starforce and bismarck - Page 2

GlowwormGuy · 04-06-06, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Schiffmorder

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Originally Posted by kenijaru

HMS Hood wasnt the finest ship, was the biggest ship, yet an old one. was the biggest BC that ever sailed, almost as big as the IJN Yamato... thats HUGE

Ummm might wanna check yer facts there mate. Yamato displaced 730000 tons at full load, Hood only 460000. Ahh heck thats only 27000 tons difference, which is just about what the USS Enterprise displaced!!! So your 'almost' is equal to a full sized WW2 American carrier. :hmm:

I think he meant just in length, definitely not in weight. Both ships were about 860 ft long.

And speaking of the Yamato, the Americans DID send that one - and her sister MUSASHI - to the bottom and Bismarck being made of metal would definitely sink if enough holes were punched into her. No ship is 'unsinkable' however, as observed here, it would have taken the Brits quite some time to sink her.

However if the Germans knew she wouldn't sink without a pounding the scuttling theory seems quite plausible. No reason to think the Brits wouldn't have tried towing her, even as a battered hulk, back to Britain at least for Propaganda purposes.

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