Another Silly question on the Bismarck vs Hood and POW
Another question on the Bismarck vs Hood and POW battle at the DS Suppose that as soon as the Bismarck and PE spotted the Hood and POW, she turned away and went full speed away from the 2 battleships...
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Andy01 wrote:alecsandros wrote: In this case, with BS speed non-impaired, the Germans have the superior speed, and they would outdistance their heavy pursuers more easily. PoW refuelled May..." 27th -...
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alecsandros wrote:In post 100, I counted 11 U-boats positioned in the Iceland-Faeroes gap or immediately to the south and south-west of it. That is exactly the trajectory KGV / Repulse would be...
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Maciej wrote:HMS Victorious will have a good idea where Bismarck is if she is being shadowed by British cruisers, and if there is fog it should give the Swordfish some cover from enemy AA. Now all we...
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Maciej wrote:tell me again, how and what, and why would keep Luetjens from manouvreing to the north-east and then to the east , at 28kts, immediately ? Nothing. But for what purpose? Going to Norway,...
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vpsoccer wrote:alecsandros wrote:In post 100, I counted 11 U-boats positioned in the Iceland-Faeroes gap or immediately to the south and south-west of it. That is exactly the trajectory KGV / Repulse...
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Found it. There were NO Uboats on May 24th, 25th or 26th which could intercept Tovey or Leach. There were 4 Uboats reasonably well positioned on May 20st/21st - U-557, U-66, U-138, U-109, but all of...
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The timings when various ships must detach from the Home Fleet in order to refuel is dependent upon fuel consumed and the distance to the nearest refuelling base at the time. RN ships can (and...
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HMDL1963 wrote:The timings when various ships must detach from the Home Fleet in order to refuel is dependent upon fuel consumed and the distance to the nearest refuelling base at the time. RN ships...
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Repulse is just one of the ships involved here and not perhaps the key one. HMS Rodney is also clearly irrelevant in this scenario. I'm rather more interested in the Victorious and Prince of Wales...
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... IMHO, it would depend on the speed with which Luetjens would choose to travel, and also the speed forced upon him by his pursuers. In theory, after the battle, Prinz Eugen had ~ 1600 tons of...
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. Which way was the sea running ?
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alecsandros wrote:Maciej wrote:HMS Victorious will have a good idea where Bismarck is if she is being shadowed by British cruisers, and if there is fog it should give the Swordfish some cover from...
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angus wrote: and under what conditions did the torpedo hit her rudder? building storm. heavy winds and rain. cloud ceiling 1000m or less. daylight. continous surveillance and homing on target done...
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Mind you Victorious launched her attack which claimed 1 hit (although torp hit in probably the most resistant part of the hull) in twilight conditions using air born radar on run in.
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Humour me: Why do we have Bismarck & PE going so far North? Bismarck has defeated Hood at Denmark Straits; to Admiral Lutjen's best knowledge, a damaged KGV is behind him. Forces in Faroes Gap...
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don4331 wrote:Humour me: Why do we have Bismarck & PE going so far North? Bismarck has defeated Hood at Denmark Straits; to Admiral Lutjen's best knowledge, a damaged KGV is behind him. Forces in...
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[1] IMHO: Lutjens wanted to German heavy units in Brest, away from any temptation to use them as part of Barbarossa. And with KM heavy units in Brest/St. Nazaire, the RN can't commit their forces to...
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don4331 wrote:[1] IMHO: Lutjens wanted to German heavy units in Brest, away from any temptation to use them as part of Barbarossa. And with KM heavy units in Brest/St. Nazaire, the RN can't commit...
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Having to run the GIUK gap cut effective sortie radius in half or more. Operating out from Brest by passed GIUK gap and allowed almost the entire sortie to be raiding. Allied bombing didn't become an...
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