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 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Royal Sovereign Class Never-Were's

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 Post subject: Re: Royal Sovereign Class Never-Were's Posted: November 3rd, 2014, 12:42 am 

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Comments as requested I have photos of the drawings in Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Encourt's notebook. They are quite crude, hand drawn ones. They don't always quite correspond to descriptions in books. His drawing of T1 differs from the drawing by John Roberts in Warship 1995 (Brink of Armageddon, Keith...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers

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 Post subject: Re: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers Posted: November 1st, 2014, 5:46 pm 

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" that process, smurf, as it still works the same these days" That's true only in a very general way, isn't it, with modern computer design and redrafting tools, compared to 1930. Much can be done today, with minor variations and multiple copies of drawings produced in hours or even minutes, which w...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers

smurf
 Post subject: Re: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers Posted: November 1st, 2014, 4:09 pm 

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Ace: "not certain about if it was correct either, Hood?" But it is not possible to know what "correct" might be for a 'neverwere', at that stage of development. Let me see if I can explain that pessimistic statement, reviewing the actual design process for these ships. It would be a lot easier if I ...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers

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 Post subject: Re: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers Posted: October 31st, 2014, 7:37 pm 

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Yes, not very handsome. It's hard to believe that they led directly to the Amphion/Perth trio, in my view one of the best-looking class of warships ever. But Sir Arthur Johns succeeded Sir William Berry in 1930. Perhaps that had something to do with it, though I don't think the cruiser design sectio...

 Forum: General Discussion  Topic: Does barbette size shrink when gun number goes down?

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 Post subject: Re: Does barbette size shrink when gun number goes down? Posted: October 31st, 2014, 3:17 pm 

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Lots of interesting pictures, but it is not easy to see what is happening unless you look at a plan view. IIRC the distance between the guns in a RN 6in triple was about 6ft. That means the outer guns lie on lines 6ft from the centreline. Assuming that the gun separation can be the same, in a twin t...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers

smurf
 Post subject: Re: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers Posted: October 29th, 2014, 6:02 pm 

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My pleasure. I'm only sorry that the drawings in Warship 1997 are rather faint on a grey background, and don't reproduce clearly. I think your 'pure guesswork' is far too modest! It is IMHO quite reasonable to work on the basis that the five designs were closely related, and to bear in mind the end ...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers

smurf
 Post subject: Re: 1929 Pre-Leander Class Light Cruisers Posted: October 28th, 2014, 5:15 pm 

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Better late than never? I've not been active re ships for quite a while, but saw Hood's pre-Leander by accident using Google Images and took a look, as there are some things I never found re these designs and I hoped Hood had. The base source is ADM 1/9283 '6-in gun cruiser designs 1929', but Keith ...
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