And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
König Albert is a Kaiser-class battleship. If what was intended was the chronological listing of the name ship of German battleship classes, Helgoland should be listed in place of König Albert.
I've always wondered about the Germans decision to send the Bismark out almost alone. What their calculation of 'risk' was as to the threat from British Aircraft Carriers of that point in time? Were they so confidant that the Swordfish would be unable to harm the ship? They were close to right.
Cool visualization! Now, do the winners BBs. :) Disclaimer; I just visited the USS Alabama at Mobile and it was like seeing boobs for the first time! Magical experience.
I feel a Johnny Horton song coming on
ReplyDeleteWheres the Graf Spee?
ReplyDeleteGraf Spee wasn't a battleship. She was a cruiser and not the lead of her class.
Delete..at the bottom.. keep scrolling until you get to Montevideo . .
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Each seems to be the lead ship of her battleship class. Some like the Nassau built before WWI.
ReplyDeleteGraf Spee was a battle-cruiser.
I thought she was considered a pocket battle ship.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a class. It's what the British called her I think. She was a heavily armored battle-cruiser.
DeleteKönig Albert is a Kaiser-class battleship. If what was intended was the chronological listing of the name ship of German battleship classes, Helgoland should be listed in place of König Albert.
ReplyDeleteOur new ones will run on batteries.
ReplyDeleteHit in the rudder and circled helplessly while being bombarded, an ignoble death for a great ship.
ReplyDeleteRemember the Hood!
DeleteTaken out by a Stringbag!
DeleteHow history changes if not for that rudder hit.
DeleteI've always wondered about the Germans decision to send the Bismark out almost alone. What their calculation of 'risk' was as to the threat from British Aircraft Carriers of that point in time? Were they so confidant that the Swordfish would be unable to harm the ship?
DeleteThey were close to right.
Cool visualization! Now, do the winners BBs. :) Disclaimer; I just visited the USS Alabama at Mobile and it was like seeing boobs for the first time! Magical experience.
ReplyDeleteBismarck
ReplyDeleteWhat a complete waste of a battleship. (so was the Tirpitz)