Most important Ironclad/Battleship Engagements

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

If you want an intresting gun battle, try this one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_..._cruiser_Stier

http://www.usmm.org/hopkins.html

Thanks, But that's not a Battleship engagement (Though it is funny )

I'll make sure to include the point on Battleships use as "Fleets in Being", I don't like the idea much but that's unfortunatly thats what they were used for, the Tirpitz is a really good example as her mere presence (however useless) in the North Atlantic forced the Royal Navy to use Battleships as convoy escorts

I think the main thing about BBs is not "Our Battleships makes them scared" but rather "Their Battleships makes us scared", on both sides...

I agree with CaptHawkeye that during WWII the Battleship did have it's place, But after that they just turned almost completely useless because of Guided Missiles and Air Power (Except as shore-bombardement platforms)