tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post3731899267824458179..comments2024-03-29T06:05:14.320+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: A free model ship plan!Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-80224578212633747702014-01-21T00:15:50.408+00:002014-01-21T00:15:50.408+00:00Chris Kemp,
The answer to your question is quite ...Chris Kemp,<br /><br />The answer to your question is quite a simple one. The machinery needed to handle the shells and charges for the 15-inch guns required an armoured trunk of a given length above the shell and powder charge magazines. As the monitors were shallow draught more of the armoured trunk was exposed than would have been seen if the gun mounting had been on a battleship. The monitors were also broad beamed, and this helped to ensure their stability ... and made them slow and difficult to handle.<br /><br />The animation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Animated_gun_turret.gif" rel="nofollow">here</a> shows it better than I can explain.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-12533043057667461732014-01-20T23:46:24.223+00:002014-01-20T23:46:24.223+00:00I've always wondered why the main guns were mo...I've always wondered why the main guns were mounted so high on these ships, what with stability and suchlike.<br /><br />Regards, ChrisChris Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784847480097649252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-82368716818341150592014-01-20T09:06:05.009+00:002014-01-20T09:06:05.009+00:00Arthur,
Funnily enough the Royal Navy did not inc...Arthur,<br /><br />Funnily enough the Royal Navy did not include an HMS <i>Loch Ness</i> amongst the <i>Loch</i>-class frigates that were built during the 1940s.<br /><br />I wonder why?<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78128841128133901342014-01-20T05:08:10.450+00:002014-01-20T05:08:10.450+00:00Hi Bob
Now, elsewhere on that front page is some ...Hi Bob<br /><br />Now, elsewhere on that front page is some inspiration for a submersible, given your recent submarine game articles.<br /><br />What, you ask? Why, HMS Nessie, of course.<br /><br />Ahem, need more coffee here...<br /><br />RegardsArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029799270661710049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-2659172437722399802014-01-18T22:46:25.529+00:002014-01-18T22:46:25.529+00:00Archduke Piccolo,
I think that the ship (or ships...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />I think that the ship (or ships) you are thinking about are the <i>Lord Clive</i> and <i>General Wolfe</i> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Clive-class_monitor" rel="nofollow"><i>Lord Clive</i></a>-class. They were armed with a twin 12-inch gun turret forward and an 18-inch gun mounted to fire abeam. The 18-inch guns came from HMS <i>Furious</i>, and were capable of firing 36,000 yards.<br /><br />I have read Douglas Reeman's HMS <i>Saracen</i>, and I think that it is one of his best books.<br /><br />I can imagine that a model monitor would add quite a bit of 'punch' to the attackers in an amphibious assault game. Perhaps I might build one one day!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-68686227090169011522014-01-18T22:02:51.959+00:002014-01-18T22:02:51.959+00:00I recall one very peculiar Monitor class vessel, d...I recall one very peculiar Monitor class vessel, don't recall the name, that had a forward turret mounting I think twin 6-inch guns, but the monitory bit - the biggy - was (from memory) a 14 or 15-inch chappy, single gun, fixed turret, firing over the starboard beam.<br /><br />One of Douglas Reeman's novels was about such a vessel.<br /><br />That free plan would be quite a gift, methinks, adding something a little extra to ones battlefields.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-3627329243360864172014-01-18T20:50:11.636+00:002014-01-18T20:50:11.636+00:00David Crook,
I think that I have some plans of th...David Crook,<br /><br />I think that I have some plans of the <i>Humber</i>-class monitors somewhere. I also have some plans of several of the Austrian Danube monitors, and they (or something like them) would be an ideal addition to your Rusland/Fezian project.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-12664066921909960952014-01-18T20:28:38.605+00:002014-01-18T20:28:38.605+00:00Hi Bob,
Not forgetting the famous Severn and Mers...Hi Bob,<br /><br />Not forgetting the famous Severn and Mersey used against the Konigsberg in WW1. They were ordered and built for Brazil as I recall and were very luxuriously fitted out.<br /><br />I have been thinking about Monitors for use along the Danubia river between Fezia and Rusland....;-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.com