Federal Republic of Denton

Very interesting design. And I first discovered about the blau-gas.

Thanks guys! Up next will most likely be... a blimp, based on the K class patrol blimps of the USN.

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... or not. Up next we have a General Cargo Vessel.

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The E-Class General Cargo Ships were a class of 6 ships built from 1916 to 1917. The ship depicted here, SS Eitu, is famous for accompanying the RV Moturoa and the HLK research ship* on the joint Hellenic-Denton 1937-1938 Antarctic expedition.
*Name not known at this time.

Length: 266ft
Beam: 44ft
Draught: 19ft
Displacement: 3950 tons
Service Speed: 10kt
Propulsion: 1x Vertical Triple Expansion Steam Engine, producing 1500hp
Crew: 19

Edit: Forgot to mention that this is based on a ship called the War Mingan, which was a WWI WEP standard ship.
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Image is from 'The Encyclopedia of Ships'

-Ethan

A very nice cargo ship Ethan. You might want to consider making the War Mingan, for the Real Life merchant ships thread.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Thanks Novice. As for the War Mingan, I don't have enough information on the underwater hull, so if I did, it would only be a waterline drawing.

Next, I decided to go ahead and complete the 1900s Destroyer Class, so here we have the Zumwalt class of Torpedo Boat Destroyers, built 1899-1900 and launched 1901-1903.
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Primarily the design takes from the Truxtun Class Destroyers, with some influences from the Bainbridge and Smith classes.

DNS Zumwalt DD-1
Laid Down: 1899
Launched: 1901

Length OA: 257ft
Length Water: 255.5ft
Draught: 7.5ft
Beam: 23.25ft
Max Speed: 30kts

Armament:
3x 3in/50 guns
4x 2.2in 6-pounder guns
2x 18in torpedo tubes

Ooh, pretty turtleback! She seems plausible enough.

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Blood and Fire

Thanks Blackbuck

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Now, for the moment I've been waiting for *drumroll*
It's the Denton Navy's first 'battleship,' the DNS St. Catherine BM-1. While it's technically a monitor, it is still considered a 'battleship.' It is designated either way, BM-1 or BB-1.

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Laid Down: August 9th, 1881
Launched: August 21st, 1883
Overall, it is similar to the BM-2 Amphitrite class Monitors, but has a shallower draft and wider beam.
Oh, and no, it wasn't built in Denton. It was built in Delaware by William Cramp & Sons, and then it was transported to Denton (I almost typed in 'via the Panama Canal'...).
A quick style note, the ends of the main structure in the middle is not angled, but actually curves from the turrets towards the middle. With the shading I did, does it look like that?

DNS St. Catherine, Denton Breastwork Monitor laid down 1881

Displacement:
3,200 t light; 3,428 t standard; 3,998 t normal; 4,453 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
262.00 ft / 258.00 ft x 58.25 ft x 14.00 ft (normal load)
79.86 m / 78.64 m x 17.75 m x 4.27 m

Armament:
4 - 10.00" / 254 mm guns (2x2 guns), 432.50lbs / 196.18kg shells, 1881 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread
6 - 2.25" / 57.2 mm guns in single mounts, 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 1881 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 0.45" / 11.4 mm guns in single mounts, 0.04lbs / 0.02kg shells, 1881 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 1,766 lbs / 801 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 142.00 ft / 43.28 m 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Ends: 5.00" / 127 mm 116.00 ft / 35.36 m 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Main Belt covers 85 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 4.00" / 102 mm -

- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, simple reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 2,292 ihp / 1,710 Kw = 12.80 kts
Range 3,400nm at 11.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,025 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
250 - 326

Cost:
£0.362 million / $1.449 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 220 tons, 5.5 %
Armour: 989 tons, 24.7 %
- Belts: 501 tons, 12.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 239 tons, 6.0 %
- Armour Deck: 216 tons, 5.4 %
- Conning Tower: 33 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 467 tons, 11.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,524 tons, 38.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 798 tons, 20.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
3,527 lbs / 1,600 Kg = 8.2 x 10.0 " / 254 mm shells or 1.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.53
Metacentric height 4.6 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 11.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 29 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.33

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.665
Length to Beam Ratio: 4.43 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Mid (50 %): 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Stern: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
- Average freeboard: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 80.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 35.6 %
Waterplane Area: 11,672 Square feet or 1,084 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 114 lbs/sq ft or 558 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.03
- Longitudinal: 1.00
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability
Note: In the SS report it lists the ship as having 250 - 326 crew, however, the actual number would be around 160-170.

If you see any other glaring issues with the SS report, let me know.

-EZ

Looks nice,
- about the shading it ok but would having the steps in 3D make it more obvious ? (and maybe switch the stern stairs ?)
- gun wise cant see the correct number of 2nd guns ? (what's missing the MGs or 57mm)

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