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This is my try at the Minotaur Class Armored Cruiser.

They were the last first class armored cruisers built for the Royal Navy in 1908. They mounted two twin BL 9.2-inch Mark X guns and 10 BL 7.5-inch Mark II guns in single mounts. They also had reduced armor compared with the previous Warrior class.

All three of the class, Minotaur, Shannon and Defence were present at Jutland. Poor old Defence exploded under heavy fire from German battlecruisers with the loss of all hands. She was also involved in the hunt for the Goeben at the start of the war as well as being sent to join Admiral Craddock's squadron that was hunting for the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. News of Craddock's destruction at Coronel came when the ship was in Montevideo. Apparently, there was a boast on the Defence that if ever they got into a fire fight with Scharnhorst, they wouldn't fire the 7.5 inch guns to make it a fair fight!

A note about the drawing: I used the outline from Brassy's and photo's for the detail. The main deck is rather sparse of detail due to the lack of close ups of that area. If any one has some extra sources, I'd be grateful. Oh, and I should probably leave the coat of arms to Kim!

Looks very good to me

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Good start Charybdis. Iv'e got a good drawing some where of the ship and the badge.I'll PM them to you.

Nice work.

Good start Charybdis. Concerning the badge, don't blush But!!! The badge is not right, because that badge was drawn to a Town class cruiser in 1936. Unfortunately the vessel was renamed HMS Newcastle so this badge never came in use. But she had a badge. An unofficial but though recognised.

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

Methinks it's a really beautiful drawing!

Good find Kim, never seen that one before.Looks like a job for the King of the badges my friend I never thought of looking for cigarette cards for the source of unofficial badges. Sorry to high jack your thread Charybdis.

Nice job Charybdis!

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"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done." ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

If Chabrybdis want it, I will gladly draw the badge to his excellent vessel.

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

Thanks all, and thank you Kim! I'd be honored You ARE the king of badges Thanks to Bombhead for his excellent reference. I'll fill in the blanks and improve the rigging (hopefully tonight ).