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[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by thyro

Aircraft carriers were used on WW2 against Germany?? If I'm not wrong they were mainly used on Pacific war.

The Allies lost 9 aircraft carriers during the war, 3 of the 4 Royal Navy losses were to German U-boats.

From u-boat.net


The Courageous class aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. She was lost on 8 Jun 1940.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

From u-boat.net


The Courageous class aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. She was lost on 8 Jun 1940.

Permit me....the link:

http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships...rcraft+carrier

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Permit me....the link:

http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships...rcraft+carrier

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by thyro

Aircraft carriers were used on WW2 against Germany?? If I'm not wrong they were mainly used on Pacific war.

It was Swordfish torpedo planes from HMS Ark Royal that brought Bismarck to heel and let the British battleships do their thing.

The longest hit recorded by naval gunfire was over 26,000 yards, made by KMS Scharnhorst against the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.

While British captain Frederick John Walker created the hunter/killer group, once the United States got into the game these groups always had an 'escort carrier' with them.

The destroyer I served on, USS Brinkley Bass, was named for Harry Brinkley Bass, a navy F6F Hellcat pilot who was shot down by AA fire over southern France while flying off USS Kasaan Bay in 1944. Lots of carriers in the Atlantic and Med.

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The longest hit recorded by naval gunfire was over 26,000 yards, made by KMS Scharnhorst against the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.

It's pretty much a tie (within a few hundred yards at most) between Scharnhorst and HMS Warspite....

[Sailor Steve]

Pretty much. But I was just replying to the question about Allied carriers against Germany.

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Pretty much. But I was just replying to the question about Allied carriers against Germany.

I know. Was simply making conversation...as I don't own SH5 I have limited opportunities for input these days.

[Bilge_Rat]

In the med too, my take on the sinking of HMS EAGLE during PEDESTAL:

[thyro]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It was Swordfish torpedo planes from HMS Ark Royal that brought Bismarck to heel and let the British battleships do their thing.

The longest hit recorded by naval gunfire was over 26,000 yards, made by KMS Scharnhorst against the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.

While British captain Frederick John Walker created the hunter/killer group, once the United States got into the game these groups always had an 'escort carrier' with them.

The destroyer I served on, USS Brinkley Bass, was named for Harry Brinkley Bass, a navy F6F Hellcat pilot who was shot down by AA fire over southern France while flying off USS Kasaan Bay in 1944. Lots of carriers in the Atlantic and Med.

Cheers @reallydedpoet and @Sailor Steve for the info.

I knew we had couple aircraft carriers but wasn't aware we used them against Germany and to be honest never searched neither thought in that possibility. I had the impression that UK start to use them after WWII with Germany and during the Japan. Ok I need to read a bit more of this bit of history.


@jimbuna

thanks for the link

[coronas]

...And don´t forget Ark Royal, sunken by U-81 off Gibraltar.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by thyro

I knew we had couple aircraft carriers but wasn't aware we used them against Germany and to be honest never searched neither thought in that possibility. I had the impression that UK start to use them after WWII with Germany and during the Japan. Ok I need to read a bit more of this bit of history.

You need to see this movie:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sink-Bismarc...9640405&sr=1-1

[Jimbuna]

Oh heck!!....the age gap beckons