РИФ (Russian Imperial Navy)

[Thiel]

It is a bit like the Spaniards naming a ship after Drake.

[bezobrazov]

*Ole* Amigo! I didn't even think of that analogy!

[Thiel]

My naval history isn't as good as I wish it was, but I do remember El Draque

[WhyMe]

I'd guess it's the AU version where Russians won the Tsushima battle

[Rurik-2]

I'd guess it's the AU version where Russians won the Tsushima battle

Exactly. Sorry I had not said.
In WTM-7 Russia wins. Victory: Tsushima, Dagelet (Ulleungdo is a South Korean island in the Sea of Japan), Port Arthur, Telin (Tieling - China).

[Rurik-2]

Battlecruiser Dmitry Donskoy class, Russia 1914.
Russian version Pocket battleship. For action on lines of communication.

Dmitry Donskoy, Saint Petersburg, Admiralty Shipyard 15.06.1910 – 18.12.1911 – 28.01.1914
Alexandr Nevsky, Saint Petersburg, Baltic Shipyard 15.06.1910 – 29.12.1911 – 21.04.1914

Displacement: 18 266 / 19 990 t
Dimensions: 189 x 25 x 8.2 m
Propulsion: 4 steam turbine, 12 coal fired boiler, 6 oil fired boilers, 6 universal boiler, 60 000 shp, speed 26.5/28 kts, range 13 600 mi/14 kts. Capacity: 1000 oil t, 2700 coal t.
Armour: main belts 152 mm, ends 51 mm, gun (main) 51-152 mm, barbette 152 mm, deck 12.7+38.1/51 mm, torpedo bulkhead 38 mm, conning towers: forward 152 mm, stern 51 mm.
Armament: 2x3 305/52 mm (112 shells/gun), 6x2 120/50 mm (250 shells/gun), 2x1 75/50 mm AA, 4x1 37/70 mm AA, 3x2 456 mm torpedo-tube.
Complement: 907.

Pacific Fleet (2 battlecruisers): Dmitry Donskoy, Alexandr Nevsky.

[Rurik-2]

Battlecruiser Dmitry Donskoy class, Russia 1914. ....tripod mast

[bezobrazov]

Ahh, well, for that victory, a sure miracle would've had to happen. The sheer incompetency, the fact that most of the Russian commanders lacked any battle experience comparable with those of the japanese, the fact that even Adm. Tyrtov, before the war had adamantly warned against retaining the death trap of Port Arthur etc...all would've ensured a Jap. victory in any scenario. But, like i said...if you believe in miracles...

[Rurik-2]

But, like i said...if you believe in miracles...

I like history.
WTM-7 - is an alternative world. But I assure You - in there is no Jedi.

[Rurik-2]

Alternative version IZMAIL Class Battleship, 1915
4x3 356/52-mm, 10x2 120/50-mm