Karle94 shipyard

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Marka Ragnos

Well I finally found a solution to the turret problem and also changed the flag







Look at the size of that thing

Glad you like it. Just wait until you start fightin`. You can sink a battleship with one or two shells.

[Karle94]

Does anybody have the slightest clue what kind of ship this is?

[Xion]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Does anybody have the slightest clue what kind of ship this is?

Looks like a Tirpitz class battleship,but correct me if im wrong.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Xion

Looks like a Tirpitz class battleship,but correct me if im wrong.

You are partially wrong. It`s an AU ship I made a year ago. With my stationary computer running I have access to some older and forgotten and/or abandoned ships. This is one of them. This is a what if of the Bismarck. What if she was captured by the British? What if they rebuilt her to British standards and put her in service? I tried to make her as British as possible while keeping as much German as possible. Since the superstructure was completely destroyed I put a KGV-ish superstructure on her. I am remaking it from SHV KGV and Bismarck.

[Karle94]

Here`s the updated 3D model built from SHV KGV and Bismarck:





I still don`t know if I should keep the German weapons or put British weapons on it. What do you think?

[Gerald]

@Xion! Welcome to SubSim,

[Xion]

Originally Posted by Vendor

@Xion! Welcome to SubSim,

Thanks mate,yeah i figured it wasn't exactly it since a few things looked different but that's awesome man.It would have been awesome if the British captured the Bismark and turned it on the Nazis

[Gerald]

You are welcome, yes it is nice stuff

[Swabbie]

Very nice work. Would sure like to give the Lexington class battlecruiser a spin.

[Karle94]

Here`s something I while in class:

[comotoasty]

What ship is that Karle?

[Sledgehammer427]

Karle, I would assume that depending on the amount of 15" ammo the brits had (not a lot, and I don't think they would have the ability to start up another foundry to make ammunition, I think it would be safe to assume that they would have mounted british guns on her. But I don't know if they would go full-on and put BB cannon on her. I think after they reverse-engineered her they would just use her for target practice or something of the sort. but if they were to build a KGV superstructure then they would probably put KGV guns on her too.

[FightingSteel1]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

Karle, I would assume that depending on the amount of 15" ammo the brits had...

Maybe I'm wrong, but didn't the majority of British large capital ships use 15" ammunition? The KGVs and Nelson/Rodney were the only exceptions to that rule I think. I would think they would have had more 15" ammo then any other size.

This ship is an interesting concept, but even if a nation captured a ship this large, I don't think they would go to the trouble of reconstructing it. For example, the Allies came into the possession of Jean Bart, but made no attempt to rebuild or reconstruct the vessel for use.

[Sledgehammer427]

The older Ships (Renown, Hood, Queen Elizabeth, Revenge) I believe used 15", Nelson used 16" and the KGV used 14"
I'm not too sure what ammo production would have been.

Well, it looks like it could be one of the post WWI Tillman designs.

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Captain Rockwell Torry