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 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: August 7th, 2015, 3:45 pm 

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I'd be tempted to plug the center turret and install more boilers, but then again I love speed:) Overall, very Normandy like, also if you raise the stern turret, could you relocate the stern, maybe even some of the side casemates further inboard to get them out of the spray like the bow casemates, t...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: AU ships by Skyder

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: AU ships by Skyder Posted: August 4th, 2015, 11:51 pm 

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You did that on a touchpad? :o

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: August 3rd, 2015, 6:44 pm 

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http://i58.tinypic.com/25ow9kh.jpg So there is now have starboard, top, bow, just ahead of front boilers/cross secondaries, and midship/cross coal. Laid down in 1905 under the paperwork of ice breakers to appease congress, the four Muscatatuck-class ice breakers (Muscatatuck, Dauntless, Aurora, and...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: August 3rd, 2015, 3:21 am 

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http://i61.tinypic.com/2rc35tj.jpg MIN Dauntless, Muscatatuck IBDN laid down 1905 Displacement: 12,175 t light; 12,786 t standard; 14,388 t normal; 15,670 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (400.16 ft / 398.50 ft) x 30.00 ft (Bulges 80.00 ft) x (22.0...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: August 2nd, 2015, 11:58 pm 

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http://i61.tinypic.com/27y7fd5.jpg It will be interesting to see how it turns out. I would note from the SS report that your ship is only 30 feet wide, which might need a bit more to fit 12" turrets on. Well if I put the bulges in correctly its 80 ft breadth at the waterline and 30ft at the widest ...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: August 2nd, 2015, 10:03 pm 

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Here's the revised Springsharp, I should have the ship's side done within and hour or two, mostly completed. MIN Dauntless, Muscatatuck IBDN laid down 1905 Displacement: 12,175 t light; 12,786 t standard; 14,388 t normal; 15,670 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: July 31st, 2015, 8:51 pm 

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From what I can find, oil fired boilers use simpler fire box of venturi like jets unlike coal which uses grates that must be cleaned and ash removed, also from what I understand forced draught can be easily implemented unlike coal as well, and the Tribal(F) class were all oil in 1905. Edit: figured ...

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: July 31st, 2015, 7:31 pm 

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JSB wrote:
Muscatatuck wrote:
How how feasible is in route replenishment during this time frame?
You are talking about bags of coal moved by hand, ie not going to happen unless in a still anchorage and even then slowly. (unless I'm mistaken ?)
Pressurized bunker oil, could it be pumped into a pressurized cell, say 15 psi?

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: July 31st, 2015, 3:51 pm 

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How how feasible is in route replenishment during this time frame?

 Forum: Personal Designs  Topic: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10

Muscatatuck
 Post subject: Re: Challenge "My Countries First Dreadnought" 1905-10 Posted: July 31st, 2015, 3:37 am 

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That's odd, it saved as MIN Muscatatuck.png on computer, so no BC's, got it, back to scratch.
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