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RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:12 pm
by Skanvak
But the Yamato is so much more than a warship. It is the spirit of a nation (Yamato is an old term for Japan for those who might not know). It has the biggest guns. It is a legend.
And we have still to see the warspite rise from the bottom of the sea to defeat a star empire alone.
Legend are beyond fact. The Yamato is legend.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:27 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Skanvak
And we have still to see the warspite rise from the bottom of the sea to defeat a star empire alone.
warspite1
Well that's a statement I can't argue with [:)]
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:19 pm
by Empire101
ORIGINAL: Skanvak
But the Yamato is so much more than a warship. It is the spirit of a nation (Yamato is an old term for Japan for those who might not know). It has the biggest guns. It is a legend.
And we have still to see the warspite rise from the bottom of the sea to defeat a star empire alone.
Legend are beyond fact. The Yamato is legend.
There you go....Ya, Boo, sucks to you!!
I win, I win. Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah!!( trips, & falls thankfully down a mineshaft )[:D]
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:55 pm
by Orm
ORIGINAL: Empire101
Suck on 11 gunpoints Warspite [:D]
I am more impressed by the armor rating.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:05 pm
by micheljq
ORIGINAL: Skanvak
But the Yamato is so much more than a warship. It is the spirit of a nation (Yamato is an old term for Japan for those who might not know). It has the biggest guns. It is a legend.
And we have still to see the warspite rise from the bottom of the sea to defeat a star empire alone.
Legend are beyond fact. The Yamato is legend.
Isn't Yamato a hero of the early samurai time Japan?
And Musashi a master duelist?
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:50 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Empire101
ORIGINAL: Skanvak
But the Yamato is so much more than a warship. It is the spirit of a nation (Yamato is an old term for Japan for those who might not know). It has the biggest guns. It is a legend.
And we have still to see the warspite rise from the bottom of the sea to defeat a star empire alone.
Legend are beyond fact. The Yamato is legend.
There you go....Ya, Boo, sucks to you!!
I win, I win. Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah!!( trips, & falls thankfully down a mineshaft )[:D]
Warspite1
[:D]
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:52 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: micheljq
ORIGINAL: Skanvak
But the Yamato is so much more than a warship. It is the spirit of a nation (Yamato is an old term for Japan for those who might not know). It has the biggest guns. It is a legend.
And we have still to see the warspite rise from the bottom of the sea to defeat a star empire alone.
Legend are beyond fact. The Yamato is legend.
Isn't Yamato a hero of the early samurai time Japan?
And Musashi a master duelist?
Warspite1
I don't know about that but the ships were named after Japanese provinces.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:39 pm
by shunwick
Empire101,
Happy to see that you finally got the avatar sorted out. Cool!
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:03 am
by Neilster
Glider bombs? Got a source for that Warspite1? The Bat glide-bomb seems to have been used in the Pacific but I haven't heard of them being used in this attack.
Cheers, Neilster
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:14 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: Neilster
Glider bombs? Got a source for that Warspite1? The Bat glide-bomb seems to have been used in the Pacific but I haven't heard of them being used in this attack.
Cheers, Neilster
HMS Warspite was hit by a guided missile in the Mediterranean and I think that was the glide-bomb Warspite referred to.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:11 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Neilster
Glider bombs? Got a source for that Warspite1? The Bat glide-bomb seems to have been used in the Pacific but I haven't heard of them being used in this attack.
Cheers, Neilster
warspite1
HMS Warspite (and others inc USS Savannah) were hit off Salerno by the German Fritz X - the most common nickname for the German anti-ship glide bomb used in the latter half of WWII.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:35 am
by Neilster
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Neilster
Glider bombs? Got a source for that Warspite1? The Bat glide-bomb seems to have been used in the Pacific but I haven't heard of them being used in this attack.
Cheers, Neilster
warspite1
HMS Warspite (and others inc USS Savannah) were hit off Salerno by the German Fritz X - the most common nickname for the German anti-ship glide bomb used in the latter half of WWII.
Sorry. I was only skimming and was thinking of the Yamato.
Cheers, Neilster
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:39 am
by Empire101
ORIGINAL: shunwick
Empire101,
Happy to see that you finally got the avatar sorted out. Cool!
Best wishes,
Steve
Thanks, all shiny and new and showing my true allegiance to MWIF ( and WitP AE by default )!![8D]
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:50 pm
by morgil
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Empire101
Just thought I'd show off my shiny new Avatar....thanks Froonp
Suck on 11 gunpoints Warspite [:D]
Warspite1
Kiss my bottom Yamato - fancy comparing war histories? - How 'bout ships sunk or major battles contested? no? Strike 1 - well what about hitting enemy battleships from range? No? Strike 2 - Okay, well let's try taking one for the team (well over thirty actually + mines, bombs and glider bombs) and still surviving to fight another day? Strike 3 [:)]
Victory to the Grand Old Lady me thinks [&o]
Are you are refering to the Bizmark ?
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:15 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: morgil
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Empire101
Just thought I'd show off my shiny new Avatar....thanks Froonp
Suck on 11 gunpoints Warspite [:D]
Warspite1
Kiss my bottom Yamato - fancy comparing war histories? - How 'bout ships sunk or major battles contested? no? Strike 1 - well what about hitting enemy battleships from range? No? Strike 2 - Okay, well let's try taking one for the team (well over thirty actually + mines, bombs and glider bombs) and still surviving to fight another day? Strike 3 [:)]
Victory to the Grand Old Lady me thinks [&o]
Are you are refering to the Bizmark ?
warspite1
What on earth are you talking about?
