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FIRED A TEN TON SHELL 30 MILES AWAY and was only used once as the monstrous Schwerer Gustav was deployed in the Soviet Union during the Battle of Sevastopol. The shells alone had to be strong enough to penetrate 22 feet of reinforced concrete Gun weighed 1300 tons http://allthatsinteresting.com/schwerer-gustav

Half of SHIRE is going to be sold to a Japanese Co.

Thanks for explaining that... as I knew TATA sold off some works.... in Scotland as well...but could not remember which works they were cheers

meant KRUPP

Thanks s c u n n y is a new one to me..must look it up in the urban dictionary lo! So your steelworks is part of the TRUPP group that TATA have merged with the European steelworks Brexit could split the interaction of steel processing between the TATA empire then

s c u n t h o r p e Lets see if it accepts this lo!

why was S *******HORPE blanked out...strange old site lo!

Did you mention that your steelworks is closing down in S****horpe ...i believe Or was that woz

NICE ONE U do love your military history like LANGRO does ATB

and that was the Royal oak...

troajan Correct ..and sure the Royal Oak but in 1939 ....the last war http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/royal-oak/sinking.php

Well done Troajan Don't wish to be patronising but few know much about Jutland the Greatest sea battle ever...with over 400 naval ships creating carnage off Jutland in 1916 Welcome to growing club of pensioners btw....I retired beginning of 1990 at 56 ATB M8

Thanks Kenny All American battleships had the same standard 16'' gun but we used 14/15/16 guns depending on the class of Battleship/Battlecruiser The same battleship the IOWA you just posted had a terrible incident in 1989 with a main turret explosion on exercise killing 48 Ignore the foreign language....unable to find this video of the incident in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qalJ9koob2Q

No that was BEALTY...JELLICOE was his superior as commander of the GRAND FLEET extract,... As a result, the Germans soon began to score hits on the British ships. Lion was hit early, but the main disasters came after twenty minutes, when HMS Indefatigable exploded, and after forty minutes, when HMS Queen Mary followed suit. This provoked Beatty�s most famous quote � �There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today�. Research after the battle suggests that there was indeed something wrong. The biggest danger to any warship came from her own ammunition. If flames reached the main magazines, then the ship was likely to explode. As a result the passageways that linked the guns to the magazines were meant to be protected against flames or high temperature gases coming down from the guns. At least one flash-proof barrier needed to be closed at any one time. However this slowed down the speed with which shells could reach the guns, and fast gunnery was seen as essential to the success of any long range naval battle. When German shells hit turrets, high temperate gases were forced down the various tubes, lifts and passages that linked the guns with the magazine, and the ship exploded. CONGRATS ON YOUR RETIREMENT M8 Hope Wassatt gets well ATB

Got it on the tube as well Didn't know that Kenny.. ATB

Yep I saw that too....I watch all war docs mainly from the BBC ...but Sky Docs are often shown at a later date on BBC This Doc is far better as it shows all aspects of the life of HOOD While HOOD was under construction IN 1916, three similar battlecruisers which the Hood really was, exploded at Jutland because of inadequate protection....as were built for speed So HOOD was given extra protection that added 4000 tons. But although the hull was thickened to battleship standards the main deck wasn't thickened armer plated deck like the Bismarck was. Not possible because of the sheer weight could not be supported by the Keel and what had already been built So they added thickness to all the decks....but was still inferior to what it could have had they started again You won't be disappointed if do watch...much of the old footage I've never seen before Cheers

LANGRO This will interest you...as HOOD was based in Scapa Flow for WW2 and includes the destruction of the French fleet docked in Algiers, by force H included the mighty HOOD And it's flawed design led to the Bismarck blowing her up. A one hr program but well worth your time...I've seen it several times https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01n8dv0/clydebuilt-the-ships-that-made-the-commonwealth-4-hms-hood ATB Orkney lad

A LAWSUIT really.....lo! It was just an ordinary power cut affecting the whole area...not just Merlin. You have a terrible habit of scaring everybody who owns the same shares as you, with your stories of woe !!!

I've always been a LT holder since I bought @ 38p about 2 years ago Have just left them to ride

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