Talk:HMS Ramillies (07)

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[edit] Obsolete But Needed

This section, "Obsolete But Needed", contains good deal of what borders of hyperbole, regarding the course of the war had old battleships been unavailable. Toby Douglass 21:40, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

In what sense hyperbole? Polycarp. I believe that the statements here are quite defensible and are a counter to the oft held view that battleships were obsolete by 1939.

"Without the five old Revenge class battleships, Britain most certainly would have lost control of the Mediterranean Sea after France surrendered. Malta would have fallen and convoys from Italy would have reached North Africa unmolested ensuring [[Erwin intact supplies for Rommels Afrika Korps . This may well have led to the fall of Eqypt and the oil fields of the Persian Gulf.

Without the Revenge class ships on North Atlantic convoy duty, German raiders would have created huge destruction and, breaking out beyond, threatened the troop convoys from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India."

These claims are, to say the least, speculative. They have no place in a serious historical article. Toby Douglass 18:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Have you in fact ever read any history? A neutral point of view does not imply no point of view. Wikipedia lately seems overrun by people with a desire to reduce all to the level of tasteless pap! Polycarp

I've read WW2 history, as an amateur, for twenty-three years. It is simply the case, to address one of the claims made, that control of the Med did not hinge upon five obsolete battleships. NPOV has nothing to do with the accuracy or inaccuracy of historical comment. Toby Douglass 16:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)