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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:00 pm

"Washington's Cherry Trees". :hehe:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:08 am

Gawdzilla wrote:"Washington's Cherry Trees". :hehe:
Cryptic as ever. :what:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:18 am

klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:"Washington's Cherry Trees". :hehe:
Cryptic as ever. :what:
The Rodney and Nelson were "cut down" by the Washington Naval Treaty. (And George Washington was said to have cut down some cheery trees and been unable to lie about doing it.)
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:23 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:"Washington's Cherry Trees". :hehe:
Cryptic as ever. :what:
The Rodney and Nelson were "cut down" by the Washington Naval Treaty. (And George Washington was said to have cut down some cheery trees and been unable to lie about doing it.)
Ah, now I get the connection. I thought it might have has something to do with some hi-tech arrays that were added to the ships during refits in the US.
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Post by drl2 » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:36 am

The Argo, because the Wave Motion Gun would kick the Bismarck's ass. :)

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I find this kind of ship of the line more fascinating than the modern stuff:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by BrettA » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:07 am

Well, since your terms have dictionary variability and the fucking rules are toast anyway, these are the closest I've got...
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:10 am

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Post by drl2 » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:45 am

BrettA wrote:Well, since your terms have dictionary variability and the fucking rules are toast anyway, these are the closest I've got...
There are rules? I just scrolled through and looked at the pictures. :)
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by BrettA » Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:03 am

drl2 wrote:
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The O fucking P-er wrote:... but only dreadnoughts, super-dreadnoughts and battle cruisers. And maybe flat-tops. Nothing before then, or the ghost of Jacky Fisher will get very annoyed. :mod:
Well, since your terms have dictionary variability and the fucking rules are toast anyway, these are the closest I've got...
There are rules? I just scrolled through and looked at the pictures. :)
Clearly, you're dead meat, dlr2... But you've opened it up fer anything now and since six big 21 inchers of a Super-O could take out any o' these fuckin' skimmers...
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:09 am

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:53 am

BrettA wrote:Well, since your terms have dictionary variability and the fucking rules are toast anyway, these are the closest I've got...
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Cruisers? :mob:

Back to reality. HMS Illustrious, one of the British carriers that could take a Kamikaze hit without brewing up, albeit at the cost of reduced aircraft capacity:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:59 am

Eye-candy time. HMS Tiger:

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Kirishima (a Kongo-class battle cruiser/fast battleship):

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And Hiei, one of her sister ships:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:02 am

Nagato, Kirishima, Ise and Hyuga:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by JimC » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:03 am

If anybody reads the SF of David Weber, then they will know what real super dreadnaughts of the future will be like...

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:16 am

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The Scharnhorst.

The Germans made beautiful warships - lovely lines and proportions.

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