The Ships Of The Line thread!
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Sister ships Jean Bart and Richelieu. No Frog-bashing now.
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What's the logic there?klr wrote:Sister ships Jean Bart and Richelieu. No Frog-bashing now.
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Specially designed to be able to shoot backwards weren't they ?
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Actually, the main armament is all forward. The secondary armament is towards the back. This was all the rage in France in the 1930's. Here's the (slightly) earlier and smaller Dunkerque:Feck wrote:Specially designed to be able to shoot backwards weren't they ?
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Rodney and Nelson almost got this right, but they couldn't fire the number 3 turret directly forward. Rodney was one of the ships that helped dispatch the Bismarck:
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"Washington's Cherry Trees". 
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Cryptic as ever.Gawdzilla wrote:"Washington's Cherry Trees".
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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.)klr wrote:Cryptic as ever.Gawdzilla wrote:"Washington's Cherry Trees".
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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.Gawdzilla wrote: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.)klr wrote:Cryptic as ever.Gawdzilla wrote:"Washington's Cherry Trees".
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The Argo, because the Wave Motion Gun would kick the Bismarck's ass. 
I find this kind of ship of the line more fascinating than the modern stuff:
I find this kind of ship of the line more fascinating than the modern stuff:
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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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There are rules? I just scrolled through and looked at the pictures.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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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...drl2 wrote:There are rules? I just scrolled through and looked at the pictures.BrettA wrote:Well, since your terms have dictionary variability and the fucking rules are toast anyway, these are the closest I've got...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.
(Sadly, this image was as wide as the ones below - 1024 - but apparently got chopped down...)
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