Comments by "Katy" (@KatyushaLauncher) on "The Refit of HMS Hood - But what if she had survived?" video.

  1.  @godofhate4167  Really? Bismarck sank a very old and outdated Battlecruiser woah is that all she's capable of? That's not much of an achievement. Bismarck was badly designed for a ship that has standard displacement 42,700 tons compared to the King George V-class and Nelson-class of the Royal Navy, Bismarck had thinner armor, had an Obsolete turtleback armor scheme, had a lighter broadside, had inferior radar and fire control systems, the only real advantage Bismarck had was just that she was fast. Hood deserved her refit and if don't think that way then you must be living an alternate reality, what makes you think that Hood not getting her refit and getting blown up was good idea for the Royal Navy?
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  2.  @go2mikerenzi  Yes they designated her as a Battlecruiser just because she was faster than any of their existing Battleships
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  3.  @go2mikerenzi  Hood was technically a Fast Battleship, Hood had armor on par with Queen Elizabeth-class of Battleships
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  4. No, Hood had armor on par to the Queen Elizabeth-class of Battleships
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  5. The Hood was technically a Fast Battleship, Hood had armor comparable to the Queen Elizabeth-class of Battleships
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  6. There aren't any U-boats near the Denmark Straits at the time
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  7.  @paddyodriscoll8648  At least in the Video, the facts he is saying is actually true unlike those in your so called page. Also don't compare him to the Facebook dorks on your page, for one he knows a lot more than them
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  8. Well it's kinda a lost cause for Lütjens because of the damages to Bismarck. Bismarck would be wasting her already limited fuel supply and the Bigger problem was Bismarck could only do 28 knots and you might say she can catch up with since they both have the same speed now but Prince of Wales had already put quite a distance and of course Prince of Wales still has back up like the shadowing cruisers Norfolk and Suffolk
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  9. Prinz Eugen was a Heavy Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers don't count as Capital ships
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  10. What's wrong with answering leftover questions? Yes Hood exploded and sank we all get that but a majority of us want the full and detailed explanation. We asked those questions and he answered and that's enough for us, don't put your words in our mouths
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  11.  @McRocket  I'm not arguing wether or not Hood can be converted into a carrier because you DEFINITELY can, I'm arguing about the cost of that conversion. You really can't understand a simple words? Since your mind is definitely in another plain of existence, you can go there and maybe find someone to actually give your thoughts to
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  12.  @McRocket  That's not the only thing they have to remove, they are more things to remove like - The 12 inch armor belt - The Upper 7 inch upper belt - The Fire Control Systems - The 15 inch magazine spaces - The 4 inch magazine spaces - The entirety of the armored deck - Almost everything inside the hull to make space to accommodate aircrafts All in all there are so many things to take off that it is much more expensive. They would have to pay for removing all of those parts, they would have to pay to store those parts if they're not going to use them immediately, they would have to pay for the new parts for the conversion, and of course they would have to pay for the conversion itself. It is much more easier and cheaper to build a new carrier at this point
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  13. There's quite a big problem, Hood was already completed as a Battlecruiser. Trying to rebuild a complete ship is kind of a waste, it would be much easier to just build a new carrier at that point
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  14. Bismarck was inferior to the Modern British Battleships, also what's one badly designed Battleship going to do against a whole navy?
