Its quite an interesting idea and I have to say it looks good! Thank you! Perhaps its sea-worthiness is questionable but its a very good design. My friend, with 12 meter hull length you cannot expect too big seaworthiness on a combat ship!... :) Or, if you make the hulls strong enough, their weight...
In the meantime, intense diplomatic activities unfolded, Finland seeking international help and Germany not wanting to be the sole nation to come up with this responsability. First intention of the German government was to gain international reputation by standing to its allies and the signed treati...
The first challenge A missile boat, capable of carrying at least 2 anti-ship missiles. The boat may be extended in length and draft for this model only. A torpedo boat, capable of launching modern torpedos for shore defence from submarines. A sub-chaser, which is armed with guns and depth charges A...
After the "Machtergreifung" of the nazis (take-off power), one of the categories of new laid down ships were the so-called "Tender", initially intended as smaller boats, around 50 to 60 meter long, serving as "go between" a fleet and shore, either because on shore there was no suitable port for the ...
You are of course free to run this thread and ask people to contribute, but want to set expectations that those who request art here are often disappointed by the responses... :/
A bit of History to place in context the upcoming events in this AU: "The Leningrad Naval Base may be roughly divided as follows: (a) The city of Leningrad, including nearby islands—the location of most of the ship building and ship repair facilities of the Baltic Sea, as well as that of a naval bas...
One of the leading flotilla ships since their 1938 refit, was Z10 Hans Lody , a 1934A destroyer. She had had an overall length of 119 meters, a beam of 11.30 meters and a maximum draft of 4.23 meters. She displaced 2,206 t at standard load and 3,160 t at deep load. The two Wagner geared steam turbin...
In Rostock were stationed in beginning of December 1939 the following units: - First Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla: Carl Peters (tender), Torpedo-Schnellboot 14, Torpedo-Schnellboot 15, Torpedo-Schnellboot 16, Torpedo-Schnellboot 17, all of the 1934-class; Torpedo-Schnellboot 18, Torpedo-Schnellboot 1...
Thanks for the inputs, both Rhade and Andreas. And the pageview jumped quite a lot during these last 24 hours! Thanks to all for the interest shown. I will review the part of the location of the main ships of the "Ostseeflotte" in the text and will add some more designs of ships belonging to it, bef...
The DKM "Ostseeflotte", with base in Danzig (on the border to East Prussia)... Danzig was a Free City under League of Nations protection. IRL Marinestation der Ostsee was placed in Kiel, Danzig was too small and too close (literally next corner) to Poland to put there a navy base. Oh... I know how ...