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 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Ansaldo 1939 Destroyer Proposal

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Ansaldo 1939 Destroyer Proposal Posted: September 3rd, 2023, 10:19 pm 

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They would've been nice-looking ships for sure! I agree, here's what J. E MacDonnell had to say about his creation (Which IMHO probably used a Fletcher Class destroyer as the start point for the authors imaginings...) Destroyers are the prettiest of warships, but Ascari's line was beautiful. A gaze...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Ansaldo 1939 Destroyer Proposal

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Ansaldo 1939 Destroyer Proposal Posted: September 3rd, 2023, 7:27 am 

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It's quite possible, if not likely that had this class been built, they would have completed in 42-43 with the single 37mm mounts, considering the design date of 1939 for the single mount. Here is the full armament as pulled from the novel: 5 x 4.7inch guns (Five single mounts), 6 x TT (Two triple ...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: Ansaldo 1939 Destroyer Proposal

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Ansaldo 1939 Destroyer Proposal Posted: September 3rd, 2023, 4:42 am 

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What a co-incidence, I've been reading through one of J. E. MacDonnell's later (1977) novels and from the limited description the Italian destroyer in that novel would probably be close in appearance to the ship above, the two major differences are in armament, the torpedo tubes are two triple sets ...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: MS Antonia Graza from the 2002 film "ghost ship"

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: MS Antonia Graza from the 2002 film "ghost ship" Posted: June 15th, 2023, 10:08 am 

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Nice job on a tricky subject, if you're ever looking for more fictional ocean liners, there's a blog called 'Model Ships In the Cinema' that has a few of the more obscure ones, including the model used for a 1953 Titanic movie that after being given a 'funnelectomy' (Four stovepipes replaced with th...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Battleship New Jersey (YouTube Channel) on the 1930s Gibbs & Cox Battleships

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Battleship New Jersey (YouTube Channel) on the 1930s Gibbs & Cox Battleships Posted: November 6th, 2022, 9:08 am 

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Thank's for finding that one I was not aware of it's existence and there are some significant differences between Design 'D' and the Pr. 23 battleships. For one thing Gibbs & Cox went for a 'sting-in-the-tail' by making C turret a quadruple mount for another, the Sovetsky Soyuz owed more to the Ital...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Battleship New Jersey (YouTube Channel) on the 1930s Gibbs & Cox Battleships

Graham1973
 Post subject: Battleship New Jersey (YouTube Channel) on the 1930s Gibbs & Cox Battleships Posted: November 5th, 2022, 2:24 pm 

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Two videos covering the 1930s battleship designs created by Gibbs & Cox for the Soviet Union, the last of which (Design 'D') would have given the Russians something capable of going toe-to-toe with an Iowa Class battleship... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAjud8wGaNY https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Something for anyone wanting a design challenge.

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Something for anyone wanting a design challenge. Posted: August 19th, 2022, 4:56 am 

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From the pages of the 1958 J. E. MacDonnell novel ' Coffin Island ', a complete surprise, what looks to be a Japanese Montana... HIJMS Satsuma Satsuma Class Battleship (Fictional) Length: 'almost' 1000ft (304.8m) Displacement: 50,000tons Depth of Main Armour Belt: 2ft Two Funnels Four shaft propulsi...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: US Navy 'Spring Styles' Volumes 1 & 3

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: US Navy 'Spring Styles' Volumes 1 & 3 (Volume 4 now available) Posted: May 24th, 2022, 12:37 am 

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A user on the Secret Projects forum called that_person has posted a link to a scanned version of the fourth volume of the US Navy Springstyles drawings over on that forum. Looks to be no battleship designs, so the USS Kentucky (BB-66) conversion into an AA ship that I mentioned in the OP of this thr...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Something for anyone wanting a design challenge.

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Something for anyone wanting a design challenge. Posted: March 31st, 2022, 3:48 pm 

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Since the last known volume of the 'Amanda Garrett' series has at last been released. USS Cunningham (DDG-79) Cunningham Class Destroyer Length: 580ft (176.8m) Weight: 8000 tons Armament: 2 x 1 76mm OTO Melara (Fore and Aft), ?x Advanced Phalanx (1x4 25mm & 2x quad RAM), 10 x TT (10 x Mk. 50 Torpedo...

 Forum: Sources and Reference Drawings  Topic: Drawings of various German Warships

Graham1973
 Post subject: Re: Drawings of various German Warships Posted: February 26th, 2022, 12:23 am 

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A YouTube video that between 01:58 - 02:16 shows the temporary helipad fitted to turret 'Bruno' of the light cruiser Koln during 1941.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SrUyNG4fYA
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