Post by fluorophil on May 29, 2011 15:49:10 GMT -5
Another "What if?" battleship for the Royal Navy. (and GHQ are producing a model next month!)
Projected ships in class: Lion, Temeraire, Conqueror, Thunderer.
Lion and Temeraire were laid down in mid 1939. However, after the outbreak of the Second World War that year, construction was at first suspended; as it was considered unlikely that the Lions could be completed before the probable conclusion of the war, they were thus a questionable investment. After some consideration, construction work on the two ships was halted during October 1940 to allow the shipbuilding industry to concentrate on other important vessels such as escort craft. The two partially complete hulls were scrapped on the slip during 1942–43. (Wikipedia)
They would have used a new 16" Mark II L/45 (I have used a combination of stats from the South Dakota / Washington class, and the Rodney class guns) - these mountings were never produced, so this is all conjecture...
My references (mainly books - however I have more references than Wikipedia - including theirs!)
:
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922 - 1946 (2006 reprint)
British Battleships of World War Two. (1976)(Alan Raven and John Roberts)
British and Empire Warships of the Second World War. (1998)(H.T. Lenton)
Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905 - 1970. (1973)(Siegfried Breyer)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_class_battleship
Proposed stats:
Lion class Fast Battleship (7+)
Hull points:162 (40550 tons) - I am using Conway's because that's what Harry has based every other ship on...
Move and Shoot steps: Battleship
Fire Control: RDR
Armor: 20
SAV: 7
AA/ASW: 22/0
Speed:8 (30kts)
Weapon:16in x 9 (3 turrets 3 guns)
Secondary: 5.25in x 16 (8 P/S)
Primary Gun Data:
Short: 17 Med: 34 Long: 51 Ext: 68
Pen:14 DMG:11
FPS (6) (2x3)
APS (3) (1x3)
Secondary Guns:
Short: 10 Med: 20 Long: 30 Ext:40
Pen:2 DMG:2
P (8) (4x2)
S (8) (4x2)
Aircraft: 3 (Recon)
I apologise in advance if there are any errors - the fault is solely mine, and I freely welcome constructive criticism and discussion.
Projected ships in class: Lion, Temeraire, Conqueror, Thunderer.
Lion and Temeraire were laid down in mid 1939. However, after the outbreak of the Second World War that year, construction was at first suspended; as it was considered unlikely that the Lions could be completed before the probable conclusion of the war, they were thus a questionable investment. After some consideration, construction work on the two ships was halted during October 1940 to allow the shipbuilding industry to concentrate on other important vessels such as escort craft. The two partially complete hulls were scrapped on the slip during 1942–43. (Wikipedia)
They would have used a new 16" Mark II L/45 (I have used a combination of stats from the South Dakota / Washington class, and the Rodney class guns) - these mountings were never produced, so this is all conjecture...
My references (mainly books - however I have more references than Wikipedia - including theirs!)
:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922 - 1946 (2006 reprint)
British Battleships of World War Two. (1976)(Alan Raven and John Roberts)
British and Empire Warships of the Second World War. (1998)(H.T. Lenton)
Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905 - 1970. (1973)(Siegfried Breyer)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_class_battleship
Proposed stats:
Lion class Fast Battleship (7+)
Hull points:162 (40550 tons) - I am using Conway's because that's what Harry has based every other ship on...
Move and Shoot steps: Battleship
Fire Control: RDR
Armor: 20
SAV: 7
AA/ASW: 22/0
Speed:8 (30kts)
Weapon:16in x 9 (3 turrets 3 guns)
Secondary: 5.25in x 16 (8 P/S)
Primary Gun Data:
Short: 17 Med: 34 Long: 51 Ext: 68
Pen:14 DMG:11
FPS (6) (2x3)
APS (3) (1x3)
Secondary Guns:
Short: 10 Med: 20 Long: 30 Ext:40
Pen:2 DMG:2
P (8) (4x2)
S (8) (4x2)
Aircraft: 3 (Recon)
I apologise in advance if there are any errors - the fault is solely mine, and I freely welcome constructive criticism and discussion.
