Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "KMS Admiral Hipper - Guide 080" video.

@hellishgrin4604 I don't think I have tried to make anything of anything, and I certainly haven't expressed any opinion, other than that what one person might regard as 'stupid' others may well consider perfectly reasonable.
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@hellishgrin4604 How is naming a warship after famous admirals or famous generals in any way stupid? I believe that the US Navy had a battleship called Washington, and has a carrier called Nimitz, does it not? I assume of course, that you know who the four people concerned actually were? I suppose whether a name is good or stupid rather depends on the personal prejudices of the person making the judgement. It certainly seems to do so in your case. I wonder whether the RN naming a warship Glowworm is really more stupid that the US Navy naming several vessels after heroes of the Confederacy, but I make no judgment.
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@hellishgrin4604 I have no intention of trying to prove or disprove anything, because what may seem 'stupid' to one person may well seem entirely reasonable to another, and I really don't see that it matters anyway. However, if such things excite you, why not look up the RN's Insect class gunboats built from 1915 onwards. Some of the names there may keep you amused for hours. I would suggest, by the way, that some might consider calling an aircraft-carrier 'Auspicious Crane' silly, but clearly the Japanese didn't.
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@hellishgrin4604 Frankly, the tone of your original post, and your subsequent additions to it, make it unlikely in the extreme that I would consider as useful any advice that you might care to give, and even more unlikely that I would take it.
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@kevinanderson3849 True, but in Eugen's case, it was the only voyage of any duration she undertook. Other than that, there was only the Channel Dash, an abortive attempt to reach Norway, and short-range shore bombardment duties in the Baltic. I wouldn't be surprised if the average US or British heavy cruiser steamed further in 6 weeks than Eugen did in the whole of her career.
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Why would you say that?
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Actually 'Glowworm.' RN destroyers had names which began with the letter of the class to which they belonged. Probably explains why there was never an X or Y class. The War Emergencies went straight from W to Z.
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Really? The Hippers had very high pressure boilers which were constantly breaking down. Appearance is all very well, but the ability to do the job is rather more important, and the Hippers lacked this ability.
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@kevinanderson3849 Blucher didn't have time to have any engine problems, but Prinz Eugen certainly did. After being detached by Lutjens to operate independently against merchant shipping, but before any merchant ship was found, defects in her engines showed and on 27 May, the day Bismarck was sunk, she was ordered to give up her mission and make for a port in occupied France. On 28 May Prinz Eugen refuelled from the tanker Esso Hamburg. The same day more engine problems showed up, including trouble with the port engine turbine, the cooling of the middle engine and problems with the starboard screw, reducing her maximum speed to 28 knots. The screw problems could only be checked and repaired in a dock and thus Brest, with its large docks and repair facilities, was chosen as destination.
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@kevinanderson3849 You were the one who referred to ' four years in war duty', not me. In fact, the actual war duties of the Kriegsmarine's major warships were small. Of course the circumstances were different, which, from the point of view of the Kriegsmarine was probably just as well because the high pressure boilers in the Hippers and the German destroyer force were the cause of constant problems.
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Not a fair comparison. New Orleans & the Counties were Washington cruisers, built to adhere to the terms of the Treaty. Both were 100 feet shorter than the 697 feet of the Hippers, which displaced around half as much again as the other two. The Counties and the New Orleans were also around eight years older.
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@lmyrski8385 Well, whoever made the comparison, it is not a valid one.
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