Don White wrote:
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Don White wrote:


Don't suppose you could 'scan' those photos and post them?



Here you go. Just click on the Battle of Jutland Gallery. :-)

http://www.pbase.com/gould/galleries


Thanks Chuck. Those are quite the pictures. I was surprised how well
fed the crews seemed to be.

Just finished watching a program on PBS Detroit called Battle of Hood &
Bismarck.
The battle of jutland was brought up. Seems HMS Hood's keel was laid in
1916... but after the Battle of Jutland, construction was held up while
the British tried to figure out why some of their big ships were sunk.
The difference...'modern' battleships could throw the shells a much
longer distance and the shell actually came down from an arc
above...rather than a straight on shot to the 'belt armour'. The
forward half of HMS Hood's deck was reinforced...but due to weight
concerns, the back half was let go for the time being. Guess where the
Bismark's shell fell.
http://www.wtvs.org/watch/schedule.shtml