DBWI - A visit to HMS Hood

It still wouldnt have mattered, as Hitler showed the Nazis had more than a few problems. Anyway the Brits had their own problems in WW1 (Admiral "Eggshell" Fisher anyone?)

But i do hoop i can go to the German panzer museum, i now for the fact they have resorted one of the 12 active Maus super tank that served in the SS super heavy tank battalion "Maus", another proof on Hitler mega thinking.
 
But i do hoop i can go to the German panzer museum, i now for the fact they have resorted one of the 12 active Maus super tank that served in the SS super heavy tank battalion "Maus", another proof on Hitler mega thinking.
Still not as bad as the Ratte Tank
 

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The fact the ammunition magazine on the Bismarck exploded explains why the US Navy quickly mothballed their Iowa class battleships after World War II out of fear of a lucky hit blowing up the ship's magazine, though they realized by the late 1970's the Iowa class ships were excellent weapon platforms and got refurbished with a lot of new weapon systems.

The crew of the HMS Hood got really lucky, because when the battlecruiser was returned to John Brown & Company's drydock for repair and retrofit, structural engineers said one more hit from the Bismarck's guns would have doomed the Hood. The ship had extensive changes done to the armor, and a brand-new fire-control system using a somewhat old centimetric radar was installed. Besides sinking the Kongou (though with a really lucky shot that blew up that ship's ammunition magazine), the Hood severely damaged the Ise and just missed hitting the Musashi.

There had been thoughts about really modernizing Hood after the war, but the engineers at John Brown & Company determined it would cost way too much money, so Hood was officially retired in 1948 and is now a museum ship at Portsmouth. By the way, the lead ship of a new cruiser class for the Royal Navy--which looks like a "writ large" version of the US Navy's Zumwalt class destroyer--will become the second ship to be named Hood and is currently undergoing sea trials before commissioning late in 2016.

Actually the new Hood will be the fourth ship to bear the name - you are forgetting the 1890s Royal Sovereign class battleship. And I nearly forgot the ship of the line renamed Hood from the 1860s.
 
OOC: so they did build a new Hood, then i made a mistake by saying they never build one, than its cannon that they indeed build one, if that is posabile with a Hood serving and a Hood as a museum ship.
Its confusing as heck, it reminds me of a story from WW2 where the Canberra was sunk and the Americans, Australians, and British name a heavy after her.:D

That was awkward meeting I believe.
 
Its confusing as heck, it reminds me of a story from WW2 where the Canberra was sunk and the Americans, Australians, and British name a heavy after her.:D

That was awkward meeting I believe.

OOC: but the Australians did not name one after the here because acording to Wiki, duplication of ship names with the United States Navy was against RAN policy, thus only one Canberra was in serving for a time.
 
OOC: but the Australians did not name one after the here because acording to Wiki, duplication of ship names with the United States Navy was against RAN policy, thus only one Canberra was in serving for a time.

OOC: I meant for this universe, all three navies came up with the name at the same time
 
Its confusing as heck, it reminds me of a story from WW2 where the Canberra was sunk and the Americans, Australians, and British name a heavy after her.:D

That was awkward meeting I believe.

Makes me wonder about the possibility of a meeting for the 4-5 WW1 ships named after Prince Eugene of Savoy.
 
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