J.E. MacDonell had to be one of the most prolific writers of his time - there were dozens of his ripping yarns for the Navy. He also did dozens more in what can be only described as 'Romance' novels. I remember Jackal with 'Dutchy' Holland in command. Supposedly an 'experimental' A-I with more spee...
Another Australian Destroyer from the pages of J. E. MacDonnell. This one has appeared in two of the novel's I've found so far. HMAS Jackal Destroyer, class not specified 4 x 4.7 inch guns (A,B,X & Y) 1 x QF 2-pounder Mark V (8 barreled version) 2 x Quadruple 21 inch TT Fitted with Radar & Sonar. No...
From a late '70s thriller novel by Antony Trew, and which contains spoilers for the same. Simeonov Class Bulk Carrier Tonnage: 20,000 tons (Gross), 32,000 tons (Deadweight) Holds: 7 (Numbered from the bow 1-7). Holds 2-6 are general cargo holds (Ore, Coal, Grain, etc.). Hold 1 is for refrigerated ca...
I will have to look through some old external hard drives but there is a chance I still have 4 downloaded somewhere. Making no promises for such an older thread.
Good luck, the few fragments of book 4 that have been found have revealed wonderful things....
A pair of modified Deutschland Class Cruiser (Panzerschiffe), the first from a J. E. MacDonnell 'Ripping Yarn' Wolfe Deutschland Class Cruiser (Modified) 6 x 11 inch guns (Triple turrets, fore and aft) 10 x 6 inch guns (Single turrets? five a side) Unspecified AA and TT armament, probably no differe...
I am continuing to update my own version of this list, which covers fictional warships in novels/short stories/comic books (One 'book' per post). The link below will take you to the first posting, new entries made since the last update of this forums list start at page 30. https://www.secretprojects...
As these are links to the archived pages, from what is known as the Way Back Machine, many of the drawings themselves aren't available. These are only archived links to a site which is no longer active. Here is a link to a mirror of the contents on the Shipscribe website, the link goes to the top l...
Here are links to the archived copies of the Navy History & Heritage command albums containing scans of the 1911 - 1925 (Volume 1) and 1939 - 1944 (Volume 3) 'Spring Styles' books of warship plans created for the US Navy. Volume 2 covering 1925 - 1939 is believed to have been destroyed in the 1970s ...
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