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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-15, Page 13THE BLU.E THUMB • r BY G. AilacLAOD ROSS By G. MacLeod 'i`t;oss situation. Supporters of Beatty The naval action known as claim Jellicoe failed in the Battle' of Jutland was fought competence and resolution after the German fleet turned away on May 31st 1916. It was the chief naval engagement of World . and that ley refusing to act on War I, if you can ignore . the Beatty's signal: "Urgent. Submit van of battleships follow battle submarine warfare. Ever since cruisers.„ In the third and night WO day it has been fought and phase, Jellicoe is accused o refought by the respective lack of decision. - protagonists of Adreirals'Jellicoe_ When Beatty saw his battle and Beatty. The publication of cruisers blowing up he the Jellicoe Papers in- December last has caused this dispute to remarked: "There is something recrudesce. wrong with our system.” These The battle against to two remarks, put the finger on German High Seas Fleet the key to failure, for though g the British had 121 hits with commanded -by Admirals Hipper heavy shell to the German's 55, and ,von Sheer falls into three they sank less than half the phases First a recaninaissanee Minn important is the degree of ineffectiveness which preceded Jutland; the degree to which that ineffectiveness was permitted to persist into the Second World War and the degree in which that ineffectiveness may persist to this day." It may be of some desultory interest to cite a more recut case which parallels the story of, 1910. The wording of the "request" given to the Director of Naval Ordinance in' 1910 makes no mention of the range ,, at whim perforation is required, nor is there any mention of the angle of obliquity of, impact led by Beatty dr -the battle number of ships. desired. These vital requirements cruisers which Lord Fisher had ' The verdict isl at the system are representative of the hind of fathered, had for its purpose the failed to produce ships as tough demand made by a non-technical location of the German fleet in as the German failed to assessY staff - the North Sea. Once found it the effectiveness of modern. In 1940 a somewhat -similarly was to be teinpted tack on to weapons: submarine, torpedo demand was, made by the the main British fleet under and mine; failed to produce General Staff at the War Office. Jellicoe. In, the; ,second stage it techniques for defence against They asked for the development was Jellicoe's task to destroy the • them; failed o provide a modern— of a tank or °anti-tank gun to German fleet. The • third phase system of communications. But "penetrate five inches of was the night pursuit's of the most of all, failed to prodtice-I' arrfriiur." That was all. No Germans after which the High shell which would pierce enemy mention of range, no angle of the armour plate to be defeated. Seas fleet never put to sea again. armour. However, in this instance The British Grand 'Fleet - The 12 -inch shell used by the comprised 37 capital ships Navy was suspect as early as against 21 ° Gerinah.,,..- British 1910. and test against - H.M.S. ° gunpowder numbered 344' 12 Edi.n,hurgh proved their' 4 - and 15 -inch guns, against 244 11 inadequacy as armour piercers. and , 12 -inch German; an The same year the Director of accepted superiority of eight to Naval Ordinance was "requested" five :in favor'. of the British. In . 'to produce designs Tor a 'shell the ensuing actions British losses "for perforating contemporary - were three battle cruisers,, three armour effectively on oblique 17 Pbutader and it first , saw armoured' cruisers and eight . (angles of) impact.": „As 'the ' - -lesser ships. The Germans lost Battle of Jutland- proved, this one -battleship, one pattle cr and nine lesser' ships, a ratio of attended - the trials against eight to five in favor of the ' "Edinburgh," but almost Germans. immediately he was appointed The "controversy which has to command the Atlantic Fleet, raged off and on for the past 50 went to 'sea and. left the years centered -on the actions of development of the shell to "the the two British admirals. in the system." Owing to technical first phase it is held .by »Jellicoe blunders/ this requirement was supporters at Beatty, who lost. never achieved. Jellicoe must two battle cruisers, hazarded his force by failure . to concentrate his squadrons; by bad gunnery and failure to keep Jellicoe continuously informed of the t► outcome was more satisfac The ,Director of Artill specified to his design staf shell of diameter as near to th ree inches as feasible, capable of perforating five inches of armour at 30 - degrees. at 1,000 .__yards. From this shell: a gun was developed ,'which became the .ra refought! action as an anti-tank gun;the Mareth Line in October 942, during the North African campaign. Although Rommel has made the German 88 millimetre_ gun famous in this campaign,, there was no British tank in being, or under design, which could mount the 17 -pounder. It was then discovered that it could be accommodated within the turret of - the hrysler-built Sherman tank and steps were then taken to do just ghat.. As a result the British' landed on the Normandy beaches with +01.7 -Pounder tanks, which, were then, at least dqual to the German 88mm gun. A few months later, new ammunition was produced, with the result that the 17 -pounder gun could perforate eight inches of armour at 1,:,f100 yards -and six and a half inches at 2,000 yards. The best German competitor defeated six. and a half .inches at 1,000 and five and a half inches at 2,00Q y rds, all at , 30 degree angles tai th plate. - It is therefore well to reiterate the importance of the wiser was never , .J done. Jellicoe have known this and he must have gone into action on May 31st with this knowledge. A recent writer on this subject says: "What is still Et SINE. DIRECTORY to 0 ALL NEW GODERICH RESTAURANT Steak House ,-. and. Tavern THIS SPACE 1 t'RESERVED FOR YOUR AD r n. 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