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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: January 23rd, 2014, 2:09 am
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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 28th, 2014, 11:38 pm
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Its been a while since I last posted a drawing, I've had this almost complete since January so I thought i'd finish him tonight. Hope you like.

GK 4541 Battlecruiser
The GK 4541 project was a 1918 design proposal for a 45,000 ton battlecruiser, armed with eight 42cm (16.5in) SK L/45 guns in four twin turrets, in a superfiring arrangement on the centreline.

Secondary armament consisted of eight 15cm (5.9in) L/45guns in casemates, four 15cm (5.9in) L/45 AA guns in turrets and one torpedo tube in the bow.

The GK 4541 was to have been 240m (787.40ft) long, with a beam of 33.5m (109.9ft) and a draught of 10m (32.8ft). His speed was estimated to be 28.5kts.
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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 12:16 am
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Mein Gott... Fürs Vaterland!

I always like the look of Great War German warships and this is just... WOW! :o
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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 7:38 am
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Interesting.
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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 9:22 am
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Wow, this one looks really nice!

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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 10:26 am
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Missing are the AA guns, from this well done drawing

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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 10:55 am
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Nice work! Those would have been some huge BC's!

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The AA guns are next to the barbette of turret c, though hard to make them out at a first glance... :-)
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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 12:39 pm
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Interesting, a somewhat basic and blocky design and not aesthetically pleasing on the eye, but certainly a powerful looking ship. The hull has some serious armour coverage, although I suspect its not that thick. An interesting comparison to Repulse and Hood.

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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 6:56 pm
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maomatic wrote:
The AA guns are next to the barbette of turret c, though hard to make them out at a first glance... :-)
Yeah, I had to look a third or fourth time as well until I finally found them. I wonder how efficient such a placement of the entire AA (around one turret, only aft) would be...

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Post subject: Re: German Capital Ship Proposals of The First World WarPosted: April 29th, 2014, 7:04 pm
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DG_Alpha wrote:
I wonder how efficient such a placement of the entire AA (around one turret, only aft) would be...
About as efficient as most other AA arrangements of the era were? :P ;)

A very beautiful drawing though! I've discovered a new liking of German WW1-era warships. :D
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