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   From: skelton.peter@gmail.com   
      
   On 19/05/2011 9:25 PM, Eunometic wrote:   
   > On May 20, 10:34 am, Peter Skelton  wrote:   
   >> On 19/05/2011 8:03 PM, Eunometic wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> On May 19, 10:01 pm, Peter Skelton    wrote:   
   >>>> On 19/05/2011 1:58 AM, Eunometic wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> On May 19, 3:06 pm, Dan      wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 5/18/2011 11:57 PM, Eunometic wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>>> Forget about the Iowa class they came years latter.   
   >>   
   >>>>>>      OK, what about Colorado, North Carolina and South Dakota classes?   
   >>   
   >>>>>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired   
   >>   
   >>>>> Bismark was 2 knots faster than all of those classes.   
   >>   
   >>>> It was a Nelson that caught her and shot the sh*t out of her, wasn't it?   
   >>>> Of course that was after a plane slowed her down and a cruiser disabled   
   >>>> her gunnery.   
   >>   
   >>> No cruiser disabled her gunnery or scored a hit.   
   >>   
   >> That is complete nonsense. You Call yourself a liar below.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >>> After Bismarck had been crippled to 7 knots speed and intercepted by   
   >>> Rodney and KGV she was hit several times by Rodney&    KGV before   
   >>> Norfolk socred a hit on one of her 3 main directors.   
   >>   
   >> You are calling yourself a liar here. Well done, it was courteous of you   
   >> to save me the trouble.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> Euro's position is that after aircraft torpedoed B and a cruiser knocked   
   >> out her directors, Rodney shot her all to hell. At the same time he   
   >> states that no cruiser hit her.   
   >>   
   >> He feels that that disagrees with my statement above repeated here:   
   >>   
   >> "It was a Nelson that caught her and shot the sh*t out of her, wasn't   
   >> it? Of course that was after a plane slowed her down and a cruiser   
   >> disabled her gunnery."   
   >   
   > Your original post was written such that it created the impression   
   > that Norfolk's hits had been critical in disabling Bismarck. . . .   
   >   
      
   I made no reference to that engagement at all. What are you blathering   
   about?   
      
      
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   Peter   
      
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