https://i.imgur.com/QdA4Qai.png -Stretto Di Messina-class battleships: A class of 2 citadel barbette-type ironclads, this pair of unique-looking vessels was laid down just as the turret ship Regno Delle Due Sicilie was coming off the slipways, and were designed to rectify many of the inadequacies o...
Here is the initial draft of something I have been working on for the last month or so. I still have 2 more drawings to iron out (monitors and battleship(s) under construction) before I can move on to the next phase. All refitted versions of the ships you see here will constitute the next post, and ...
The Rio De Janeiro class colonial cruisers: The need for a turbine-driven class of cruisers was all too apparent after the launch of the Atlantico -class ships came just a year before their total obsolescence. As a result, the Empire needed something fast. There was still leftover funding from the f...
The contract for their construction went to Ansaldo, the last foreign-built battleships of the Empire. Short-tubby ships based on contemporary Italian pre-dreadnoughts designed for the Mediterranean, their seakeeping left much to be desired. Nevertheless, they were laid down in April of 1902, launch...
(a good portion of this is the same as in OTL, with a few changes in years and actual events for continuity sake, please keep in mind not all history is posted and it is still a work in progress, what you are seeing here is an extremely basic overview. I will attempt to elaborate my history and writ...
Smoke And Iron: The Adriatic Ram Race: https://i.imgur.com/Ztmmk3d.png -The clash of ironclad rams at Lissa was a profound event throughout the naval world. There were lessons to be learned. Some nations rejected the idea that naval warfare should be based around capital ships fighting head-on, oth...
The AU itself isn't bad, and you've done a good job of writing the history and making it practical. There is nothing wrong with using other's drawings (as long as credit is properly applied ofc) as a base and incorporating parts of other's designs and drawings. I have done it before myself. However,...
Found some material I did a while back and forgot to post, so here it is! https://i.imgur.com/0iuX06s.png -Ever since the Nicaraguan Government had established it's navy, it realized it could not possibly hope to compete with any major nation in terms of capital ships or fleet size. Thus, the naval ...
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