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By 1920 turbines had won the high-speed role, while diesels increasingly challenged multiple-expansion engines for efficient cruising.
From Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat ·
Two superfiring centerline pairs plus wing turrets would give an alternative Helgoland ten guns on the broadside and eight ahead or astern, at a cost in complexity and handling.
From Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat ·
A ten-gun Revenge does not automatically produce eight-gun Renowns and a twelve-gun Hood because designers can spend later displacement on speed, protection, or a different turret system.
From Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat ·
Battle-squadron numbers reflect generations of ships entering and leaving service, not a straightforward first-to-last ranking of importance.
From Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat ·
The Royal Navy submarine service developed an identity around intelligence gathering and ambush, supported by wartime experience and demanding command training.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Tribal destroyer crews and the SAS illustrate how elite reputations gave servicemen concrete expectations about the jobs they were supposed to perform.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Britain began both world wars with roughly sixty submarines, yet the service expanded, absorbed heavy losses, and fought from Norway and the Mediterranean to the Far East.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Submarine secrecy leaves gaps in Cold War history, including a proposed reconstruction of boats recording machinery and propeller signatures inside enemy base perimeters.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Early-war orders emphasized enemy warships and reporting rather than unrestricted attacks on merchant traffic, reflecting capture opportunities, alliance-building, and fears of friendly-fire losses.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Hard lessons from earlier torpedo and shell failures pushed the Royal Navy to protect weapons testing during the interwar years, giving its early-war submarines reliable tools.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
HMS Truant exploited Karlsruhe's predictable route out of Kristiansand, placing a T-class submarine where its heavy bow salvo could punish the German invasion of Norway.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Karlsruhe lost engines, generators, and pumping capacity after one torpedo hit, leaving a disputed choice between towing the damaged cruiser and scuttling her.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
After Karlsruhe, Truant rescued Norwegian sailors, survived a British friendly-fire attack, fought in the Mediterranean and Far East, and ended the war testing snorkel equipment.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Renaming Deutschland was intended to conceal a cruiser sale to the Soviet Union and avoid the propaganda risk of losing a warship named Germany.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Spearfish's torpedo damage to Lützow imposed a long repair burden and consumed scarce dockyard resources in Germany's small fleet.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Equal treaty submarine tonnage for Britain, the United States, and Japan raises two possible explanations: Japanese defensive needs and overconfidence in anti-submarine technology.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
The compact U class combined shallow-water agility with economical construction, but Malta-based boats had to make every torpedo count when supply was uncertain.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Splendid's early Mediterranean patrols combined repeated torpedo attacks on submarines with deck-gun attacks when ammunition and escort strength allowed.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
A six-torpedo attack on an Italian convoy missed its intended target but struck an escorting fleet destroyer twice, sinking the warship within seconds.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
After landing SOE personnel, Splendid damaged the supply ship Emma, stayed close through the night, and attacked again in daylight to sink the ship.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Splendid's later patrols destroyed military cargo, including ammunition and vehicles, and gave her the leading British submarine tonnage total in those waters during the North African campaign.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Hermes forced Splendid to surface after three depth-charge runs; her wounded commander later escaped captivity and returned to Britain.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Decrypted Japanese signals supported the Ashigara operation, while incompatible radio equipment and commanders' responsibilities required coordination through several Allied headquarters.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Blueback's contact report helped Trenchant and Stygian prepare for Ashigara in Bangka Strait, where a Dutch minefield complicated their movements and Kamikaze encountered both boats.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
A Royal Navy submarine commander's signal of intentions announced an action to be taken unless countermanded, a distinction that affects accounts of who authorized Trenchant's entry into Bangka Strait.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Ashigara chose a restricted passage that kept Trenchant at long range but left the cruiser too little room to evade an eight-torpedo salvo.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
The S class balanced shallow-water utility, torpedo load, and buildability, making it an all-round submarine that could support both specialist boats and long-range operations.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Armour installation, lifting equipment, and internal subdivision help explain why wartime shipbuilding used several submarine and escort designs across different yards.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Upholder's 24 Malta patrols struck Axis troop movements and warships, earning Wanklyn the Victoria Cross and an unusually warm Admiralty tribute when the boat was lost.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Competing accounts of Upholder's disappearance depend on uncertain sightings and attack reports, including contacts that may never have been submarines.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Venturer's sinking of U-864 required hours of passive tracking and a calculated four-torpedo salvo against a zigzagging submarine beneath the surface.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Ten-torpedo salvoes and paired attacks let T-class submarines use the confusion of one strike to cover withdrawal and prepare the next.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Earlier U-class procurement might have reduced the need to move large T-class boats from the Far East into Mediterranean waters poorly suited to them.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
Umbra's destruction of the ammunition-laden Silberg left an escorting aircraft unaccounted for, creating a possible but unlikely claim that a torpedo had also brought down an aircraft.
From Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier ·
The St Vincent class is the strongest early British dreadnought choice, while Hercules gains appeal from its armor scheme and distinct character.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Late-model Hellcats get the nod as the best carrier fighter in the Pacific because aircraft quality and the experienced pilots using them reinforce each other.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Replacing HMS Dreadnought with another early British all-big-gun design would not greatly alter Germany's first response, because Nassau emerged from German requirements rather than one British silhouette.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Replacing King George V's 5.25-inch guns with 4.5-inch mounts would save weight, but not enough to transform the ship and would weaken its anti-surface role.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Surviving First World War capital ships are most valuable when modern armor and speed give them a usable wartime role, not merely because they add hull numbers.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
The same long-term thinking that shapes carriers around future aircraft also determines whether a shipyard slipway can handle a larger successor hull.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
A 1934 sloop program could have given Britain roughly fifty additional modern escorts by the outbreak of war, but the navy needed both ocean and inshore types.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
A fictional Star Trek comparison shows why standoff ships and close-range brawlers need different weapon arcs and must be handled differently in battle.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Two Illustrious-class fleet carriers are preferred to six York-class cruisers or six escort carriers because the Yorks sacrifice too much for too little saving.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
The A7M was a promising improved Zero, but its tiny production run and Japan's collapsing pilot and force position denied it practical impact.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
The I-400 was the mature end of a Japanese submarine-aircraft line dating to the early 1920s, and Allied dismissiveness risked obscuring that accumulated experience.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Keeping twelve 14-inch guns on the North Carolina class would chiefly change the battleships themselves, with a possible secondary effect on cruiser profiles rather than carrier design.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Leahy- and Belknap-type ships work well as task-group escort leaders, but their cruiser designation creates expectations that their destroyer-leader heritage cannot meet.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·
Delaying the Washington Naval Conference by a year could put British G3 hulls too far along to cancel and force a treaty of special exceptions.
From Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat! ·