Talk:HMS Empress of India

Sinking
D.K. Brown give notes on the Lyme Bay practice shoot & the statement that the outcome was swift or surprising seems rather contrary to the details; the ship was hit by 95+ shells, of which 44 were modern 12 inch or 13.5 inch common. After such a pasting the ship is noted as "blazing furiously", yet still took 1 hr 45 minto sink! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.75.48.5 (talk) 11:44, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I have checked Burt, Brown and the diving website, and rewritten the section.


 * I am not sure whether I should have mentioned that the diagram in Brown showed her 13.5-in guns present, and the diving site says they are not present in the wreck now; the inference being that they must have been removed in salvage - the inference being that they must have been removed during salvage - I would like a source to specifically state that the 13.5-in guns were salvaged.--Toddy1 (talk) 10:25, 14 May 2011 (UTC)