Favorite dreadnought - era ship classes

Sailor Steve · 08-18-09, 12:21 PM

Since I've spent the better part of 20 years working on my own WW1 tabletop miniatures game, you just rang my bell!

The only boxes I didn't tick were the Q-Ship and Submarine ones, as I'm a huge fan and student of the surface ships of the era.

I also ticked Other, and my 'other' is the destroyers of the period. I've made many lists of the various pre-Dreadnought TBDs and their comparative strengths and weaknesses, and have performance and combat charts for each individual class, and for the individual boats within each class where they varied (which for the TBDs was quite a bit). I also have made comparative charts for each of the big ships, including all the various changes made to HMS Dreadnought's 12pdr gun layout and rangefinder locations over her life.

So, yeah, this is pretty cool for me.

@ Admiral Von Gerlach: It was 3 battlecruisers, and it was a lot more complicated than just the armor protection.

View Poll Results: What are your favorite Dreadnought-era warships?
British Dreadnoughts	17	30.36%
German Dreadnoughts	28	50.00%
British Battlecruisers	14	25.00%
German Battlecruisers	21	37.50%
Pre-Dreadnoughts/old Battleships	11	19.64%
Cruisers	9	16.07%
Destroyers & Small Escorts	5	8.93%
Q-Ships	10	17.86%
Allied Submarines	8	14.29%
Other (please describe!)	7	12.50%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 56. You may not vote on this poll

08-18-09, 12:21 PM	#16
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Since I've spent the better part of 20 years working on my own WW1 tabletop miniatures game, you just rang my bell! The only boxes I didn't tick were the Q-Ship and Submarine ones, as I'm a huge fan and student of the surface ships of the era. I also ticked Other, and my 'other' is the destroyers of the period. I've made many lists of the various pre-Dreadnought TBDs and their comparative strengths and weaknesses, and have performance and combat charts for each individual class, and for the individual boats within each class where they varied (which for the TBDs was quite a bit). I also have made comparative charts for each of the big ships, including all the various changes made to HMS Dreadnought's 12pdr gun layout and rangefinder locations over her life. So, yeah, this is pretty cool for me. @ Admiral Von Gerlach: It was 3 battlecruisers, and it was a lot more complicated than just the armor protection. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo