Battleship Q&A

Battleships are the greatest warships of World War 2. They were armed with high calibre naval guns and protected by thick belt armour. My favourite is HMS Hood.

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What was unusual about the secondary armament of the battleships #Strasbourg, Jean Bart and #Rodney? All such naval guns were located at/near their astern - which being of maximum calibre 6 inch, were the only naval guns that provided (cruiser equivalent) astern firepower. ⚓️🇫🇷🇬🇧

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What was unusual about the battleships #Dunkerque Richelieu and #Nelson? Their primary armament gun turrets were located on their forecastle decks, with none on their quarterdecks 'at all'. This resulted in thicker armour 'just where it was needed' protecting their vitals. ⚓️🇫🇷🇬🇧

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What was unusual about the #ww1 Italian battleship Dante Alighieri? She had 2 amidships triple-barrel 12 inch naval guns! These were located between 2 'matched pairs' of #smokestacks (as her boilers 'had to be split' fore + aft). This was done, to avoid super-firing turrets. ⚓️🇮🇹

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What was unusual about the modernised #Italian #battleships Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio? 1) Their primary #naval guns were re-bored from 12 inch to 12.6 inch calibre! 2) Their bows were lengthened by 10 metres! 3) Their centre gun turret was replaced with 'modern turbines'! ⚓️🇮🇹

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What do I find unusual about the #Italian battleship 'Vittorio Veneto'? 1) Her astern 15 inch gun turret 'was atop' a very high #barbette. 2) Her astern + middle 15 inch gun #turrets were located between 'triple-barrel 6 inch wing turrets'. 3) Her red + white 'deck stripes'. ⚓️🇮🇹

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What are the names of the '16 inch #calibre gun turrets' onboard USS #Iowa? From bow to stern: 1, 2 and 3. Gun turret 1's roof = US flag 'painted'. Gun turret 2 = 'super firing'. Gun turret 3 = quarterdeck. All are 'triple barrel' which can be elevated to 45 degrees maximum. ⚓️🇺🇸

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What were the names of the '15 inch gun turrets' onboard HMS #Hood? From bow to stern: A, B, X and Y. Gun turrets X and Y were located on a 'very wet #quarterdeck' (which had been designed too low). Gun turrets A and B were located 'higher up' on Hood's #forecastle deck. ⚓️🇬🇧

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What were the names of the 'primary naval gun turrets' onboard battleship #Bismarck? From bow to stern: Anton, Bruno, #Caesar and Dora. Of these, gun turrets Bruno and Caesar were 'super firing' (whereby their gun barrels 'fired over the roof' of the lower gun turret Anton/Dora).

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What was the #Kriegsmarine? This was the German Navy of #WW2. It consisted of the 'pocket battleships': Deutschland, Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer, #Scharnhorst and Gneisenau; together with the battleships: Bismarck and Tirpitz - all were to operate as 'convoy raiders'. ⚓️🇩🇪

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How was battleship #Tirpitz able to constrain Artic convoys when she 'never put to sea'? With the fear of her eight 15 inch naval guns! The British convoys to #Russia 'knew full well' that Tirpitz could sink an entire convoy 'if she was ever used' (even just on paper). ⚓️🇩🇪🇷🇺

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What do I most like about the German battleships #Bismarck and #Tirpitz? The fact that 'these sisters' were protected by 12.6 inches of belt armour, and that this armour had no scuttles. When combined with 4.7 inch deck armour, a 'High Seas Fleet' of armoured citadel. ⚓️🇩🇪🏰

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What do I most like about the Japanese battleships #Nagato and #Mutsu? The fact that 'these sisters' were the 1st battleships armed with 16 inch naval guns (in 1920). Yet they were also 'heavily protected' (belt armour of 12 inches) and had a 'high top speed' (of 26 knots). ⚓️🇯🇵

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What 3 battleship classes had the greatest amount of naval gun turrets? The Royal Navy's HMS #Agincourt (with seven twin 12 inch gun turrets) and the Imperial Japanese Navy's #Fuso and Ise classes (with six twin 14 inch). All were a part of 'the race for more firepower'. ⚓️🇬🇧🇯🇵

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What 2 'treaty battleships' had the most unusual 16 inch naval guns layout? The Royal Navy's HMS #Nelson and HMS Rodney - which had 3 triple 16 inch gun turrets 'forward of their superstructure'. More #armour 'could be worked in' whilst meeting displacement limits. ⚓️🇬🇧🔫

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What are my 3 favourite #battleships armed with 15 inch naval guns? 1) HMS #Hood - because she was 'the most graceful'. 2) HMS Queen Elizabeth - because she was 'the most warlike'. 3) The Italian Navy's 'Vittorio Veneto' - because she was 'the most unusual'. ⚓️🇬🇧🇮🇹

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How did the 15 inch naval guns of battlecruiser #Renown 'differ to those' on battleship Queen Elizabeth? Renown's featured 'less armour' - since Renown had up to 11 inch turret #armour (13 inch on the QE) and up to 7 inch barbette armour (10 inch on the QE). ⚓️🇬🇧

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What 3 capital ships were constructed with 18 inch #calibre naval guns? The 'most known' are the Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato and #Musashi (of 1942) which had 9 such guns. The 'lesser known' is the Royal Navy's HMS Furious (of 1917) which had 2 such guns. ⚓️🇯🇵🇬🇧

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What were the biggest-calibre battleship naval guns 'used by the Axis powers' in WW2? 'German and Italian battleships' 15 inch calibre naval guns: #Bismarck and Vittorio Veneto classes. 'Japanese battleships' 18.1 inch calibre naval guns: #Yamato class. 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇵

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What were the most popular battleship naval gun sizes of #WW2? 'American battleships' 16 inch calibre naval guns: North Carolina, South Dakota and #Iowa classes. 'British battleships' 15 inch calibre naval guns: #Hood, Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign classes. ⚓️🔫🔥

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The North Carolina class battleships were American battleships of WW2, fitted with 16 inch naval guns. Although having been designed with 14 inch naval guns, when the Japanese 'refused to play ball' - USS North Carolina and USS Washington had nine 16 inch naval guns 'fitted in'.