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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Go for the carriers.....but pinch yersel first and ensure your not dreaming  |
Sadly I've lost all my archives of old screenshots
Have gone into Scapa a time or two and the fleet that was moored there just
1 day before Prien made it into there was all there: the Hood, a flat top, couple of London Class ships and a floating dock or two for easy tonnage. Was one of two times that I managed to sink the Hood with just 2 eels, both magnetic right under the #2 and 3 turrets. Some of the ships that the Brits just leave parked out in the open have blown my mind
Though the flat tops are undoubtedly the best strategic targets to go after, sinking the Hood, Rodney or Nelson is just satisfying knowing that the morale hit taken when a big like that sinks is enormously devastating to the enemy. Even before wwii had began Billy Mitchell proved that a battleship (actually a Dreadnaught at the time) could be sunk by a handfull of planes; too bad only ones that really took notice were the Japanese of this accomplishment and its signifigance. After Jutland there was only 1 more major naval engagement in conventional warfare where the big ships were the ones that duked it out (the Bismark withstanding).
Personally I think anything bigger than a DD or anti-submarine ship was gravely missued. Using naval artillery was a whole lot safer being able to fire salvo's 15-25 miles offshore than having to risk an entire artillery company when the targets were well within the ship's main battery's range.