What would a modern KGV class battleships look like?
Would we see phalanx and aster 15/30?
Would we see phalanx and aster 15/30?
Do you mean a newly constructed KGV or a World War Two era KGV kept in service to the current day ?What would a modern KGV class battleships look like?
Would we see phalanx and aster 15/30?
Do you mean a newly constructed KGV or a World War Two era KGV kept in service to the current day ?
WW2 kgv and would we see it in the Falklands war?
Re weapons. I believe Riain and another lurker answered that quite well.If it was in good enough condition to make the trip, and the fleet train had the ability to keep it fuelled and supplied (as well as the rest of the task force) I don't see why not.
It might have been seen as having some use against the Belgrano ?Not that there was really anything requiring 14 inch shells for NGS in the Falklands, but it'd sure scare the hell out of some conscripts.
WW2 kgv and would we see it in the Falklands war?
It might have been seen as having some use against the Belgrano ?
Christ, that would literally be getting in a fist fight with the baby so you can steal it's candy. A modernized 8in heavy cruiser could do that job just fine, a KGV is just hilarious levels of overkill. Hell, a WW2 era Heavy Cruiser could do it.
True but if you follow the example of the USN where the Iowas were kept in service long after their last CA's and CL's were scrapped or in mothballs I could see the RN preferring to use a retained and functional KGV against the Belgrano vs say a county class destroyer.Christ, that would literally be getting in a fist fight with the baby so you can steal it's candy. A modernized 8in heavy cruiser could do that job just fine, a KGV is just hilarious levels of overkill. Hell, a WW2 era Heavy Cruiser could do it.
If it was in good enough condition to make the trip, and the fleet train had the ability to keep it fuelled and supplied (as well as the rest of the task force) I don't see why not.
Not that there was really anything requiring 14 inch shells for NGS in the Falklands, but it'd sure scare the hell out of some conscripts.
Christ, that would literally be getting in a fist fight with the baby so you can steal it's candy. A modernized 8in heavy cruiser could do that job just fine, a KGV is just hilarious levels of overkill. Hell, a WW2 era Heavy Cruiser could do it.
HMS Belfast?
Manning might be a problem however...
The RN found out that pre-invasion bombardment with just 4.5-inch guns didn't do the job. Now admittedly 14-inch might be overkill but in this case that's a good thing. Even the two 6-inch automatic guns on TIGER would have helped...
All good points.. That being said I suspect if a retained, functional and modernized KGV was the only "big gun armoured war ship" still in RN service during the Falkkands war there would have been some pressure to deploy it if possible. I can't imagine the RN wanting to leave it behind if an opposed landing or combat against a world war 2 CL is in the cards.
I suspect if the RN had retained and modernized a KGV and kept it in service thru to the present day that a crew would have been avalaible for it as well ?Grab some patriotic lads from a couple merchant ships, and strip the crew from a few of the type 21 deathtraps. Call up some men who served on Vanguard if need be. Get creative about it. The crew requirement is probably significantly lower due to better automation and the lack of the light AA armament suite. IIRC Iowa had a crew somewhere like 2700 circa WW2 and 1800 after her refit. Call it somewhere in the realm of an even 1000 from 1422 originally.