World War 2 Trivia (#12)

[Jester]

Which warship holds the record for the greatest range gun hit on another warship during a WW2 battle?

GOOD LUCK!

[hogenbor]

A wild guess : The Bismarck?

[frank3]

I'd say the bismarck too, yes.

[GScholz]

No I think it was one of the Iowas. Incredible shot with new radar gun directors IIRC.

[MiloMorai]

Either British or German, something like 20,000yds plus in the N Atlantic.

HMS GLORIOUS (22,500t,1917, ex-cruiser, carrier from 1930) Sunk by gunfire, "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau", latitude of Narvik, Norway, 40/06/08

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/scharnjuno.html

For the Brits later, Battle of North Cape, by the DoY vs the Scharnhorst.

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/scharnostfront.html

[Sakai]

Originally posted by Jester
Which warship holds the record for the greatest range gun hit on another warship during a WW2 battle?

GOOD LUCK!

HMS Warspite vs. Giulio Cesare in like 1940? Hit at around 26k yards.  I think KM Scharnhorst and HMS Glorious works out in German claims to be about the same.  I heard one of the US ships scored hits or sank a target that was out of sight, but I cannot name it if it occurred.  

Sakai

[lasersailor184]

Lol.  The guys were just practicing a shot.  Much to their surprise the water gave off secondary explosions...  

[Blooz]

KM Graf Spee?

[BenDover]

"In 1940 “at Calabria, Warspite planted a shot on the Italian flagship at a range of 26,400 yards, the longest ship-to-ship hit in history.”"

The Italian flagship's name was "Giulio Cesare".
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:YHKka8nO5C8J:www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2002/summer/br9-su2.htm+%22longest+ship+to+ship+hit%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.1jma.dk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2343&whichpage=2

[Jester]

HMS WARSPITE it is.

26,400 Yards against the Italian Battleship "Giulio Cesare" during the Battle of Calabria, 1940. Record still stands.

Not bad for a WW1 retread!

Congrats!

[Rasker]

hmm, wasn't that at Cape Matapan, though?