However, Rodney continued to suffer leaking due to defective riveting. That being said, Bismarck's deck armor is far from great, and although her 145mm upper belt and 50mm upper deck should guarantee that any 406mm shell impacting it is already decapped, homogenous deck armor doesn't have the same shatter affect as FH or Cemented armor does on shell bodies, and the 50mm deck armor will likely yaw the shell down and help normalize angle of impact, which is a disadvantage. In 1931, her crew joined the crews of other ships taking part in the Invergordon Mutiny. So if the Yamato were to concentrate on one of the Brits, the other would very quickly be delivering a whole lot of straddles... and these would be 16" rounds. I agree that, somehow, there is not much that is more sad than a ship that never really fired it's guns in anger and/or scored a hit.
And that only when combat pressures forced them. they. It consisted of an empty outer watertight compartment and an inner water-filled compartment. Still, the guns should be good for your typical 30-second firing cycle, and since salvo fire is usually slower anyways, I'd expect a steady rate of fire. One more tube and 16" guns makes a difference. Somehow the Sherman numbers might not look so impressive under those circumstances. Try as I might, it's extremely difficult to find battles that place both parties on a relatively equal footing. Then you have the problem of role, the Kriegsmarine were using Bismarck as a commerce raiders, which means she'd run away at the first sight of those 16" guns, and the Nelson's couldn't catch her. Rodney began the war in need of an overhaul. The ship carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her crew numbered 1,361 officers and ratings when serving as a flagship and 1,314 as a private ship.
And that only when combat pressures forced them. they. It consisted of an empty outer watertight compartment and an inner water-filled compartment. Still, the guns should be good for your typical 30-second firing cycle, and since salvo fire is usually slower anyways, I'd expect a steady rate of fire. One more tube and 16" guns makes a difference. Somehow the Sherman numbers might not look so impressive under those circumstances. Try as I might, it's extremely difficult to find battles that place both parties on a relatively equal footing. Then you have the problem of role, the Kriegsmarine were using Bismarck as a commerce raiders, which means she'd run away at the first sight of those 16" guns, and the Nelson's couldn't catch her. Rodney began the war in need of an overhaul. The ship carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her crew numbered 1,361 officers and ratings when serving as a flagship and 1,314 as a private ship.
And that only when combat pressures forced them. they. It consisted of an empty outer watertight compartment and an inner water-filled compartment. Still, the guns should be good for your typical 30-second firing cycle, and since salvo fire is usually slower anyways, I'd expect a steady rate of fire. One more tube and 16" guns makes a difference. Somehow the Sherman numbers might not look so impressive under those circumstances. Try as I might, it's extremely difficult to find battles that place both parties on a relatively equal footing. Then you have the problem of role, the Kriegsmarine were using Bismarck as a commerce raiders, which means she'd run away at the first sight of those 16" guns, and the Nelson's couldn't catch her. Rodney began the war in need of an overhaul. The ship carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her crew numbered 1,361 officers and ratings when serving as a flagship and 1,314 as a private ship.
And that only when combat pressures forced them. they. It consisted of an empty outer watertight compartment and an inner water-filled compartment. Still, the guns should be good for your typical 30-second firing cycle, and since salvo fire is usually slower anyways, I'd expect a steady rate of fire. One more tube and 16" guns makes a difference. Somehow the Sherman numbers might not look so impressive under those circumstances. Try as I might, it's extremely difficult to find battles that place both parties on a relatively equal footing. Then you have the problem of role, the Kriegsmarine were using Bismarck as a commerce raiders, which means she'd run away at the first sight of those 16" guns, and the Nelson's couldn't catch her. Rodney began the war in need of an overhaul. The ship carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her crew numbered 1,361 officers and ratings when serving as a flagship and 1,314 as a private ship.
Designated 'A', 'B' and 'C' from front to rear, 'B' turret superfired over the others. Here we’ll have two small islands, each 300 feet at the highest, each 5X5 miles in size, and each twenty miles apart, arranged rough Any deveation would affect production and they produced them in there thousands. [5] The ends of the armoured citadel were closed off by transverse bulkheads of non-cemented armour 8 and 12 inches (203 and 305 mm) thick at the forward end and 4 and 10 inches (102 and 254 mm) thick at the aft end. Armor. Her tasks included a 30-hour operation firing an occasional shell 22 miles (35 km) inland, to prevent a Panzer division from crossing a bridge. Britannic was taking civilians to Canada and would be bringing Canadian troops and airmen back to Britain.
Nelson has quite good protection around her magazines & main battery in general, and has a rather wide immune zone in that area.
"[12][13][14][15][16] Rodney and King George V finally broke off the action; Dorsetshire was then ordered to finish Bismarck off with torpedoes. Early on the morning of 27 May 1941, along with King George V and the cruisers Norfolk and Dorsetshire, she engaged Bismarck, which had damaged rudder machinery, due to a torpedo launched by the aircraft carrier Ark Royal's Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers the day before. However, Rodney continued to suffer leaking due to defective riveting. That being said, Bismarck's deck armor is far from great, and although her 145mm upper belt and 50mm upper deck should guarantee that any 406mm shell impacting it is already decapped, homogenous deck armor doesn't have the same shatter affect as FH or Cemented armor does on shell bodies, and the 50mm deck armor will likely yaw the shell down and help normalize angle of impact, which is a disadvantage. In 1931, her crew joined the crews of other ships taking part in the Invergordon Mutiny. So if the Yamato were to concentrate on one of the Brits, the other would very quickly be delivering a whole lot of straddles... and these would be 16" rounds. I agree that, somehow, there is not much that is more sad than a ship that never really fired it's guns in anger and/or scored a hit.
And that only when combat pressures forced them. they. It consisted of an empty outer watertight compartment and an inner water-filled compartment. Still, the guns should be good for your typical 30-second firing cycle, and since salvo fire is usually slower anyways, I'd expect a steady rate of fire. One more tube and 16" guns makes a difference. Somehow the Sherman numbers might not look so impressive under those circumstances. Try as I might, it's extremely difficult to find battles that place both parties on a relatively equal footing. Then you have the problem of role, the Kriegsmarine were using Bismarck as a commerce raiders, which means she'd run away at the first sight of those 16" guns, and the Nelson's couldn't catch her. Rodney began the war in need of an overhaul. The ship carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her crew numbered 1,361 officers and ratings when serving as a flagship and 1,314 as a private ship.
The KC armour of the barbettes ranged in thickness from 12 to 15 inches (305 to 381 mm). Her main armor belt is 356mm abreast the magazines and inclined at 18º, with a 159mm thick armor deck. Nelson, on the other hand, is quite vulnerable to Bismarck's fire. That was what I meant - and also what I thought was the case.