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I mucked about with it, but the image only got resized in funny ways. Back to Photobucket it is.

Nice looking ship Hugo. Looks a bit Dutch as well as Finnish. That AA layout on the aft bridge definitely screams 'Dutch'. I would say that you could do with a pair of 40mm somewhere round the main bridge structure to give it some light AA coverage.

Krakatoa wrote:Nice looking ship Hugo. Looks a bit Dutch as well as Finnish. That AA layout on the aft bridge definitely screams 'Dutch'. I would say that you could do with a pair of 40mm somewhere round the main bridge structure to give it some light AA coverage.

Thanks. A pair of lighter AA guns flanking the bridge would doubtlessly appear in a modernisation around the turn of the 30's.
In regards to the aft AA bridge; indeed, some inspiration came from the Dutch de Ruyter. With that said, a lot of Swedish CDS:s rocked AA bridges as well, which I believe is one of the reasons for their rather common occurence in my drawings.

Looks great. Aestethically one of you best.

Looks great.

A very well drawn design and with good looks too.

Love that Cruiser!

Thanks all.

Intended as a fast dreadnought built by some relatively small country in the early years of WW1, probably commissioned somewhere around 1916, and then displayed as modernized in 1941. Armed with eight 305mm guns in four twin turrets, twelve 152mm guns in casemates, and ten 76mm QF guns in open mounts at commissioning, and capable of 24 knots. During her modernization she'd recieve new, oil-fired engines, to allow for the same speed, despite an increase in armour and armament. The 1941 version sees her 76 QF guns removed in favour of eight 102mm DP guns in four twins, and eight twin 38mm anti-air guns.
1916

1941

Cheers all.

Very nice ship KHT