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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...
Cruisers?
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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by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:59 am
Eye-candy time. HMS
Tiger:
Kirishima (a
Kongo-class battle cruiser/fast battleship):
And
Hiei, one of her sister ships:

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by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:02 am
Nagato,
Kirishima,
Ise and
Hyuga:

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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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by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:16 am
The Scharnhorst.
The Germans made beautiful warships - lovely lines and proportions.
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by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:45 am
Devogue wrote:
The Scharnhorst.
The Germans made beautiful warships - lovely lines and proportions.
Already posted that picture.
... but no harm in the repeat.

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by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:52 am
klr wrote:Already posted that picture.
... but no harm in the repeat.

Where?

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by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:03 pm
Devogue wrote:klr wrote:Already posted that picture.
... but no harm in the repeat.

Where?

Subject: The Ships Of The Line thread!
klr wrote:Scharnhorst - officially a battleship to the Germans, but a battle cruiser to the rest of us. She and Gneisenau were to be "upgraded" from 9 x 11-inch guns to 6 x 15-inch guns, but the Germans never got around to doing this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_bat ... charnhorst
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by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:20 pm
Ah. A lesser picture.
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by eXcommunicate » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:09 pm
Ahhhh I got nuthin. 2:(
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:44 pm
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by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:46 pm
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by klr » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:52 pm
The Grand Fleet, 1918.
Queen Elizabeth in the foreground:
Another
Queen Elizabeth class ship, the "Grand Old Lady" herself:
By this time, the no. 3 ("X") turret was out of commission after a hit by a German
Fritz-X missile, which is why it's not in the firing position here.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:11 pm
I don't suppose anyone would be interested in a PDF version of Battle Damage to Surface Ships?
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by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:13 pm
One of the greatest tragedies of history is that Sky News wasn't around in WW2 for the demise of the Hood, Bismarck, Yamato etc.

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