Can the Repulse or Hood outrun the Yamato or Musashi?

[Otto_Weddigen]

Ok

Since Hood was known as the biggest BC (Battlecruiser) and the Repulse a fast battlecruiser,could the both outrun the Yamato and Musashi?

[Torplexed]

Ok

Since Hood was known as the biggest BC (Battlecruiser) and the Repulse a fast battlecruiser,could the both outrun the Yamato and Musashi?

Theoretically yes. In a meeting between the two I suppose it depends on whether any 18" shells starting crashing through the decks and cutting down their speed. The margin of speed for Hood wouldn't have been very great. 29 knots versus 27 for the Yamato's.

[Raptor1]

Both these ships were at the bottom of the sea before Yamato was commissioned, so it's rather moot (Repulse's sister-ship Renown was still active though).

[Otto_Weddigen]

What my question was could Hood and Repulse which were WW1 era warship outrun a modern Yamato and Musashi

[ETR3(SS)]

I'm certain that your question was understood and answered. But here it is again.

HMS Hood
Speed: 29kts
Fate: Sunk in combat with Bismarck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck) during the Battle of the Denmark Strait (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait) on 24 May 1941

HMS Repulse
Speed: 31.7kts
Fate: Sunk by Japanese air attack off Malaya on 10 December 1941

Yamato
Speed: 27kts
Commissioned: 16 December 1941


So yes, the Hood and Repulse "could" outrun the Yamato. But, as mentioned before, it's a moot point as both ships were sunk before Yamato was commissioned.

[difool2]

IIRC, aging machinery and increasingly fouled bottoms slowed the speeds of both the Hood and the Drydock Twins.

[Task Force]

Well. lol, I dont care how fast they are, Nither could outrun yamatos 18 inch guns, lol, Dont think they would last too long.:lol:

[Oberon]

HMS Refit and HMS Repair?

Yeaah...how fast can a dry-dock go? :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Well. lol, I dont care how fast they are, Nither could outrun yamatos 18 inch guns, lol, Dont think they would last too long.:lol:
Depends on the weather conditions. Naval gunnery is notoriously innacurate, especially at long distances. When USS Iowa and New Jersey tried to chase down the fleeing Japanese destroyer Nowaki, they couldn't hit at the ranges involved (30,000+ yards).

Granted a battleship is a bigger target, but if spotting took place at that range the faster battlecruisers would have a very good chance of escaping.