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:38 pm
by Extraneous
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Kiss my bottom Yamato - fancy comparing war histories? - How 'bout ships sunk or major battles contested? no? Strike 1 - well what about hitting enemy battleships from range? No? Strike 2 - Okay, well let's try taking one for the team (well over thirty actually + mines, bombs and glider bombs) and still surviving to fight another day? Strike 3 [:)]
Victory to the Grand Old Lady me thinks [&o]
To be fair and since Yamato was commissioned December 18, 1941 you would have to compare the ships form that date forward.
How about damage taken in a single attack? Strike 1 Warspite [:D]
What was the longest range hit by Warspite? October 25, 1944 Yamato hit an American ship with her first savo at 20 miles [:)]
Largest scale model of the warship. Strike 2 Warspite [:D]
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:52 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Extraneous
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Kiss my bottom Yamato - fancy comparing war histories? - How 'bout ships sunk or major battles contested? no? Strike 1 - well what about hitting enemy battleships from range? No? Strike 2 - Okay, well let's try taking one for the team (well over thirty actually + mines, bombs and glider bombs) and still surviving to fight another day? Strike 3 [:)]
Victory to the Grand Old Lady me thinks [&o]
To be fair and since Yamato was commissioned December 18, 1941 you would have to compare the ships form that date forward.
How about damage taken in a single attack? Strike 1 Warspite [:D]
What was the longest range hit by Warspite? October 25, 1944 Yamato hit an American ship with her first savo at 20 miles [:)]
Largest scale model of the warship. Strike 2 Warspite [:D]
warspite1
To be fair, when she was commissioned has nothing to do with it. A ships history is what it is in the time allotted to her so no, you do not have to accept comparison from that day forward. If you do then USS Enterprises' combat record was no better than that of USS (insert name of any aircraft carrier commissioned right at the end of the war).
Lets face it Extraneous, whichever way you slice it, whatever calculations you use, whatever rules you apply, the answer is exactly the same:
HMS Warspite is the bestest battleship ever. FACT. And I'm not even biased [;)]
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:08 pm
by michaelbaldur
I would generally say that the queen Elizabeth class were the greatest battle ships.
they fought in 2 world wars. and of the 5 ships, only 1 were lost in combat (Barham).
the other 4 was scrapped after world war 2..
they were frontline ships for more then 30 years.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:56 pm
by Extraneous
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Extraneous
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Kiss my bottom Yamato - fancy comparing war histories? - How 'bout ships sunk or major battles contested? no? Strike 1 - well what about hitting enemy battleships from range? No? Strike 2 - Okay, well let's try taking one for the team (well over thirty actually + mines, bombs and glider bombs) and still surviving to fight another day? Strike 3 [:)]
Victory to the Grand Old Lady me thinks [&o]
To be fair and since Yamato was commissioned December 18, 1941 you would have to compare the ships form that date forward.
How about damage taken in a single attack? Strike 1 Warspite [:D]
What was the longest range hit by Warspite? October 25, 1944 Yamato hit an American ship with her first savo at 20 miles [:)]
Largest scale model of the warship. Strike 2 Warspite [:D]
warspite1
To be fair, when she was commissioned has nothing to do with it. A ships history is what it is in the time allotted to her so no, you do not have to accept comparison from that day forward. If you do then USS Enterprises' combat record was no better than that of USS (insert name of any aircraft carrier commissioned right at the end of the war).
Lets face it Extraneous, whichever way you slice it, whatever calculations you use, whatever rules you apply, the answer is exactly the same:
HMS Warspite is the bestest battleship ever. FACT. And I'm not even biased [;)]
Movies and tv series for Yamato (October 6, 1974 to April 7, 2012). None for Warspite [:D]
"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall Who's the Baddest of Them All?"
[:D] Just yankin your chain [:D]
Japanese Warship Names (again)
Yamato: A province, contains Nara and points south. Also, an ancient name for Japan.
Musashi: A province, includes Tokyo.
RE: Cool Avatars
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:27 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Extraneous
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Extraneous
To be fair and since Yamato was commissioned December 18, 1941 you would have to compare the ships form that date forward.
How about damage taken in a single attack? Strike 1 Warspite [:D]
What was the longest range hit by Warspite? October 25, 1944 Yamato hit an American ship with her first savo at 20 miles [:)]
Largest scale model of the warship. Strike 2 Warspite [:D]
warspite1
To be fair, when she was commissioned has nothing to do with it. A ships history is what it is in the time allotted to her so no, you do not have to accept comparison from that day forward. If you do then USS Enterprises' combat record was no better than that of USS (insert name of any aircraft carrier commissioned right at the end of the war).
Lets face it Extraneous, whichever way you slice it, whatever calculations you use, whatever rules you apply, the answer is exactly the same:
HMS Warspite is the bestest battleship ever. FACT. And I'm not even biased [;)]
[:D] Just yankin your chain [:D]
warspite1
I know [:)] and I'm quite okay with that after all, all joking aside, at the end of the day, we both know HMS Warspite [&o] would have sent Yamato, Iowa, Bismarck, Richelieu and Vittorio Veneto to the bottom of the sea had they met in anger; even 5 against 1 it would have been no contest [:D] And I'm not even biased [:D].