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3RD CLASS CRUISER - ADVENTURE CLASS 1908
Reclassified as Light Cruiser, 1925


Displacement: 2,581 t standard; 3,082 t normal; 3,483 t full load
Length: 385.51 ft OA / 380.00 ft Waterline
Beam: 38.00 ft
Draught: 18.00 ft
Propulsion: 4 Coal-Fired Boilers, 2 Geared Steam Turbines, 2 Shafts
Speed: 26 knots
Range: 4200 NM @ 15 knots
Complement: 268
Armament:
8 x 4" (8 x 1)
2 x 3" (2 x 1)
Aviation: nil

Ships in Class
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ROYAL NAVY
Adventure (1908)
Alacrity (1908)
Audacious (1908)
Advantage (1908)
Artist (1909)
Avalon (1909)

ALDESHAR
Rodeo (1908)
Prairie (1909)

NEW KANDOR
Magpie (1910)

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PROTECTED CRUISER - BARRACUDA 1885

As built 1885

Modified 1906

Displacement: 3,189 t
Length: 288.5'
Beam: 42'
Draught: 19'
Propulsion: Sails (removed 1895); 2 Steam Boilers, 1 Screw
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 1800 NM @ 9 knots (sails alone - limited only by crew endurance and supplies)
Complement: 1885: 284; 1906: 213
Armament (1885):
2 x 8"/30 (2 x 1)
2 x 6 Pdr (2 x 1)
2 x 3 Pdr (2 x 1)
2 x 1 Pdr (2 x 1)
2 x Gatling Guns (2 x 1)
Armament (1906):
4 x 4"QF (4 x 1)
4 x 1 Pdr (4 x 1)
Aviation: nil

Ships in Class
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Barracuda (1885)
Talfin (1885)
Preston (1885)

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HOSPITAL SHIP - LT ELIZABETH RHAMEY


Displacement: 37,799
Length: 581 ft
Beam: 93 ft
Draught: 21 ft 4 in
Propulsion: 4 × diesels,
Speed: 22 knots
Range: 7200 NM @ 18 knots
Complement:
254 Crew
1,100 Medical Personnel
Armament: nil
Aviation: landing pad for medevac helicopter
Medical Facilities:
4 Operating theatres
3 Triage centres
1150 beds for patients, including ICU and trauma centre
Provision for Ro-Ro storage of up to 100 medical vehicles

Ships in Class
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Lt Elizabeth Rhamey (built 1980 as the Packet Ferry Pride of Satsop, Purchased by the RFA in 1989 for conversion to hospital ship)


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Thanks go to Charybdis for permitting me to use this drawing.

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HOSPITAL SHIP - SOLACE 1997


Displacement: 33,336 GT
Length: 528 ft 3 in
Beam: 95 ft 2 in
Draught: 21 ft 4 in
Propulsion: 4 × diesels
Speed: 21.3 knots
Range: 6400 NM @ 18 knots
Complement:
240 Crew
950 Medical personnel
Armament: nil
Aviation:landing pad for medevac helicopter
Medical Facilities:
4 Operating theatres
3 Triage centres
825 beds for patients, including ICU and trauma centre
Provisions for Ro-Ro storage of up to 100 medical vehicles

Ships in Class
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Solace (built 1986 as Packet Ferry Princess Nicole, purchased by the RFA in 1992 for conversion to Hospital Ship)
Sanctuary (built 1986 as Packet Ferry Princess Patricia, purchased by the RFA in 1992 for conversion to Hospital Ship)

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Thanks go to Charybdis for permitting me to use this drawing.

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"Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way." - The Seventh Doctor

Is it just me or are those ships ridiculously top-heavy

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Might be just you, because both of them are real ships from Charybdis's "Ferries of Portsmouth" drawings. The "Lt Rhamey" is the Pride of Bilbao, and the "Solace" is the Pride of Portsmouth. Most all modern cruise ships look exceedingly top heavy like that from what I've seen. I just really like the look of these two and figured there wouldn't be much chance of drawing something similar on my own, so I just went ahead and used them with Charybdis's kind permission.

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Your Barracuda class is really awesome, but I would assume the 1908 would have been rearmed with QF guns, more substantial bridgework and fighting tops. Also it would've in all likelihood have been repainted in the preferred shade of gray. But, really, by 1908, it might just have been relegated to the scrap yard or placed in Ordinary.

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Yeah, they were obsolete and decommed by then, so further changes seemed unnecessary.

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Just curious who's ELIZABETH RHAMEY (too lazy to not type that in non-caps)?

A GHRN Nurse killed in the line of duty.

(basically, a name I made up.)

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