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Originally Posted by torpedo63
So first:many thanks for GWX2.0 mod,it is very great many ways!And my question:
where i can find those British battleships,like HMS Hood,Nelson etc?  |
The bulk of the (starting) British fleet was built upon ships that were built or laid down during WWI. The Hood has an interesting history around its construction, trying to be faster than a dreadnought like a cruiser yet armed as good as a capital ship. The flaw in the design was ultimately exposed by the Bismark (....) by dropping a perfect shot through the thin deck armor. Pretty much the same way the Arizona was sunk, just the fatal shot was right on the mark. Besides submarines (in general) I can't think of any other ship in any theatre that suffered an almost 100% loss of all sailors on board. Sorry for the tangent there
Since Brittan already had the largest naval surface fleet when the war started there was already a lot of capital ships in service that could be some of the juicy targets
As already mentioned most of the Brittish Navy became convoy escorts while still keeping a good balance of available ships at Scapa Flow and Gibraltor. If you see/can find a copy of the b&w movie Sink the Bismark! it gives a pretty accurate representation of the Brittish fleet deployment both before and during the events surrounding the Bismark. As a WWII historian (major focus is on the Luftwaffe though, I've always admired the tactics, dynamics, the last era or pure dogfigthing, and the enormous technological achievements) its easy to list the times/dates were Brittish captial ships were sunk. Unless you want to become Gunther Prien and sneak into Scapa Flow I think only 1 other (capital) ship was sunk in harbor (off the top of my head). As it was extremely expensive to send capital ships to escort convoys they tried to keep them close to England, yet far enough to be effective in patrolling (high traffic areas).