tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post3541064913584664610..comments2024-03-29T06:05:14.320+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Sir George Thurston: An advocate of smaller battleships and well-armed cruisersRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-18342509618134400332017-12-15T07:26:28.709+00:002017-12-15T07:26:28.709+00:00Mike Hall,
I think that searching Google is somet...Mike Hall,<br /><br />I think that searching Google is sometimes more of a dark art than anything else!<br /><br />I suspect that the rigging is for the extensive and long-range radio communications these ships would have needed, otherwise is does appear to be rather excessive.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-90504267836405566542017-12-14T18:57:00.447+00:002017-12-14T18:57:00.447+00:00It's easy when someone tells me how!
I highli...It's easy when someone tells me how!<br /><br />I highlit your text "Washington Treaty cruisers and Thurston", right clicked for search Google and up popped the plans in one of the top search results. But if you hadn't told me what to search on I probably would never have seen them.<br /><br />The rigging in all three plans looks a bit odd (excessive) to me.Mike Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231537324248937676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-89277103226606566412017-12-14T15:24:08.191+00:002017-12-14T15:24:08.191+00:00Mike Hall,
Thanks for spotting the error; I will ...Mike Hall,<br /><br />Thanks for spotting the error; I will correct is as soon as I can.<br /><br />I came across these images during a search for Washington Treaty cruisers and Thurston.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78667497199053512032017-12-14T15:21:35.714+00:002017-12-14T15:21:35.714+00:00Lasgunpacker,
There were some very elegant design...Lasgunpacker,<br /><br />There were some very elegant designs produced by the French and Italians, and the <i>Littorios</i> are one of my all-time favourites.<br /><br />Very few navies seem to have understood the impact aircraft would have on naval combat ... and paid the price!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-44922253831158188092017-12-12T23:16:14.992+00:002017-12-12T23:16:14.992+00:00Bob, a minor correction: judging by the plans it w...Bob, a minor correction: judging by the plans it was design B that resembled the County class and design A that had three triple turrets.<br /><br />I've read a fair amount about naval design and am curious about your information sources as I've not come across these plans before.Mike Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231537324248937676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-39366825965582857142017-12-12T23:01:55.855+00:002017-12-12T23:01:55.855+00:00To my mind the inter-war naval race(s) produced so...To my mind the inter-war naval race(s) produced some of the most interesting designs around. Think of the French and Italian fleets or all the innovative ways the bigger players tried to get around treaty limitations, none of which paid much mind to aircraft at all (particularly the various designs from the 20s)<br /><br />All colossal waste of scarce capital of course! Lasgunpackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529298072677726064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-56434557827951304112017-12-12T15:43:54.032+00:002017-12-12T15:43:54.032+00:00Chris,
The inter-war period has lots of scope for...Chris,<br /><br />The inter-war period has lots of scope for all sorts of military 'what ifs'. For example, I've been fascinated by the possibilities of using a developed version of the Westland Pterodactyl design (a tail-less high-wing monoplane fighter aircraft) in a wargame.<br /><br />I seem to remember that the deck plans came from a copy of Brassey's naval annual.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-36450665242270373732017-12-12T15:39:36.409+00:002017-12-12T15:39:36.409+00:00Archduke Piccolo,
Some of the preliminary designs...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />Some of the preliminary designs for what became the <i>panzerschiff</i> were much slower but more heavily armed and armoured vessels. They bear interesting comparison with the Swedish coastal defence battleships that date from a slightly earlier period.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-70376620913315949182017-12-12T13:52:01.425+00:002017-12-12T13:52:01.425+00:00I, too, am always fascinated by "what-ifs.&qu...I, too, am always fascinated by "what-ifs." What are those deck plans out of? <br /><br />--ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436658698932425918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-16028158371202602982017-12-12T11:01:11.871+00:002017-12-12T11:01:11.871+00:00Interesting designs of vessels. I've become s...Interesting designs of vessels. I've become something of an admirer of the naval architecture that went into the building of the German 'pocket battleships' so called. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com