Battle of Jutland Death of British Naval invisibility

Cook

Banned
The fleet speed was about 15 knots, ships would not tear around at flank (18 for the KE's 21 for most DNs) due to the wear and tear on machinery, crew (stoaking coal boilers is a beotch) and ofcourse, fuel consumption.

I take we are referring to the German Battleships here, the British used oil.
 

sharlin

Banned
The RN used oil on two classes, the Royal soverigns and Queen Elizabeths, every other Dreadnought was coal fired. The Renown class was also oil fired too.

These were all late generation Dreadnoughts, the last ones built by the RN.
 
Did any of the pre-QE British capital ships have supplemental (sprayed over burning coal for superior combustion) oil firing?
 

sharlin

Banned
Off the top of my head I do not know, but only the QE's and R's and Renown's were pure oil burning cap ships.
 
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