Thats true, but certain ppl don’t like the fact that RN’s main calibre fire proved ineffective to penetrate the citadel. There are two versions: In a German doc from years ago with surving sailors they claimed Bismarck sunk by her own crew (opened the seacocks, exploded demo charges). The other version is that HMS Dorsetshire had to torpedo the hulk to sink it.
Long story shot, Bismarck should be pretty safe vs. 14’’ and 15’’ BBs.
In all fairness Vanguard was only completed post war, Soyuz wasn’t even finished, and Roma never took part in combat before it sunk.
That only really leaves the other two, one of which was operating in a carrier dominant theatre and the other switched sides mid war.
To say any of the complete ships were bad seems a bit crass, Bismarck included.
That being said, WARSPITE NUMBER 1
(this was a reply to a german main who was mad at my comment about the bismarks rather underwhelming track record, which got mass flagged because of course it would, I made fun of a german wunderwaffe)
I knew id get a cope reply from a german main.
The boat lost, with only one sinking of its own from a lucky shot. POW survived and later was sunk by Japanese bombers.
its in good condition for a coral reef
Still a W for the stringbag
And then there was Tirpitz that got sunk by an angry Lancaster bombardier after sitting in port the entire war
I’m not the one who brought it up. If ppl mock one of the very few ships of the upcoming patch which actually saw vicious ship to ship combat, it deserves an answer.
From the ships of the upcoming update only Bismarck, Gneisenau and Yamato have a ship to ship combat record. Ppl forget that. Iowa was shooting sand her whole service life, Vanguard wasn’t completed in time, Roma no kills, Richelieu no kills, Soyuz lol.
I wasn’t trying to be agitative, I apologise if it seemed that way
Also I’m pretty sure Iowa did sink a cruiser (I think it was katori)
It wasn’t you. Maybe I quoted wrong, the board is not the best one.
MFW looting because low background steel source lol
Thats an issue. Remember a story from some years ago. Dutch DoD wanted to mount a plaque to the wreck of WW2 cruiser Java. 75th anniversary of the sinking. All they managed to find was the imprint of her in the sea bed. Totally gone and dismantled by metal thefts. Its not the only case.
I would be excited for all these Naval updates, but since the aiming in Naval Arcade was changed (ruined) I have not been playing Naval battles. Please fix/revert the changes to Naval Arcade aiming, it is terrible and not fun at all anymore. I miss playing my bote lineups:
Thank you, cheers @ Gaijin, Devs, Managers, Moderators 🍻
EDIT:
To anyone who suggests “just play Naval Realistic Battles”:
I have answered this so many times, just going to repost my response from now on:
That’s genuinely sad
Hey, look, it’s the glorified WW1 dreadnought.
What a joke compared to the Yamato.
But hey, I can say one thing.
“At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss.
His guns have gone silent at last,
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel”
:) Best song.
“From the mist a shape, a ship is taking form”
Yeah, she is a beauty
I mean the Stringbag entered service in 1936. Bismarck was laid down in 1936. Clearly they are of the same era and must be equal in capability
german mains are like their historical tacticians, a level 1 crewslot in ability. Stringbag mogs it
TBF stringbag had quite an impressive service life, the taranto bay attack was huge in its impact in tying down several capital ships for maintenance
From what I remember, Iowa sank Katori and made a super long range (possibly record breaking) shot on Nowaki. Aside from Iowa none of the other ships aside from Yamato sank ships so you’re partially right there. Yamato managed to sink at minimum two ships at Samar but there’s been talks she may have sank a third.
Granted POW also caused severe damage to Bismarck. Said damage being enough to force Lutjens to retire from the battle, as she was no longer combat effective due to the heavy flooding in her bow. That plus the later torpedo damage ended up dooming the ship.
Not to get into that debate. All I’ll say is Bismarck would have sunk anyway as she had taken far too much damage to stay afloat. With that in mind the scuttling argument is a moot point, and at the end of the day the RN still sank her
This hit from PoW also caused an fuel or oil leak leaving a long trail in the ocean, which helped the Catalina locate her
