The incredible power of battleship Bismarck's guns !!

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  1. Mr Badger

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    Apparently it could fire a one ton shell 24 miles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I've just had a look at a distance map and that, from just north of Lincoln, would land a shell in Grimsby.
    I simply cannot imagine that power, noise and effort to launch something that weight that distance, it blows my mind.
     
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    And we sunk the lovely person
     
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    The power of the Tsar Bomb has always made me feel uneasy. It broke windows in northern Norway, 900 mile away from the impact zone. And that was 1961, nearly 60 year ago :confused:
     
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    You might struggle sailing it up the Witham though.
     
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    Still not as impressive as Thiams arse...
     
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    I've been to Grimsby. That explains lots of things.
     
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    They once dropped an atom bomb on Grimsby it did £5.00s worth of damage.... That said I once spent an entire fortnight in Cleethorpes one Sunday...nothing changes... I bet they still only sing when they are fishing lol
     
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    No, I think it was £5m. Of improvements.
     
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    Lol
     
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    Bismark my arse
    the Yamato ,Japanese 2nd world war battleship had 18.1 inch guns the larges fitted on any warship ,
    Yamato's main battery consisted of nine 46 cm (18.1 in) 45 Caliber Type 94 naval guns—the largest caliber of naval artillery ever fitted to a warship,[14] although the shells were not as heavy as those fired by the British 18-inch naval guns of World War I. Each gun was 21.13 metres (69.3 ft) long, weighed 147.3 metric tons (162.4 short tons), and was capable of firing high-explosive or armor-piercing shells 42 kilometres (26 mi).
     
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    Nice copy and paste
     
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    If HMS Belfast, moored at Tower Bridge were to fire her guns, they would hit Watford Gap services.

    What are they waiting for?
     
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    If she sailed a bit further north she could hit Doncaster. Just saying.
     
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    My Grandad was on HMS Hood the largest and most powerful ship in the navy until the Bismarck got into her - Hood sank in three minutes.
     
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