Favourite warship

General Mayhem · 01-03-2008, 10:22 PM

I thought since there as a thread for best tank and best fighter I might throw in best or favorite warship. I'm thinking of battleships but all categories are welcome. If someone would like to create a voting list in this category please go right ahead as I wouldn't know how.
As to favorite warship, well I was always partial to the Bismark and theHMS Rodney (once again the look of it) also the Prince of Wales. I guess as far as sheer power goes well that would have to be the Yamato or the Musashi or one of the later american Iowa class battlewagons.
Anyway hope you folks like the idea of this.
Cheers GM

"Helmets on and heads down chaps it's rainin lead"

Jaeger · 01-03-2008, 10:37 PM

For me it would have to be the HMS Rodney. THe hulk that was there through the darkest hours, till the day that so many had waited for.

Slipdigit · 01-03-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by General Mayhem

If someone would like to create a voting list in this category please go right ahead as I wouldn't know how.

You have to do it when you create the thread. After you click on the green New Thread button and the new screen comes up, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. There is a section there called "post a pole" with some options. It's fairly self-explanatory after that.

Once it is created, it can not be amended, so be sure you have it like you it want before submitting it.

4th wilts · 02-03-2008, 01:59 PM

i like the hunt class destroyers of the royal navy,especially the ones that helped out during operation overlord/neptune.yours,4th wilts.

Gotthard Heinrici · 02-03-2008, 02:07 PM

My favourite ship would be the German Cruiser Prinz Eugen. Beautiful ship.

General Mayhem · 02-03-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Slipdigit

You have to do it when you create the thread. After you click on the green New Thread button and the new screen comes up, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. There is a section there called "post a pole" with some options. It's fairly self-explanatory after that.

Once it is created, it can not be amended, so be sure you have it like you it want before submitting it.

Thanks Jeff appreciate the info. Sounds sime enough and I like simple

General Mayhem · 02-03-2008, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaeger

For me it would have to be the HMS Rodney. THe hulk that was there through the darkest hours, till the day that so many had waited for.

Rodney is my 2nd favorite. It's unique design. I don't know if any othr ships of it' type were commissioned by te Royal Navy or the reasons behind mounting three turrets forward ad only one (I think One) aft.
Would like to have a model of it. Probably built about a dozen Bismark models as a kid and onward and upward, but Royal Navy ship models were non-existent in th states during the 60's. Does anyone know what became of HMS Rodney or whether she was totally unique?

Slipdigit · 02-03-2008, 06:52 PM

HMS Nelson, sister ship of the Rodney.

It had 3, 3x16in turrets forward and smaller bore weapons to th rear. Designed and built to save weight, as to remain within treaty limitations and still shipping 16in guns. I'm sure these have been discussed here at sometime or another.

Slipdigit · 02-03-2008, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by General Mayhem

Thanks Jeff appreciate the info. Sounds sime enough and I like simple

If I can do it, a bonehead can do it.

General Mayhem · 02-03-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th wilts

i like the hunt class destroyers of the royal navy,especially the ones that helped out during operation overlord/neptune.yours,4th wilts.

Thanks to all of you for chiming in on this. I'm grateful for the suport of this thread so I don't feel like a total amateur. You know not many people pay much heed of the tin cans, since the Battleships and Battlecruisers are perceived as being more "glamorous" if the term can be applied. Yet they were an indespensible and to often unsung part of the naval war, in all theatres.

01-03-2008, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
General Mayhem Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fairport Harbor Ohio Posts: 77	Favourite warship I thought since there as a thread for best tank and best fighter I might throw in best or favorite warship. I'm thinking of battleships but all categories are welcome. If someone would like to create a voting list in this category please go right ahead as I wouldn't know how. As to favorite warship, well I was always partial to the Bismark and theHMS Rodney (once again the look of it) also the Prince of Wales. I guess as far as sheer power goes well that would have to be the Yamato or the Musashi or one of the later american Iowa class battlewagons. Anyway hope you folks like the idea of this. Cheers GM "Helmets on and heads down chaps it's rainin lead"

02-03-2008, 02:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,495	My favourite ship would be the German Cruiser Prinz Eugen. Beautiful ship. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

02-03-2008, 06:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,609	HMS Nelson, sister ship of the Rodney. It had 3, 3x16in turrets forward and smaller bore weapons to th rear. Designed and built to save weight, as to remain within treaty limitations and still shipping 16in guns. I'm sure these have been discussed here at sometime or another. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

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Jaeger Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 58	For me it would have to be the HMS Rodney. THe hulk that was there through the darkest hours, till the day that so many had waited for.

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4th wilts Discharged Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: wessex Posts: 1,043	i like the hunt class destroyers of the royal navy,especially the ones that helped out during operation overlord/neptune.yours,4th wilts.

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