HMS Warspite

[Bullwinkle58]

In my PBEM game with Mike/1EyedJacks I just managed to get this yard pig repaired enough to withdraw. Torped in January 1942 off PH, she spent every day until mid-February 1943 in a yard somewhere, except for the WC transit. Thirteen months to get float down to 50 and this POS ship out of the game.

Good riddance.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

In my PBEM game with Mike/1EyedJacks I just managed to get this yard pig repaired enough to withdraw. Torped in January 1942 off PH, she spent every day until mid-February 1943 in a yard somewhere, except for the WC transit. Thirteen months to get float down to 50 and this POS ship out of the game.

Good riddance.

warspite1

[;)]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

In my PBEM game with Mike/1EyedJacks I just managed to get this yard pig repaired enough to withdraw. Torped in January 1942 off PH, she spent every day until mid-February 1943 in a yard somewhere, except for the WC transit. Thirteen months to get float down to 50 and this POS ship out of the game.

Good riddance.

warspite1

[;)]

The Warspite crew knows good liberty when they can get it. Beats Scapa in winter or the Murmansk run. [:D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

In my PBEM game with Mike/1EyedJacks I just managed to get this yard pig repaired enough to withdraw. Torped in January 1942 off PH, she spent every day until mid-February 1943 in a yard somewhere, except for the WC transit. Thirteen months to get float down to 50 and this POS ship out of the game.

Good riddance.

warspite1

[;)]

The Warspite crew knows good liberty when they can get it. Beats Scapa in winter or the Murmansk run. [:D]

warspite1

Indeed AW1Steve [:D]. What Mr Bullwinkle no doubt does not realise is that by January 1942 when she was torpedoed (no doubt due to Mr Bullwinkle's poor captaincy), the Grand Old Lady and her crew had been in the war for over 2-years and, in the finest traditions of the Royal Navy, had put herself in harm's way in the service of her country in Norway, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic (just as she had done at Jutland over 25 years previously [&o][&o]).

Thanks to our Yankee Allies she was able to have serious damage, incurred in the Med, repaired at Bremerton. Now, ready to return to service once more, Mr Bullwinkle seems to be making something of a pig's ear of getting her back into service. Perhaps someone - a grown up perhaps - who knows this game can help him out? [:)]

[dcpollay]

Ironic....Just today, I withdrew her from my AI game. She fought Hyuga to a standstill protecting my Ambon invasion fleet under Japanese air cover, then took two aerial torps on the way home. Made CT in time for 2/25/43 withdrawal.

[Zorch]

Shades of HMS Refit and HMS Repair? (also known as Renown and Repulse)

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Colonel Mustard

Ironic....Just today, I withdrew her from my AI game. She fought Hyuga to a standstill protecting my Ambon invasion fleet under Japanese air cover, then took two aerial torps on the way home. Made CT in time for 2/25/43 withdrawal.

warspite1

Of course she did - that's my girl [&o][&o][&o]. Sounds like you know how to play her properly Colonel [:D]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

In my PBEM game with Mike/1EyedJacks I just managed to get this yard pig repaired enough to withdraw. Torped in January 1942 off PH, she spent every day until mid-February 1943 in a yard somewhere, except for the WC transit. Thirteen months to get float down to 50 and this POS ship out of the game.

Good riddance.

warspite1

[;)]

The Warspite crew knows good liberty when they can get it. Beats Scapa in winter or the Murmansk run. [:D]

Yeah, they found every sodomite in both Pearl and SF. Finest traditions of the service and all that rot.

Also terrible tippers.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

Shades of HMS Refit and HMS Repair? (also known as Renown and Repulse)

warspite1

I am not sure when that nickname was attached to the sisters - but HMS Renown had a very full career in WWII. As far as I recall she spent relatively little time in dry-dock and was active in the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the North and South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.

Poor HMS Repulse was not so fortunate....

[Chickenboy]

That tart certainly got around IRL [&o]. Reading about her involvement in the reduction of the Brest fortresses and other naval bombardment service in the Brittany campaign.

Speaking of Brittany and Brest, warspite1, that reminds me of a certain post that I need to make on the GD forums. [;)] Alas, since I am a mere mortal and not the KNOWER OF ALL THINGS(TM), I occasionally patronize the GD forums from time to time.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Poor HMS Repulse was not so fortunate....

Well, to be fair, old bean, she didn't spend much time in dry dock either during WWII.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: warspite1


warspite1

[;)]

The Warspite crew knows good liberty when they can get it. Beats Scapa in winter or the Murmansk run. [:D]

Yeah, they found every sodomite in both Pearl and SF. Finest traditions of the service and all that rot.

Also terrible tippers.

warspite1

How very pleasant of you [:)]. A rubbish WITP-AE player - and homophobic too. Nice [;)].

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

That tart certainly got around IRL [&o]. Reading about her involvement in the reduction of the Brest fortresses and other naval bombardment service in the Brittany campaign.

Speaking of Brittany and Brest, warspite1, that reminds me of a certain post that I need to make on the GD forums. [;)] Alas, since I am a mere mortal and not the KNOWER OF ALL THINGS(TM), I occasionally patronize the GD forums from time to time.

warspite1

You visit the GD forum???!!! Don't worry, I won't tell - your sordid secret is safe with me. Yes, Ormster has come up with a rather splendid new poll what?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Poor HMS Repulse was not so fortunate....

Well, to be fair, old bean, she didn't spend much time in dry dock either during WWII.

warspite1

No.... sadly, she was just one of those ships that was always missing out on the action. I think she fired her main guns once in anger - at Heligoland in 1918. Then, when she no doubt really wanted to miss out, she got caught up in that Force Z caper [:(]

[Zorch]

The nicknames were acquired in WWI, when Renown and Repulse were in and out of the dockyard after completion.

Another book I'm awaiting is 'Warships of the Great War Era (History of Ship Models)'.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

The nicknames were acquired in WWI, when Renown and Repulse were in and out of the dockyard after completion.

Another book I'm awaiting is 'Warships of the Great War Era (History of Ship Models)'.

warspite1

I must admit the naval side of the Great War is proving very interesting. Never gave it any real time until recently but thanks to Castles of Steel (which gave me the impetus to research the period) I am learning fast.

[dr.hal]

Ned Wilmontt's Battleship is a good one too.... Ned is one crazy guy but writes good history!

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: dr.hal

Ned Wilmontt's Battleship is a good one too.... Ned is one crazy guy but writes good history!

warspite1

Well that's a shame! I just looked this up on Amazon and there are 3 reviews - 2 x 5-star and 1 x 1-star [&:]. I hate it when that happens.....

[jakla1027]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Zorch

The nicknames were acquired in WWI, when Renown and Repulse were in and out of the dockyard after completion.

Another book I'm awaiting is 'Warships of the Great War Era (History of Ship Models)'.

warspite1

I must admit the naval side of the Great War is proving very interesting. Never gave it any real time until recently but thanks to Castles of Steel (which gave me the impetus to research the period) I am learning fast.

I to just finished Castles of Steel, very very good book. Looking to start his other book Dreadnought. Think Im reading them reverse order....but oh well. Got a feeling however that Dreadnought will be a very slow read

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Indeed AW1Steve [:D]. What Mr Bullwinkle no doubt does not realise is that by January 1942 when she was torpedoed (no doubt due to Mr Bullwinkle's poor captaincy), the Grand Old Lady and her crew had been in the war for over 2-years and, in the finest traditions of the Royal Navy, had put herself in harm's way in the service of her country in Norway, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic (just as she had done at Jutland over 25 years previously [&o][&o]).

Thanks to our Yankee Allies she was able to have serious damage, incurred in the Med, repaired at Bremerton. Now, ready to return to service once more, Mr Bullwinkle seems to be making something of a pig's ear of getting her back into service. Perhaps someone - a grown up perhaps - who knows this game can help him out? [:)]

She jumped in front of the spread to selflessly sacrifice herself to save that Clemson class destroyer from certain annihilation. [:D]