jamest wrote:

Rome Existed wrote:The Luftwaffe did try to bomb ships in the opening days of th BoB. They sucked at it.

It seems, then, that the Luftwaffe lacked patience/persistence/endurance/purpose... etc..

I think it's more of a matter of practicality. The Destroyers were always in port under heavy anti-aircraft and fighter protection which made precision bombing from the dive bombers impossible. The Royal Navy had strict orders not to sail the channel in daylight, one Destroyer that contravened these orders, HMS Delight, was hit by bombs but this comes to another issue, the Germans didn't have armour piercing bombs, only high explosive and incendiaries, the Delight was hit causing major damage but was still able to be towed back to port (although she did sink later from a secondary explosion).

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Tangerine Dream wrote:Bookmarking

For what? The thread is five months old.

Scot Dutchy wrote:

Tangerine Dream wrote:Bookmarking

For what? The thread is five months old.

So what, the war ended almost 66 years ago