I thought it was a Magnesium Alloy
hense it burned. Apparently it was all steel
HMS Sheffield, the first British destroyer to be sunk, was widely reported to have an aluminium superstructure. This was, in fact, an all-steel ship with a steel hull and a steel superstructure.
I've become a shipping nerd
Posted By: Dean Machine on November 25th 2005 at 14:30:08
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- FAO Stoopish - BULLSHITER (General Chat) - Flanigan, Nov 25, 13:07:24
- Must've been more than that died on the Sheffield surely (General Chat) - Dean Machine, Nov 25, 13:41:30
- erm I think it was Alumini(u)m (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Nov 25, 13:46:11
- I thought it was a Magnesium Alloy (General Chat) - Dean Machine, Nov 25, 14:30:08
- Shouldn't it be the 'i' in brackets? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 25, 14:11:19
- erm I think it was Alumini(u)m (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Nov 25, 13:46:11
- That is a MASSIVE WWII (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Nov 25, 13:09:59
- Must've been more than that died on the Sheffield surely (General Chat) - Dean Machine, Nov 25, 13:41:30
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