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- Always worth remembering that when you see one of the older battleships festooned with AA guns in WW2, it came with a considerable price /1
- Replying to @ShipWrektPodA quad Bofors weighed a considerable amount. And it needed power. And ammunition. A lot of ammunition. It had a crew, who needed food and water, and somewhere to sleep /2
- Replying to @leeharrisHe was cleared in the basis that it was the other guy who pulled the knife, and he acted lawfully in self defence. But you’re too stupid to even do three minutes of research in your desperate hunt for attention.
- Recording from the main broadcast on HMS Glasgow as she’s attacked by Argentine A4 Skyhawks. The slow thump is the four five inch gun. The rapid fire from her 20mm Oerlikon. The bomb impacted but didn’t explode but caused considerable damage. youtu.be/O6zohkGwQg8?si…
- Replying to @ShipWrektPodSo whilst ships looked impressive with all this extra firepower, it all needed people. Not just to fire but ALSO maintain. And this alongside additional sensors. Load on ships power, hotel services for vastly bigger ships company, accommodation and basics like food etc /6
- Replying to @ShipWrektPodEach mount had a director. Each director had an operator. Both Bofors and director may need manning 24/7, so more people more load on hotel services and logistics /3
- Replying to @ShipWrektPodEven a simple Oerlikon may weigh in at 300lb, more if a twin. And both needed lightly armoured ready use lockers as seen here (more weight). And there will be a need for deep magazines for more rounds. And those magazines need sailors in them. And means of moving ammunition /5
- Replying to @ShipWrektPodNo wonder stability considerations were a constant source of worry, and ships would sometimes give up a main gun turret simply to accommodate additional AA batteries, ammunition and associated sensors etc / fin
- One of the best results of an RN refit in terms of looks was Victorious. She came out looking good even with the exceptionally effective but ugly Type 984 radar, which was World beating at the time.
- Damage to HMS Glamorgan post Exocet strike 12th June. Of note is the MRS3 director which appears to have tracked the missile until impact. The missile possibly ricocheted off the round dome, activating delay fuze, before skidding along deck and detonating, blowing a hole down. /1
- A sad reminder for people who think serving at sea is safe unless in war.Sad to report RN has confirmed the search for the sailor lost overboard from @RFATidesurge has now been called off. A reminder that seafaring is never without danger.
- The great what if…
April 16th 1982: The mighty cruiser ARA General Belgrano finally puts to sea, heading south for Ushuaia. Her fifteen 6.1" guns are new, and her boilers and other systems are as good as they can be made. Despite her age, she is a powerful, formidable and heavily armoured machine. - The Jingle Of Keys-or rather, the misery of being duty WE roundsman. A thread on the job I hated most. /1