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  15. No, Enterprise was no longer fit to be refitted like Essex-class, the only use she would have left if she were not scrapped is a museum ship
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  16. Bismarck's armor was very Obsolete no better than Hood's WW1 armor or even worse. The whole video is just a speculation on what COULD have happened. Also the Bismarck was inferior to even the Nelson-class, the only superiority Bismarck had was just her speed
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  17. Nope, the Admiralty knows full well the short comings of Hood but still chose to send her because they don't have any capital ship that was fast and was heavily armored as Hood
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  18. Hood had 12 inches of armor belt which was the same as the North Carolina-class of Battleships, Hood had 3 inches of deck armor the same as the Queen Elizabeth-class of Battleships
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  19. Hood offered the same protection as the Queen Elizabeth-class of Battleships
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  20. Hood didn't suck, she was just unmodernised simple as that
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  21. If that shell wasn't a dudd then it would explode as soon as it hits the water far away from POW's hull
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  22.  @karlsenula9495  There are no U-boats present anywhere British Ports either at the time
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  23. Bismarck was already hit by Prince of Wales even before Hood had sunk in reality, the Bismarck will still get hunted down regardless of Hood's fate
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  24. No, Hood surviving was much more likely than you even getting born in this world
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  25. The most realistic sense is that both of them won't survive the Breakers
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  26. On surface ships, the conning tower was a feature of all battleships and armored cruisers from about 1860 to the early years of World War II. Located at the front end of the superstructure, the conning tower was a heavily armored cylinder, with tiny slit windows on three sides providing a reasonable field of view. Designed to shield just enough personnel and devices for navigation during battles, its interior was cramped and basic, with little more than engine order telegraphs, speaking tubes or telephones, and perhaps a steering wheel. When he said that nobody used the Conning tower, he was correct, There is no evidence that RN captains and admirals used the armoured conning towers on those ships that did have them during World War II, with, for example, Vice-Admiral Holland and Captain Kerr commanding Hood during the Battle of the Denmark Strait from her unarmoured bridge.
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  27. Converting an already complete ship is an utter waste, building a new carrier is much more easier and cheaper
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  28.  @lingcod91  You're ignoring logistics ey? For all capital ship of the Kriegsmarine to sail to together you would have to wait until all for four of them would be operational. Bismarck was fully prepared for Operation Rheinübung by the 16 May 1941 and by that time Scharnhorst and Gneisenau was still being repaired until months later, and Tirpitz was not fully operational until January 1942. So for all of them to operate together they would have to wait until January 1942 when Tirpitz becomes fully operational and by that point the Royal Navy's strength is much more stronger, The Royal Navy would already worked up the problems of the Quad turrets of the King George V-class and HMS Duke of York would be fully online, HMS Victorious will be fully worked up and can now deploy the Fulmar and Alabacore planes, and that's why they would have less chance than before because unlike Bismarck in the original Operation Rheinübung, the German Task Force would have to face a stronger enemy. You can go to drydock Episode 43 on Time Stamp 20:12 where he pretty much explains it much better than I do
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  29. Then she'd receive some minor refits like all the other King George V-class battleships
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  30.  @RanenPo  Well I will agree that the British would get more out of their money if they would have kept Vanguard instead of Hood because as you said the Vanguard was the definitely a better ship
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  31.  @mrrolandlawrence  The quote you took from Admiral Jellicoe was from WW1, read the title of the text, it says "Jutland and design Revisions". Jellicoe was assessing the loses of the Battlecruisers at Jutland and Not Hood's
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  32. The Royal Navy did not procrastinate Hood for the simple fact that they didn't have enough money to modernize or give her a small refit
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  33. Bismarck tried to 1v2 HMS King George V and HMS Rodney and promptly got demolished. There's no real reality that Bismarck can sink 1 battleship or even more after she received her damaged at the Denmark Straits
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  34. Watch his video on why Hood sank, "plunging fire" is not possible in those ranges
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  35. Technologically Hood was not undergunned, Hood actually had a slightly heavier broadside than Bismarck, Hood was not underarmored as she had a 12 inch inclined belt armor the same as the North Carolina-class of battleship of WW2, she had a 3 inch armored deck the same as the Queen Elizabeth-class of Battleships. Hood's powder magazines and storage compartments were standard and did not have any significant weaknesses, Hood Unmodernised can battle WW2 Cruisers, Not WW2 Destroyers since no capital ship is willing to risk their ship on Destroyer attacks, Hood against WW2 capital ships has more than a decent chance to win even with her decrepit state
