Shipbucket

Nice!

Its been a while since I last posted a drawing, I've had this almost complete since January so I thought i'd finish him tonight. Hope you like.

GK 4541 Battlecruiser
The GK 4541 project was a 1918 design proposal for a 45,000 ton battlecruiser, armed with eight 42cm (16.5in) SK L/45 guns in four twin turrets, in a superfiring arrangement on the centreline.

Secondary armament consisted of eight 15cm (5.9in) L/45guns in casemates, four 15cm (5.9in) L/45 AA guns in turrets and one torpedo tube in the bow.

The GK 4541 was to have been 240m (787.40ft) long, with a beam of 33.5m (109.9ft) and a draught of 10m (32.8ft). His speed was estimated to be 28.5kts.

Mein Gott... Fürs Vaterland!

I always like the look of Great War German warships and this is just... WOW!

Interesting.

Wow, this one looks really nice!

Missing are the AA guns, from this well done drawing

Nice work! Those would have been some huge BC's!

@Novice:
The AA guns are next to the barbette of turret c, though hard to make them out at a first glance...

Interesting, a somewhat basic and blocky design and not aesthetically pleasing on the eye, but certainly a powerful looking ship. The hull has some serious armour coverage, although I suspect its not that thick. An interesting comparison to Repulse and Hood.

maomatic wrote:The AA guns are next to the barbette of turret c, though hard to make them out at a first glance...

Yeah, I had to look a third or fourth time as well until I finally found them. I wonder how efficient such a placement of the entire AA (around one turret, only aft) would be...

DG_Alpha wrote:I wonder how efficient such a placement of the entire AA (around one turret, only aft) would be...

About as efficient as most other AA arrangements of the era were?

A very beautiful drawing though! I've discovered a new liking of German WW1-era warships.