Friday, May 30, 2014

Tomorrow is a big anniversary: May 31, 1916, the start of the Battle of Jutland

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All those enthusiasts interested in naval history and warships from 1900 to 1921 know what May 31st is about: the anniversary of the start o...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

The World War Two British Emergency War Programme

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The British World War Two Emergency War Programme (as they say) was very inadequate for rebuilding the navy from the losses of 1941 and 1942...
Saturday, May 04, 2013

My fast Italian six inch gunned cruiser concept

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I have a photograph of what I have thought that the more modern fast Italian six inch gunned cruiser would look like. The ships would look a...

My first attempt in a Springsharp design in years

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I have had the concept for a modernized version of the early Italian fast light cruisers. I can tell that I have become extremely rusty usin...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Jutland

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We almost got by the anniversary of the Battle of Jutland (May 31-June 1, 1916) without some mention. This Wikipedia image shows the Briti...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Today was the annivesary of the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915

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I noticed two good photographs from the Battle of Dogger Bank (24 January 1915). I hope that these will work for us: the Seydlitz on fire an...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Cruising formations for Dutch warships?

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One question that I have is if the Dutch sailed in some cruising formation with their fleet when not engaged in actual fighting. I have spec...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

Another run at the GB/CB/1905 fast battlecruiser design

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I have tended to be obsessed with Cliff's design for a fast British battlecruiser, what we called the GB/CB/1905 design. I just got a go...