.

Etc

[Woof1701]

Weird ... Kinda strange thing to do in my eyes. Thanks for the information :up:

[joea]

No problem, BBW is a font of information, I sure have learned a lot as well. :up:

Now, go whittle that KGV class down why don't you!

[GerritJ9]

Add "Fürst Bismarck", armoured cruiser launched 25/9/97 to the list, though she was the only one of her class so referring to the "Bismarck" class would be a bit over the top in her case.
And there was also a "Mackensen" class battlecruiser which was scheduled to be named "Fürst Bismarck" according to some sources, though officially she was designated "Ersatz A" and was not the name ship for a class.