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  36. The cost of Hood to convert her to a carrier when she's already fully built would cost the same or even more than just building a new carrier
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  37. Bismarck will still die either way regardless of Hood's fate, Bismarck was still a high priority target that they must sink. The Royal Navy won't send every available ship on Bismarck but in reality those ships didn't make it time so they are irrelevant
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  38. Hey you know what's more rubbish? Your comment
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  39. The determination to sink the Bismarck is still there regardless of Hood's fate, Bismarck is still a threat to the allied convoys so she will still meet the 12 Royal Navy ships that engaged her and will still die
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  40. Bismarck won't necessarily escape, she's still a high priority target since the Royal Navy doesn't want an Enemy Fast Battleship messing with their convoys. In the realistic sense it would be almost the same, Bismarck would get near Saint Nazaire but Force H will still be called upon and the rudder hit would occur and the Battle just goes exactly the same
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  41. Well that is most likely
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  42.  @godofhate4167  Yeah Bismarck was top tier obsolete trash, I am in no way British by the way, Hood died because she was unmodernised simple as that. I'm not arguing that the British didn't lose that because in reality they did lose the Battle of the Denmark Straits, go drink a cup coffee because your mind is a bit out of reality
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  43. No, converting an already complete ship is a waste, building a new ship entirely is easier and cheaper
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  44. HMS Dorsetshire had spotted a U-boat (U-74) when she was picking up survivors, there's no way that the Captain would also risk his own men, Dorsetshire had no proper anti-submarine gear meaning she's a perfect target for a U-boat. Most of Bismarck's crew actually just froze to death in the Atlantic
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  45.  @whydoyougottahavthis  So I'm assuming you're arguing about U-boats near Hood after she was damaged at the Battle of the Denmark Straits? You should read V.E.Tennant's The U-Boat Offensive 1914-1945, then you'll know that after the 19th of May 1941 there were no other interceptions made for the rest of May. So no, there were no U-boats at the time that could strike Hood on her way back
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  46.  @whydoyougottahavthis  Can't you read? I said "at the time"
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  47. He's not worshipping it, can't you understand simple English? It's "What If" scenario, on things that COULD have happened
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  48. That's quite an obvious end to her
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  49. That's a very big Uno Reverse Card
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  50. There's no way the Royal Navy would keep one of it's only technical Fast Battleships just in commission without doing anything with it, they're going to utilize every ship they have
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  51. Prinz Eugen's 8" HE shell could not have sunk Hood
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  52.  @donkeyboy585  Hood was still capable of 30 knots even with her decrepit state
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  53. There's nothing left to scrap even if they tried
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  54.  @dmunro9076  Read carefully those three posts are referring to the fire control directories, "A FuMO 23" is singular not plural
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  55.  @Andrei613  I'm only saying that "maybe" she can be the flagship of the Home Fleet or if she wasn't, she'd still stay in the Home Fleet. In is in protocol to choose the best and most modern ship to be your flagship and if Hood did have her massive rebuild she kinda is the best since she is the only true Fast Battleship in the Royal Navy and the most modern in terms of reconstruction
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  56. Not necessarily, Hood will still stay in the Home Fleet as she may still be the flagship of the Home Fleet and even if she wasn't she'll most likely still stay in the Atlantic
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  57. Bismarck will still basically die, it's not that much change
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  58.  @TraditionalAnglican  Hood had Gunnery Radar and Early Warning Radar
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  59.  @hrvojetasner5173  But the circumstances will technically be the same regardless of Hood's fate, even without oil slick the Bismarck will be found, the only reason the Catalina Flying boat was able to find that oil slick was because the British had already triangulated Bismarck's location meaning the Catalina Flying boat would have already known where to look. Force H will still be utilized, remember that Ark Royal was the only ship that could strike Bismarck in time, in that scenario where Bismarck is still alone that rudder hit is still likely to occur like in reality
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  60. Well because by the time Vanguard would start reconstruction, the Royal Navy would definitely know that battleships are Obsolete. It doesn't make more sense to finish Vanguard as a battleship knowing the fact that she would not be as useful as a carrier
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  61. Newer doesn't necessarily mean Cheaper, Vanguard was much more larger and required even more men, meaning maintenance for her would be more expensive
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  62. Leaving doors open? Admiral Holland only wanted Hood to close in the distance since Hood is weak in long range engagements
