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Originally Posted by iambecomelife
Good observation! When I made that model I was actually inspired by the freighter "Cyclops" (NOT USS Cyclops) but the civilian, British ship sunk in 1942. Cyclops and Talthybius may have been sisters - they were both large cargo ships owned by the same company (A. Holt/Blue Funnel Line), and had many similar features with crane design & superstructure shape.
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I tracked down 6 ships of similar design. There could be more though merchant are not as easy to track as navy ships
[Unit 1]
Name=SS ACHILLES
DOC=19200528
DOD=19480316
[Unit 2]
Name=SS TALTHYBIUS
DOC=19111228
DOD=19420212;Scuttled then raised by Japanese
[Unit 3]
Name=SS TYNDAREUS
DOC=19161011
DOD=19600909
[Unit 4]
Name=SS IXION
DOC=19121206
DOD=19410508
[Unit 5]
Name=SS PHILOCTETES
DOC=19220808
DOD=19481121
[Unit 6]
Name=SS CYCLOPS
DOC=19060623
DOD=19420111
[Unit 7]
Name=SS TITAN
DOC=19061113
DOD=19400904
All British
First 5 build by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock
Last 2 build by D & W Henderson & Co., Glasgow
The difference SS TALTHYBIUS is longer and heavier and have cross beam at 2nd pair of kingpsot,SS CYCLOPS dont have it.The difference is quiet significant So they are not sister ships but they do resemble each other a lot.