Much ado is made about the German battleship Bismark defeating the Pride of the British Navy, the battlecruiser HMS Hood. There were vast differences between those two ships. The Bismark had the Hood outgunned, outarmored, outmaneuvered, and generally outclassed. The other striking fact is the nearly 20 year age difference between the two. Had the KMS Bismark come up against a contemporary, for example, the USS North Carolina, would the outcome have been different? The North Carolina had nine 16 inch guns as opposed to eight 14 inch guns, which gave it a rancge advantage, and the guns could be loaded aimed and fired just as fast as the Bismark. It was at least as accurate as the Bismark, and at least as heavily armored. Also the Norht Carolina had a great deal more speed than the Bismark, nearly 3 knots (a lot of speed when you are talking about 50K+ ton ships). What say you?
2007-03-17
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