Queen Elisabeth Class Battleship

[Karle94]

Here is the lineup of the entire Queen Elisabeth class from 1914 up until the early-mid 30s. I wanted to do these before starting on the second rebuilds as some of them are approaching the WW2 era, and I wanted to nail down the ships before their appearance starts to wildly differ, for the sake of speed and efficiency.

HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1914:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1915:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1916:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1918:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1920:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1926:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1928:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1936:


HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1941:


HMS Warspite in 1915:


HMS Warspite in 1918:


HMS Warspite in 1919:


HMS Warspite in 1924:


HMS Warspite in 1933:


HMS Warspite in 1938:


HMS Valiant in 1915:


HMS Valiant in 1918:


HMS Valiant in 1925:


HMS Valiant in 1927:


HMS Valiant in 1930:


HMS Valiant in 1939:


HMS Barham in 1915:


HMS Barham in 1918:


HMS Barham in 1920:


HMS Barham in 1925:


HMS Barham in 1928:


HMS Barham in 1937:


HMS Malaya in 1916:


HMS Malaya in 1919:


HMS Malaya in 1928:


HMS Malaya in 1931:


HMS Malaya in 1937:

[emperor_andreas]

Incredible job! Can't wait to see the later versions! Are you planning on showcasing the Royal Sovereign-class like this as well?

[Armoured man]

They are very nice drawings indeed, although I feel that they look some what unfinished and very bland looking, another thing that someone pointed out to me on the discord is that there is a distinct lack of overhang shading in many areas with the biggest examples being the turrets.

[Karle94]

Incredible job! Can't wait to see the later versions! Are you planning on showcasing the Royal Sovereign-class like this as well?

I do intend to do that, yes.

[kvasius]

Good work on portraying these.
I've been planning to do (more like redo) a series on Warspite ever since i drew the 1942 all the way back in 2018 (...it has a lot of small and not so small issues now that i look back at it), but I never got to actually get myself properly on track. The whole idea got lost somewhere along the line, despite the fact I've went out of my way to get some of the best publications about the ship in question out there.
Since i haven't got to draw it, might as well help with pointing out some inconsistencies and errors.

1) I'm struggling to see the 3-pdr guns located near the conning tower, removed in 1929 (the right plan, replaced by hawker reel in blue lining).

2)According to plans J9807 and J9808 (HMS Malaya as fitted with 1924/1929 refits drawn over) and info from Brown's Battleship Warspite, Malaya's bulge extended 12ft further forward than that of Warspite.
Warspite had flying-off platforms fitted to its B and X turrets in the end of 1919 (here over the turret and the barrels) and kept in a shape until the major reconstruction of 1934-1937; as well as the fact that the sternwalk was fitted, not removed in 1923.

3)There might be some smaller issues about the foremast and 15in gun control tower, however, on the first glance i'm not so sure about that, so i'll leave the detailed research on that to you.



All scans taken from Robert Brown's "Battleship Warspite: detailed in original builders' plans", 2017; ISBN 978 1 5267 1937 9; of which i'm a proud owner of.

In any case, these drawings show great effort put into them, so it would be a waste to have them bogged down by these small oversights and minor issues. Good luck on continuing these series.

[heuhen]

awesome work

[emperor_andreas]

Incredible job! Can't wait to see the later versions! Are you planning on showcasing the Royal Sovereign-class like this as well?

I do intend to do that, yes.

Sweet!

[Hood]

A very nice series.
I had a QE redux on my long-term list (my original drawings are very old) but can safely remove that now, these look pretty good.

[eswube]

Great looking series.

[Karle94]

I'm adding the rebuilds and partial rebuilds/modernisations.