The first "5 minutes" says it all...The phrase I heard they used was 15 minute ships, 5 minutes for the British to stop laughing, 5 minutes to find the range and 5 minutes to sink them, graveyard humour at its finest.
The first "5 minutes" says it all...The phrase I heard they used was 15 minute ships, 5 minutes for the British to stop laughing, 5 minutes to find the range and 5 minutes to sink them, graveyard humour at its finest.
Speaking of cruisers that shouldn’t have been at Jutland, why was Frauenlob operating with the HSF? Top speed of 21 knots, 19th century vintage, and predictably sunk with most its crew.
If you want the best possible performance from an armoured cruiser at Jutland.....At the Battle of Jutland the British had 8 armoured cruisers as part of the Grand Fleet. My question is how much use were they? Reading through some of the basic details it seems like half of them didn't really become engaged whilst the other half was sunk. I'm looking at a possible timeline were the British fleet is somewhat rejigged but the changes to it require more manpower, paying off the armoured cruisers seems like one possible source of extra warm bodies.
I think just having a larger ships means more aircraft and therefore the ability to keep at least a few up for the entire time and increase the chance that something helps?^^^ Might the planes have had a better opportunity of locating ships of the HSF before and during the fights? With the developing haze (fog and smoke), could the planes have seen the ships better from above than spotting at sea level? Or were those condititons too late in the day to matter?
I think just having a larger ships means more aircraft and therefore the ability to keep at least a few up for the entire time and increase the chance that something helps?
I was being quite conservative with 6 and 4 as she is far larger,
14,150 long tons (normal) v HMS Engadine 2,550 long tons (deep)
Length: 533 ft 6 in (162.6 m) (o/a) v 323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam: 71 ft 4 in (21.7 m) v 41 ft (12.5 m)
Speed 23Kn v 21.5Kn
As long as you are willing to remove guns from Good Hope you should fit far more on her than OTL 2+2.