Shipbucket

I knew that. What i can't realise, it's why the all-powerfull nation would need a coastal-defense ship.

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Because they actually did operate them.

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Blood and Fire

Why would you go to all that trouble to refit a predred into a coastal defense ship when it is much cheaper to build a new, modern, and stronger hull? Besides, if she was a refit, why not shorten the hull? Right now you've got a massive open space aft of the B turret that screams, "Go ahead, put a shell through me!", or add some minerails. Also, there is no way the engines could be located under those stacks, unless you have propeller shafts that run half the length of the ship. And, the spotters up the mast are going to have a hard time seeing through all that smoke your funnels will be beltching out, I suggest adding another director or raising the mast. Again, I refer you to Huehen's Norweigian CD.

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

I will add minerails and depth charges.

Trololol....

You're adding depth charges to something that's gonna make, what... 20 knots? 21?

And? WW2 submarines apart from the type XXI could only do less than 10 knots.

Mine rails and depth charges on costal defence ship ... Dear Gods.

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Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!

and we're back to normal. Huzzah and hurrah.

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AU Projects: | Banbha et al. | New England: The Divided States
Blood and Fire

Welll... At least, it can self-destruct

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Let me ask you this: WHY would you slap DC on a ship that's made for practically everything EXCEPT ASW? Use destroyers for that, the CDS will be busy fighting enemies on the surface.
Haven't you ever wondered why no battleship whatsoever has sunk a submarine? They're not made for such a task! They're made to batter the enemy's ships to oblivion.
Stick with a CDS design without DC and such devices, and make some destroyers instead. It doesn't matter if the DC is for self defence.
Use those 20 knots to run away(zig-zagging) rather than close the distance.