Something Interesting

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I found this while browsing the news this morning. Very interesting read.

[maddox]

Impressive analysis. A very interesting article.

Now we're going to see oceangoing radio towers ... ;)

[Kaiser Kirk]

Interesting idea.
Naval Radio was rapidly evolving, so I'm not sure if the comparison of radio facilities to earlier ships is fair.
I have a in depth, if confusing, book on fire control, and those early tables did not work terribly well for plotting the ship locations. 

I do like they make the point the Invincible class were meant for AC hunting, p the armor scheme makes better sense for the first two classes, when the German 8.2" guns are considered.
Even so, one dud that penetrated the belt at Falklands could have conceivably been a critical hit had it exploded. 
A "golden twinkie" type hit, but I wonder how naval history would judge BCs if at Falklands the Germans had blown up an Invincible early on and chased off the survivor?

[Desertfox]

Anyone remember the Alt-history story where a different German Admiral takes over the High Seas Fleet and crushes the British at Dogger Bank and Jutland? If Invincible takes a golden twinkie and then the British fleet including the battleships gets crushed at Jutland, wouldn't that be an indictment of British ammo and ammo handling rather than on battlecruisers?

I just realized that my intelligence gather... errr diplomatic ship, would also make a great C&C ship. Did anyone else try building dedicated command ships like the US Blue Ridge class?

[The Rock Doctor]

Anyone remember the Alt-history story where a different German Admiral takes over the High Seas Fleet and crushes the British at Dogger Bank and Jutland? If Invincible takes a golden twinkie and then the British fleet including the battleships gets crushed at Jutland, wouldn't that be an indictment of British ammo and ammo handling rather than on battlecruisers?

I just realized that my intelligence gather... errr diplomatic ship, would also make a great C&C ship. Did anyone else try building dedicated command ships like the US Blue Ridge class?

Letterstime, right?

[Desertfox]

That's the one.

[The Rock Doctor]

Never did care for that TL at all.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Anyone remember the Alt-history story where a different German Admiral takes over the High Seas Fleet and crushes the British at Dogger Bank and Jutland? If Invincible takes a golden twinkie and then the British fleet including the battleships gets crushed at Jutland, wouldn't that be an indictment of British ammo and ammo handling rather than on battlecruisers?

An easy scenario would be if the Germans realized their radio traffic as they left the Jade was tipping off the British, and so used that to bait a trap, catching and crushing a portion of the British fleet.

They were cursed with bad fuses too. Navweaps I think has a discussion, they found prewar that if hitting on an angle their fuses wouldn't function if passing through more than 9" of armor.
Which has made me wonder about the later BCs with 9" armor and if there's a relationship there.