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Very nice work...worthy of the name Enterprise!

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Looks excellent. I have to say the twin turret spoiled the balanced looks of the original design, but Enterprise certainly prototyped the light cruisers to come. Her DCT alone was a good step forward.
I'll have a check in Friedman about the catapults, I'm sure it has a listing of what ships received which type and when.

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By the way Nigel HMS Enterprise was built with the twin 6" gun mounting, and was not retrofitted with it.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

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Thank you Novice, that is what I had always thought. The Wiki entry threw me as I had never seen any 'as built' photos of Enterprise with forward single guns. I will change the header information on the drawing to reflect your information. What I had always understood was the turret was a modified version of the ones on Nelson and Rodney with lower elevation. Which with the NelRods being completed 1926-27 would have made sense for Enterprise to have had the turret fitted as completed.

The E's did not receive catapults until 1935-36, the decision to fit them being made in 1934.

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Excellent work Krakatoa Makes me smileand laugh.

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Thanks to Kim for the very nice COA for HMS Emerald on the drawing on page 1.

I am currently working on the 1935-36 versions and hopefully they will arrive soon. Biggest problem I have is that the line drawing I am working from is another one of those Russian jobbies, so I am trying to use photos to try and ensure that things are as and where they should be. I will have to get those people with Friedmans to check once finished.

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Graham

Next in this series is the mid-30's updates to both ships which made room for a catapult and aircraft aft between the 'R' and 'X' 6" guns.



as before both ships were virtual twins up to the fore funnel after which bridge and armament structures differentiate the ships.




As always any errors and/or omissions are mine. Thanks to those who have provided continuing help with this series. Any assistance/comments from any Bucketeer to improve the drawings is greatly appreciated.

Last in the series will be the 1943 versions, which we have some good references for. We have just bought a house so my time is going to be taken with packing/moving for the next few weeks. Hopefully the 43's will be a Xmas present if not sooner.

Excellent work, I`m looking forward to the 43's!