Gun duel with Rodney, Nelson ended in draw

Steeltrap · 10-21-08, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

No need to sink....just pierce the pressure hull and it is no longer a submarine....more a sitting duck.

A sitting duck that can run away at around 17 knts

Trouble is that a Nelson class can do 23kts.....

They wouldn't bother firing the main armament: has 3 twin mounted 6" guns each side, so 6x6" vs your 1x3.5".

Also had a 24.5" torpedo tube submerged on each side, so you might face a torpedo coming back at you....

ANY hit from a shell of that calibre (6") would almost certainly leave you unable to submerge, assuming it didn't sink you outright.

As for a 16", one landing within 100m would pobably cause you som MAJOR issues!!!