Talk:Revenge class battleship

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[edit] Reference to battle of Tsushima

"This scheme was chosen since, at the time the Revenges were being designed, it was still believed that any major fleet-to-fleet engagement would take place at relatively close ranges and that, as at the Battle of Tsushima, lighter calibre quick-firing guns would be responsible for most of the damage inflicted upon enemy ships"

As best as I'm aware this statement is completely incorrect. The Battle of Tushima demonstrated that naval battles would be fought at longer ranges than anticipated and that secondary weapons were of no offensive value. The whole point of Dreadnoughts was that they were designed to fight at the longest possible ranges and their secondary batteries were for defence only. The Royal Navy adopted the 6 inch gun to provide extra punch against the larger torpedo boats and destroyers of the day, they would not be able to even scratch the belt armour of a contempory battleship. If no one objects I will remove the offendin sentence. Getztashida 15:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ramilles

I've altered the link for Ramilles, from the "battle of Cape Teulada" to "the battle of Cape Spartivento"; this is the correct name of the article (Teulada is a link), and Spartivento is the British name for the engagement, which seems appropriate for this article on a British warship on the English wikipaedia. Xyl 54 11:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverted text on magnetically-detonated torpedoes

I have reverted the unsourced edit by 24.73.195.198, namely:

...as well as due to the fact that when she was torpedoed by U-47 the Germans had not yet given up on magnetic detonators and the explosions were directly under the ship rather than against the side.

The recent highly detailed survey of Royal Oak by Adus using their side-scan sonar clearly shows all of Prien's torpedoes impacted the side of the hull, not under the keel, with the exception of the first shot which destroyed part of the bow. You can view these images at [1]. Also [2]. --84.71.15.48 15:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC)