ORIGINAL: Przemcio231
Well the Germans BC's did do a lot better then their Brit Counterpart's who had a tendency to Blow up... 3 in one battle and the 4th over 20 yars later...
Yes, due to poor quality propellant primarily. While the German BC's were better protected, had the RN not at that time been plauged with the before mentioned issue, its likely that none of the 3 BC's with the possible exception of Indefatigable would have been lost.
On the same token, had the British shells preformed to WWII specifications (or closer to the time period...."Greenboy" shells).....its highly likely several German capital ships would have been lost. This is not to take away from the German capital's stout construction reputation....but the RN issues were a major factor in their survival as well as the deaths of the three unfortuanate British captials.
I would also agree that Hipper outfought Beatty who preformed poorly and rashly in stark comparison to Jellicoe's fine handling vs. Scheer's bumbling.
