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Re: Unsere Flotte - The German Navy in 1912
I'm amazed too, Jim! Myself I'm just a grognard. I've been a naval history buff and wargamer since I found an old copy of a Hornblower book on my fathers bookshelfAre you people all ex-navy men ? I , as a senior citizen single wargamer am dumbfounded at the info,pics,knowledge,depth of info etc. expressed on this site ! I served very briefly in the U.S.army at the end of WW2-- but have played at wargames since i was 12-13 years old ,using soda bottles caps as soldiers,lead toy ships to fight battles on living room floor, drawing up battles on graph paper etc. Jim
And with some to many 8,8 cm alsoInteresting drawing of Derfflinger there. It shows her with 14x 15cm guns .
The names of turrets were:The nice thing about the Nassau diagram is that it clears up something's that been a mystery for me for a while: the designations of German turrets. Unless all the turrets were on the centerline, it's always been hard for me to tell what sort of scheme they used. Now I see they went clockwise around the ship, at least on the Nassaus.
On Helgolands it was just the sameNow I see they went clockwise around the ship, at least on the Nassaus.
Still - what were the names of turrets on German ships (with more than four turrets) ? Anybody knows?Yes on RN ships the turrets are A & B at the bow, X & Y at the stern. Iron Duke class ships had a midships Q-turret. Nelson with three forward turrets had A,B & C.
Still it looks (from the photo) that the turret was penetrated. If the victims were few, the turret crew was really extremely lucky!That was another 15" hit, this time APC. It burst on impact, as was common with Brit APC of that time, and only caused a couple of casualties inside the turret.
I believe E and F turrets on German ships were Emil and FranzStill - what were the names of turrets on German ships (with more than four turrets) ? Anybody knows?
It's good that nobody built the eight turret battleshipI believe E and F turrets on German ships were Emil and Franz
Agincourt's 7 turrets were named after the days of the week instead of the usual Brit lettering system.