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Originally Posted by jmardlin
They wouldn't be because reversing engines even at back emergency only uses about 2/3's ships power. So stopping distances should be slightly longer. But not by much because the screws are much more efficient running backwards because of less turbulence in the water.
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Drag helps as well. Reversing the engines to stop the ship should make a big difference.
Here are the numbers I promised. The first is a graph made for a naval wargames study back in 1929. Kongo should be in the same area as Repulse.
This is an actual acceleration board from a WW2 aircraft carrier. Sorry I can't remember which one, but at the time I wasn't in a position to record where stuff I was downloading came from.
