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   From: skelton.peter@gmail.com   
      
   On 19/05/2011 12:57 AM, Eunometic wrote:   
   > On May 14, 3:46 am, Dean Markley  wrote:   
   >> On May 13, 11:05 am, eunome...@yahoo.com.au wrote:   
   >>   
   >> That was a key mistake on his part.  Actually building such ships as   
   >> Bismarck was pointless.  It was a First World War design and   
   >> essentially obsolete for a raiding purpose.   
   >   
   > Not true.   
   >   
   Correct. No ship of the line was ever satisfactory as a raider. They   
   cost too much and cover too little ocean.   
      
      
   >> The Germans could have   
   >> gotten many more u-boats for that huge expenditure.- Hide quoted text -   
   >   
   > Not true.   
   >   
   > The Bismark was designed to outfight anything it couldn't outrun and   
   > to outrun anything it couldn't out fight.   
   > It was faster than the KGV class it could outfight such lightweights   
   > as the Battlecruiser Hood.   
   >   
      
   The problem was outrunning aircraft. As soon as it became practical to   
   stuff radar into an aircraft, surface warship raiders were toast.   
      
   > The claim that it was out of date is based on the Germans not   
   > accepting the 'all or nothing' armour theory.   
   >   
      
      
      
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