tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post8491974795499099164..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: What Was Wrong With Beatty's "Bloody Ships" at Jutland?snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-71594818300601416702015-03-10T09:33:53.570-07:002015-03-10T09:33:53.570-07:00War is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious ...War is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.<br /><br />Your article is very well done, a good read.Geraldhttp://www.greatmilitarybattles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-71026687201537148402015-02-02T16:11:22.799-08:002015-02-02T16:11:22.799-08:00Forgot my name.Forgot my name.Ryan Nashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-90908674642839790222015-02-02T16:07:03.419-08:002015-02-02T16:07:03.419-08:00The last statement is not completely true, as Brit...The last statement is not completely true, as Britain had a more advanced fire control system, director firing, and yet due to inexperience (lack of training facilities for gunnery at Rosyth), Beatty's battlecrusiers had a horrible hit rate. (see British Battlecruisers vs German Battlecrusiers, Mark Stille). The Germans managed to get close to Beattys ships, allowing for them to get he firstAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-39108616497027962012014-11-20T15:14:11.735-08:002014-11-20T15:14:11.735-08:00Surely the fundamental problem was that battlecrui...Surely the fundamental problem was that battlecruisers had much thinner armour than battleships. They were never intended to fight in the Line of Battle; they were intended as large cruisers capable of hunting down enemy cruisers. Hence they had battleship-sized guns but with thinner armour to enable a higher speed. This was nothing new; at the turn of the century some armoured cruisers were Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-91025284678019823542014-11-20T11:40:54.200-08:002014-11-20T11:40:54.200-08:00It is an interesting theory. It is an interesting theory. bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.com