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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**However, that only applies to some ships. In cruisers, battleships, battlecruisers, carriers, dreadnaughts, etc. you don't want to concontrate totally on speed, you want to focus on shielding and weaponry. This was one problem the British had, their flagship, the H.M.S. Hood, was fast and powerful, but lacked armor. Thus, it was sunk when it engaged the German Battleship Bismark, who had superior armor and thus easily won.
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Well please remember the H.M.S. Hood was a World War I vessel, which meant that it's armor was very good during its time (but terrible by WWII). The ship was obsolete, and should have never been sent against the Bismark and Prinz Eugen. It's firepower was incredible, however, and five of the Hood's 15 inch shells hit the Bismark, but did not explode, instead went through the ship. It was actually the Prinz Eugen's 12 inch shell that penetrated the Hood's thin hull armor, entered the forward magazine storage chambers, and ripped it in half. (3 of the Hood's 3,000 crew members (I think it was 3000) lived) Anyway, my point is, the H.M.S. Hood was only sunk because it was such a terribly old vessel that should have been retired by the second World War. Now ships like the Bismark, Tirpitz, and Scharnhourst were like the Voinian Cruiser, where they depended on their immense firepower to survive. But look how the Tirpitz got destroyed...By Royal Barracuda dive bombers. My point being, it was the small, little things that destroyed it. The Graf Spee is another example. When it was engaged off of South America by two British destroyers and a light cruiser, guess who won. The Brits again! :)Actually, the Graf Spee was scuttled, but this all still proves that the little guys do make a difference, even in World War II.
~Captain Skyblade
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