Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "HMS Duke of Wellington - Guide 272" video.

  1. kieth moore, The German CB's Scharnhorst and Gneisnau. In an attempt at the ultimate in accuracy, their fire control systems were so baroquely complex that not even Hitler's supermen could operate them. Right before war broke out, the desperate crews ripped 11 kilometers of cabling out of each ship, leaving many unworkable devices in place but connected to nothing and only retaining what they could operate,
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  2. While Wellsley was the family name, Arthur's big brother Richard had a distinguished career serving as Governor General of India, Ambassador to Spain, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as well as holding cabinet rank. It was he who dreamed up the title "Wellington" for his younger brother as he was already "Lord Wellsley". "Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Marquees Wellesley, KG, PC, PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842), styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781 and known as The Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799,"
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  3.  @Edax_Royeaux  They did have the monitors HMS Marshal Ney and HMS Marshal Soult
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