Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Queen Elizabeth Class - Design and Damage History" video.

  1. Oddly enough. He wasn't actually that bad, and his emphasis on a greater degree of initiative on the part of his commanders was a positive move. Having said that, he never commanded the fleet in action...............!
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  2. South Dakota & Alabama. The photo. was probably taken around 7 July, 1943, when the three battleships, together with HMS Anson, HMS Furious, 8 RN & 5 USN destroyers, were part of Operation Camera, a diversionary mission off the Norwegian coast intended to suggest an allied landing, to draw German attention away from Operation Husky in the Mediterranean, which began on 8/9 July. At the end of July, Malaya was placed in reserve until used as a bombardment ship at the Normandy landings.
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  3. Let us all hope the fuze wasn't set with a time delay.
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  4. Please don't. Life is depressing enough as it is at the moment!
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  5. An Iron Duke Class battleship.
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  6.  @kierenboimufc5940  I hadn't noticed the MUFC. How nice to meet someone else brought up in the true faith!!!
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  7. No, but May 1943 might have been slightly delayed. The appearance of Support Groups and escort carrier groups was probably equally important. Ironically, the Battle could probably have been won earlier if someone, Churchill perhaps, had grabbed Harris by his uniform collar and ordered him to transfer three squadrons of Lancasters to Coastal Command for long range ops. over the Atlantic.
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  8.  @petersouthernboy6327  I am not minimising anything. I am simply replying to your original question, and adding a personal comment of my own. 'Do the Allies Lose the Battle of the Atlantic without the B-24 Liberator ?'
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  9. Immediately after the war, we had a Labour government which wasn't interested in Britain's naval heritage. Whether a Tory one would have been any better is unlikely, given that the remaining KGVs and Vanguard were scrapped by Tory administrations, but I believe that there was some public support for the preservation of Warspite at the time, which was ignored.
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  10. Yes. She was slowly returned to Plymouth, arriving there in early February, 1945. She then underwent an extensive refit, involving the fitment of more advanced radar, among other features, which took until August, 1946. After that, she became a harbour training ship, renamed HMS IMPERIEUSE. She was placed on the disposal list in 1948, and arrived at Cairnryan for scrapping in August, 1948. Why she was so refitted, at considerable expense, at that period of the war, is baffling, to be polite about it! Warspite was very badly mined off Normandy in June, 1944. One turret and two shafts were put out of action and she was sent to Rosyth to be patched up. When she arrived, she was drawing 42 feet aft. As she limped up the Firth of Forth, the warships of the Home Fleet, led by the battleships Anson & Howe, all manned ship to cheer her as she passed. She was repaired sufficiently to operate as a bombardment ship, although down to 15 knots and three turrets. On 25 August, she shelled Brest in support of the US VIII corps, followed by Le Havre in support of the British 49th & 51st Divisions. Finally, on 1 November, 1944, she shelled Walcheren.
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  11. Alabama & South Dakota, off Norway during Operation Camera on 7 July, 1943, I believe.
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  12.  @mk_gamíng0609  We should also have HMS Whimbrel, but don't.
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