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 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Alternate County Class Heavy Cruisers

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Alternate County Class Heavy Cruisers Posted: July 12th, 2014, 9:00 am 

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Alternate County Class Heavy Cruisers. With a 10,000 ton limit set by the Washington Treaty for cruisers, innovative ideas were required for a new cruiser class for the Commonwealth Navies. The Hawkins class with their long range, high freeboard and decent speed, were valuable as long range patrol c...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Siamese Battleship

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: Siamese Battleship Posted: July 10th, 2014, 11:34 am 

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Very nice rendition of one of the smallest Coast Defence vessels.

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser Posted: July 9th, 2014, 12:49 pm 

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When the two R class arrived at the Grand Fleet in late 1916 with the original 6" armoured belt. Admiral Jellicoe sent them back to the builders to have a new belt of 9" armour fitted. The original 6" belt being placed above the new belt. That added armour plus the addition of more deck armour added...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser Posted: July 9th, 2014, 12:15 pm 

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The triple 14" was not a new design. The Vickers company already had designed one for the Russian Borodino class battlescruisers in 1913. The triple 14" (Russian) was 1400 tons. Twin 15" (UK) was 800 tons. A difference of 1800 tons over three turrets. The extra breadth of hull will take care of that...

 Forum: Beginners Only  Topic: 1920s Costal battleship design challenge.

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 1920s Costal battleship design challenge. Posted: July 9th, 2014, 11:55 am 

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Howdy JSB, "4- and they where not very useful (did they ever really fight anything) ? " Barham was at Cape Matapan and helped sink the Italian cruisers. One of the R's was on convoy escort duty when Scharnhorst and Gneisenau intercepted the convoy. The sight of the R was enough for S & G not to atta...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser Posted: July 9th, 2014, 10:59 am 

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JSB: Why not triple 15", mainly because that would have required a ship of Hood size. Not only the guns but the speed of the hull to keep the speed at 30-32 knots with the extra breadth required of the hull with the twin-v-triple turret barbette widths. Also the type of machinery available in 1916-1...

 Forum: Beginners Only  Topic: 1920s Costal battleship design challenge.

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 1920s Costal battleship design challenge. Posted: July 9th, 2014, 2:51 am 

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Well in all honesty I don't think the Timor would make 12,500 tons standard with that much on board. I think a little bit of German ingenuity in counting the tons may have come into play. Somewhere around 14,500-15,000 standard would be closer to realistic. I have not used Springsharp since I entere...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser Posted: July 9th, 2014, 2:16 am 

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Howdy Rodondo, I cant see any reason why the HMAS Australia (1911) could not still exist. I could have named my ship HMS Redoubtable or any of the other 'R' names available but I had it in mind for a future AU that Australia could have an R class BC to back up the CA's and CL's. I named it Australis...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: 3rd Renown Class Battlecruiser Posted: July 9th, 2014, 12:06 am 

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JSB: 15" - there were not enough spare turrets left to build another BC, besides as I say there are the spare 14". 9x14 gives as good a weight of broadside as 6x15. Other factor is you are more likely to achieve a hit with 9 guns than you are with 6. Only down side is the smaller shell. Remember the...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: TCG Torgud Reis ( BC-1946 & BCG-1964)

Krakatoa
 Post subject: Re: TCG Torgud Reis ( BC-1946 & BCG-1964) Posted: July 8th, 2014, 10:20 pm 

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German inspired ships will always have a weaker looking AA fit than its UK/US opponents. The Prinz Eugen from Wiki shows the following armament: Armament: 8 × 20.3 cm (8.0 in) guns 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns 12 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns 20 × 2 cm (0.79 in) guns (20 × 1) The Tirpitz in 1944 still had it...
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