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  1. OpanaPointer replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    The seawater went down the stacks and blew ALL the boilers that were lit off at the same time. That had to leave a hole in the water.

    Nov 30, 2023 at 8:37 PM
  2. OpanaPointer replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    I was literally thinking "OH, BARHAM!" while I was waiting for the thread to load. Great minds think alike. And so do ours!

    Nov 30, 2023 at 8:36 PM
  3. Carronade replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    You may be thinking of HMS Barham; torpedoed by a U-boat, she heeled over to port, still moving forward, and just as she was on her beam...

    Nov 30, 2023 at 6:56 PM
  4. OpanaPointer replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    Which one blew right the hell up?

    Nov 30, 2023 at 4:37 PM
  5. GRW liked Carronade's post in the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    If you're thinking of the Austrian Szent Istvan, she was torpedoed on the starboard side. A movie cameraman on another ship was filming...

    Nov 30, 2023 at 4:24 PM
  6. OpanaPointer replied to the thread PT Boats.

    "Crew's quarters" was sometimes described as "Crew's dimes."

    Nov 30, 2023 at 4:12 PM
  7. Carronade replied to the thread PT Boats.

    Just happened to look at this; the illustration is an 80-foot Elco PT, distinguished by the two twin .50-caliber mounts being staggered,...

    Nov 30, 2023 at 3:06 PM
  8. Carronade replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    If you're thinking of the Austrian Szent Istvan, she was torpedoed on the starboard side. A movie cameraman on another ship was filming...

    Nov 30, 2023 at 2:47 PM
  9. OpanaPointer replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    And Istvan(?) is the only battleship that blew up a few dozen times while being called something else. Forgot which one was the lucky star.

    Nov 30, 2023 at 2:14 PM
  10. GRW replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    Correct, thank you.

    Nov 30, 2023 at 1:11 PM
  11. Hobi12 posted a new thread.

    52nd lowland mountain division

    Hi I have previously put pictures and posts up about my grandfather that was in the 52nd lowland mountain division from 1942 I have...

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    Forum: Western Europe 1943 - 1945

    Nov 30, 2023 at 12:16 PM
  12. Carronade replied to the thread The Allies never get air superiority.

    The premise of this thread is the Germans achieving - and, I assume, maintaining - parity with the Allied air forces, which implies that...

    Nov 30, 2023 at 12:10 PM
  13. Carronade replied to the thread The Allies never get air superiority.

    They did use diesels on aircraft like the Ju-86 and BV-222, none of the high performance types AFAIK. Also AFAIK processes like coal...

    Nov 30, 2023 at 11:38 AM
  14. Roderick Hutchinson replied to the thread What if invasion of Egypt and Malta instead of Greek intervention in 1941??.

    The problem was the British had broken the Italian codes as fas as the DAK supply routes were concerned

    Nov 30, 2023 at 11:25 AM
  15. OpanaPointer replied to the thread P38 Found Off Italy.

    If it has turrets it's a battleship, ja?

    Nov 30, 2023 at 11:25 AM
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