![]() Thus the "Long Lance" and reloads of the same on thier cruisers. There for they needed cruisers that could play an important role in the "Decisive Battle" and hopefully give them a chance there. They saw their prime opponent as the USN which would have a marked numerical superiority especially in terms of battleships. So in their terms "best" meant something afordable and economical that was still at least a decent ship. ![]() They needed lots of crusers for the commitments and they couldn't aford top of the line in everything. They had numerous world wide commitements and funds were a bit tight in the inter war years. ![]() I will now pass this subject over to you good people and look forward reading your posts,and learning more, thank you all And the Royal navies wide spread and aggressive use of their cruiser forces is interesting as well. From what i have started to read on this subject, the IJN look to have used their cruiser forces very effectively in 42-43. He (my old dad ) didnt think much of the Italian cruisers or the Italian navy for that matter, The best use of cruisers in WWII, will cause some serious arguments here. The German Hipper class cruisers were another cruiser my father like, he thought they were probably the most beautiful heavy cruisers of WWII, but not the best cruisers of WWII. And loved that ship, I grew up hearing sea stories of his time on her, and how she was seriously damaged by kamikaze attacks(5-6 in 7 days), but still made it home, I know the county class cruisers were NOT the best or the most powerful or the fastest heavy cruisers of WWII, BUT THEY WERE TOUGH BASTARDS NONE THE LESS. OK, THE BEST CRUISERS AND THE BEST USE OF CRUISERS IN WWII, I'm interested in other peoples opinions on this subject,Īs i have said on other Posts in this forum, My father served on the HMAS AUSTRALIA II a British built county(kent sub-class) heavy cruiser.
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