Something like the Ford class Seaward Defence Boat seems to fit the ticket.
Or if you want something already in the bucket there's the Danish version, the Daphne class
![[ img ]](http://shipbucket.com/Real%20Designs/Denmark/P530%20DAPHNE%201960-1980.png)
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| Author: | APDAF [ January 6th, 2013, 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
What about something like the the Brazilian Parnaíba? |
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| Author: | Thiel [ January 6th, 2013, 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
Something like the Ford class Seaward Defence Boat seems to fit the ticket. Or if you want something already in the bucket there's the Danish version, the Daphne class
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| Author: | eswube [ January 6th, 2013, 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
Have You thought about something from US post-war surplus? Like YMS or (somewhat bigger) Auk or Admirable. Or PCS class vessel? |
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| Author: | Raxar [ January 6th, 2013, 9:50 pm ] | |
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Not looking for a high speed patrol boat, rather some sort of slow, lumbering craft belching black smoke from a barely-running engine.
If you're looking for something like that, you could go for something like the Yangtze gunboats.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_Patrol Some of the older ones have been drawn already. |
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| Author: | Lazer_one [ January 6th, 2013, 10:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
What about one of the hundreds YMS... |
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| Author: | Colosseum [ January 7th, 2013, 12:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
YMS is good. I think I'll use one of those. ![[ img ]](http://www.shipbucket.com/Real%20Designs/United%20States%20of%20America/YMS%20Class.png) So, considering using the latest model with a few modifications. I imagine if it's turned into a river gunboat, the minesweeping ability would be dropped and a few more guns added. Any ideas where to put them? Also, is that an SG surface search radar on the mast? |
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| Author: | Trojan [ January 7th, 2013, 2:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
You could add mortars, flamethrowers, assorted machine guns and smaller cannons similarly to how the U.S. equipped its riverine fleet in the Vietnam War http://www.warboats.org/vietnamboats.htm In face boats similar to these would probably be very useful to you I would also look to planes and vehicles used by Biafra and Rhodesia during this time when looking at the military equipment you are planning on using. |
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| Author: | Colosseum [ January 7th, 2013, 3:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
Aircraft would probably be Cessnas and trainers, as well as surplus stuff from the 40s. Similar to how the Western-backed forces in the Congo used T-28 Trojans and B-26Ks for CAS. |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ January 7th, 2013, 4:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
From memory the congo river is pretty deep but I suppose they be using the tributaries as well, I'd imagine something like a cross between a paddlesteamer and a monitor |
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| Author: | JLDogg [ January 7th, 2013, 4:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking for a river gunboat for SMS... |
Perhaps an Amphib http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?dir=Real Designs/United States of America/LCI-397.png or an old PGM http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?dir=Real Designs/United States of America/PGM-1.png http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?dir=Real Designs/United States of America/PGM-9.png Or USCG Cutter http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?dir=Real Designs/United States of America/WPG-77 Escanaba.png |
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