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  63. Hood would have been the British Pacific Fleet's Flagship meaning her duties would be limited to carrier escorts and maybe an occasional shore bombardment, it's unlikely that Hood would have replaced Repulse in Force Z
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  64.  @MrArtbv  Okay, even then Hood will most likely still stay with the Home Fleet because even with her decrepit state she is still a valuable asset in the Atlantic
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  65.  @go2mikerenzi  The Royal Navy had no choice but to send Hood, no other capital ship had the speed, armor and armaments than Hood, by 1941 "The Mighty Hood" was definitely not mighty in any way possible
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  66. Bismarck was the ship in battle that got hit first by Prince of Wales that is
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  67.  @Andrei613  Hood was still able to cruise at a higher speed that what you have stated like on 18 June 1940 where Hood tried to pursue the French Battleship Strasbourg, she was able to reach 28 knots and like in the Battle of the Denmark Straits where both Hood and Prince of Wales cruised at 28 knots. At least according to Frank Allen amd Paul Bevand, by 1941 Hood had a top speed of 29 knots, that's not exactly 30 knots but close enough
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  68. It's likely that she will have her major refit, The Admiralty knows full well that Hood won't get a second chance if she had survived her encounter with Bismarck, I mean realistically there's no point in patching up a very very old and worn out ship
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  69. She would most likely still stay with the Home Fleet
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  70. Yes the Royal Navy will still put out much effort into sinking the Bismarck, Bismarck is still a high priority target that must be sunk so she cannot threaten convoys
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  71. Realistically Bismarck will not survive and even if she had survived she would be sunk long before she could meet Hood again
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  72.  @Groza_Dallocort  Those 60 ships never made it so even without them things would just be the same
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  73. More like a Vanguard to me
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  74. The 5.25" mount was already ready from the incomplete Vanguard, realistically the Royal Navy would want to shorten Hood's time in her modernization meaning they would those 5.25" mounts which were already ready since it was faster, 4.5" DP guns were being prioritized to be used on carriers and the Royal Navy doesn't want to disturb that
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  75. And you sir are you clueless, there are no submarines there at the time
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  76. Secondary batteries for smaller enemy vessels such as Destroyers or Cruisers
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  77.  @Idahoguy10157  Yes that would be the case
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  78. In one of his drydock videos he explained that even Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, and Gneisenau were able to sail together then the chances of them surviving is even lower than before, Lütjens is not going to abandon his mission, he was already adamant that Bismarck should not engage the British in The Denmark Straits
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  79.  Jonah Whale  My mistake then
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  80. Bismarck's fate is sealed regardless of Hood's fate
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  81.  @notsureyou  Logically yes you can make Bismarck escape but Realistically she will die regardless as I have already said, The rudder hit that doomed her mostly likely occur the same as before, Force H will still be called upon and HMS Ark Royal to attack Bismarck wether or not Hood sank, the situation and settings of the events is almost exactly the same, nothing really changes that much if Hood had survived. Again realistically speaking Bismarck is doomed to die and even of she survived on 27th of May, she will inevitably die like every capital ship the Kriegsmarine owned
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  82. Bismarck will still die, her escaping is just delaying the inevitable
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  83.  Jonah Whale  The point is even if the British tried to scrap whatever's left of Hood is Not worth the effort to try and go to the Denmark Straits and salvage it
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  84.  @NegativeZero56  Technically it's slower, for one they would rip almost everything apart from that ship, Secondly they'd have to find and pay to store the parts that were removed if they're not going to use it immediately, Thirdly they'd have to order new parts to make a brand new modern carrier from Hood's hull, Fourth and finally they'd be be able to finally start the conversion, in a realistic sense all that that process would be finished by late 1944 or early 1945 and by that point there's no really use for an additional carrier any longer. Hood Was Not Obsolete, she was just unmodernised, she was the only Fast Battleship the Royal Navy has and yes technically Hood is a Fast Battleship as she had Battleship grade armor.
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  85. All Battleships have backup radar but in Bismarck's case the radar she had left was inadequate for gunnery at those ranges
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  86.  @dmunro9076  The Forward radar set that was knocked out definitely wasn't adequate
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  87.  @dmunro9076  According to http://www.kbismarck.com/controltiri.html Bismarck only had 1 FuMO 23 Radar meaning when Bismarck knocked out her radar she basically knocked all of her radar which was only 1
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  88. Hood was not your ordinary Battlecruiser
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