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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

I finally have my new picture of the Macbeth class (GB/BB/1912) battleships

My friend Cliff named his battleships in the big 1912 estimates after Shakespearian characters. The lead ship was the MacBeth. The ships were 700 feet long, were intended for 22 knots, but could make something more like 25 knots. They armament was 9-15in/42 and 12-6in/50 QF guns. The belt was 14in with a 7in deck. They turned out to be larger than Cliff had hoped. He had hoped for 32,500 tons, but they were much bigger. They ended up 42,620 tons normal displacement. Considering what they were trying to be, that is not unreasonable.

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