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Post subject: French BattleshipsPosted: August 26th, 2010, 7:37 pm
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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.

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Mitchell van Os
Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: August 26th, 2010, 8:45 pm
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Nice of you to also use my anker chain's :)
Nice progress made novice! Cant wait till i see her finished.

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Mitch 8-)

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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: August 29th, 2010, 8:07 pm
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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.

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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 14th, 2010, 8:04 am
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I missed this one :o

Great stuff shipmate; we are deplorably deficient in French warships :)


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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 14th, 2010, 4:14 pm
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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


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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 14th, 2010, 4:48 pm
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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

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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 14th, 2010, 6:04 pm
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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)

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To do list:
-Zeven Provincien class cruiser
-Joint support ship all sides
-F124 Sachsen class frigate
-F125 Baden-Württemberg class frigate
-Clemencau class aircraft carrier
-Zeven provincien class frigate
-Poolster class AOR
-Amsterdam class AOR
-Minas Gerais aircraft carrier


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Colosseum
Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 14th, 2010, 6:27 pm
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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.

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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 14th, 2010, 9:59 pm
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Classy drawing Novice. 8-)


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Post subject: Re: French BattleshipsPosted: September 15th, 2010, 8:44 am
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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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