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España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
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Author:  Karle94 [ March 26th, 2019, 11:28 pm ]
Post subject:  España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Since I've been doing some of the smaller and more obscure dreadboughts, here's another one.

Spain wanted to hitch a ride on the whole dreadnought thing. Why not? Everybody else did. Differense is, Spain could afford it. The Spanish government ordered three battleships from Britain; the España, the Alfonso XIII, and the Jaime I. At 140 meters, they were only 3 meters longer than the South Carolina class, and a couple of thousand tons lighter, making them the smallest dreadnought-type battleship ever built. The three ships were armed with 8x12 inch guns in four twin turrets, two amidships en-echelon. They also featured a slew of 76mm casemated secondaries. They were also among the slowest, hardly a knot faster than the South Carolina class. Because they were so small, and light, chances of modernisation and improvements were none-existant.

España was lost when she ran aground in 1923. Severe storms broke the wreck before any salvage operations could be carried.
Alfonso hit a mine in 1937 and sank.
Jaime was wrecked when an explosion happened in 1937. The ship was written off in 1939.

España as she appeared in 1913:
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España as she appeared in 1923:
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Jaime I as she appeared in 1937:
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España (Alfonso XII) as she appeared in 1937:
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Author:  emperor_andreas [ March 27th, 2019, 5:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Very nice work, Karle, as always! One question: should the propellers be that small, though?
Author:  Karle94 [ March 27th, 2019, 7:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
All the sources I've found suggests so. I guess that is why she has four instead of two propellers.
Author:  Shigure [ March 27th, 2019, 9:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Nicely done.
Author:  heuhen [ March 27th, 2019, 4:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
nice drawing.


The only one I could find with slightly larger propeller.

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I think the reason the propeller look small on those drawings, might coming from that the propeller might be a 3 bladder. in some situation a 3 bladder can look smaller then what it is
Author:  Karle94 [ March 27th, 2019, 5:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Seeing as they only ever show two blades, a three bladed propeller is likely.
Author:  erik_t [ March 27th, 2019, 5:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Surely this must be one of the smallest-superstructure steel warships ever built. By volume ratio, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Whiskey missile submarine conversions had larger sails!
Author:  Karle94 [ March 27th, 2019, 6:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
This is not a ship with guns, but guns with a ship.
Author:  Hood [ March 27th, 2019, 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Wonderful work, some of your best yet.
Author:  Gollevainen [ March 28th, 2019, 4:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: España Class: Worlds Smallest Dreadnought
Yeah Its a nice drawing indeed. I can check if there is better linedrawing in one of the spanish books I have on the class after I get back home from work.
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