Shipbucket

Tiger class and Fiji in effect had the same hull, in general. The idea of converting a Fiji, or a Tiger cruiser into a SeaSlug armed ship was rejected for various reasons, last but not less important, being money. The Tigers were rejected also because they were new, with a new gun which the Royal Navy wanted to test. The Fiji class (and to a lesser extent the Swiftsure class) were deemed to be too small, given the limited number of missiles, on a hull bigger the a 'County' DLG (than known as GW57 (?) still in the planning stage), and weighing nearly half as much as a Fiji.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

The Fijis were always a very cramped design (trying for a Southampton within the 1936 London Treaty 8000ton limit.)
The Tigers, like Superb, had a couple of feet more beam.

I've fixed a few pixel errors on GW96A and updated the 6in turret on the Colony conversion, something I forgot to do when I first posted it!

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