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Author:  Novice [ August 26th, 2010, 7:37 pm ]
Post subject:  French Battleships
Started by MitcheLL300, and since I was doing the French carrier Bearn, he kindly agreed that I woul complete this vessel.
A 1913 design for a battleship with four quad turrets with the then standard French big-gun 13.4"/45 Model 1912.

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Still to be completed, this is a "progress report".
BTW this class is not the Normandie class, but a further development of the class.
Author:  Mitchell van Os [ August 26th, 2010, 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
Nice of you to also use my anker chain's :)
Nice progress made novice! Cant wait till i see her finished.

Gl.

Mitch 8-)
Author:  Novice [ August 29th, 2010, 8:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
I think it is finished now.
MitcheLL300 is the true artist here, but all faults are mine, as I took up on his work.

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Do tell what you think.
Normandie is next BTW

Edit: Have made some modifications, not least was the underwater torpedo-tubes.
Author:  Portsmouth Bill [ September 14th, 2010, 8:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
I missed this one :o

Great stuff shipmate; we are deplorably deficient in French warships :)
Author:  Colombamike [ September 14th, 2010, 4:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
Novice wrote:
Do tell what you think.
Few comments :
- Any torpedoes-nets expected ?
- Any few light AA-guns expected ? (the 1st on a major french ship ?). The "Lyon's" is designed by late 1913/1914.
- Any "saluting-gun" expected ?

But great work :D
Author:  Novice [ September 14th, 2010, 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
Colombamike wrote:
Few comments :
- Any torpedoes-nets expected ?
- Any few light AA-guns expected ? (the 1st on a major french ship ?). The "Lyon's" is designed by late 1913/1914.
- Any "saluting-gun" expected ?
For torpedo-nets I couldn't find any mention of them, in any of the drawings I have.
As for light AA-guns I still have to find where they were designed to be along with the saluting guns
Author:  Mitchell van Os [ September 14th, 2010, 6:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
Portsmouth Bill wrote:
I missed this one :o

Great stuff shipmate; we are deplorably deficient in French warships :)
You said it wrong.

''Great stuff shipmate;''
It has to be.
''Great stuff shipmateS;''


Info on the armament's for lyon.

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48 - 47-millimetre AA guns = 47 mm Hotchkiss (3-pdr) (about 4 on front, and 4 aft on each side. Two on the aft superstructure)
Exact placings i dont know.

Many 13.2 millimetre machine guns (total of 18)

6x 450 millimetre torpedo tubes (submerged)
Author:  Colosseum [ September 14th, 2010, 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
MitcheLL300 wrote:
Portsmouth Bill wrote:
I missed this one :o

Great stuff shipmate; we are deplorably deficient in French warships :)
You said it wrong.

''Great stuff shipmate;''
It has to be.
''Great stuff shipmateS;''
Go away.
Author:  Bombhead [ September 14th, 2010, 9:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
Classy drawing Novice. 8-)
Author:  Novice [ September 15th, 2010, 8:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: French Battleships
BTW mitch the picture you enclosed above, also appears here http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3p ... as_pic.jpg.
The 13.2mm machine-gun were inroduced only in 1929 according to navweaps (above mentioned site)
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