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Great work Bill. An outstanding drawing.

I think perhaps the Type 14 made sense at the time. The dual Limbo set-up was the most advanced at that time and the most effective. The Soviets lack a long-range aviation component (and those few bombers are busy doing others things like delivering instant sunshine) and a surface gun is unlikely to see much use as with snorks etc. submarines are now designed to spend all their time underwater.
The tiny Fairey Ultralight would probably have fitted quite easily as a retrofit but MATCH offered a better capability, but when these ships were designed Limbo was the sole effective weapon, and Bidder looked like the next best thing (but it never worked out).

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This is great!

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Agreed. Great talent. Fantastic drawing.

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Thanks Gents, and the Exmouth is well on its way.

http://www.demotix.com/news/1113651/hms ... e-scrapped

Looks like its to late Bill HMS Plymouth has been sold to Shipbreakers

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Sorry to hear that. yes, I know, old warships shouldn't be 'sentimentalised', but this could have been a really profitable tourist attaction if presented the right way; I for one would have gone to see her - oh well

Somewhere like Portsmouth or Chatham would have been a better place than Liverpool

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Either, and Chatham already has the Cavalier, the Plymouth would have fitted in well there.

Updated HMS Hardy, and HMS Exmouth; the latter being the first all gas turbine powered warship in RN service; the experiment was very successful, which lead to the new generation of warships that were powered exclusively with gas turbines:

Great Bill! The Exmouth looks much better with a sleeker funnel, certainly she was a sign of things to come.

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