Turkey's Toy Boat

GlowwormGuy · 02-16-06, 07:54 PM

Oops I'll say it again... I REALLY WANT THIS SHIP (Wahhh!)

http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/turkey_boat/

Seriously, for all you dreadnought fans out there here's an interesting piece on the battle for the HMS Agincourt.

Mountbatten

Torplexed · 02-16-06, 08:33 PM

Geez! What a poker game. And I thought the modern arms trade was byzantine.

The Agincourt had seven main gun turrets. Is that the record for a battleship?

CBDR · 02-16-06, 09:50 PM

Yes,

HMS Agincourt still holds the record for the greatest number (7) of main battery turrets mounted in a modern battleship.

GlowwormGuy · 02-16-06, 09:50 PM

I like it for more reasons than one - I think it might. The Ise and Hyuga of Japan might run it close... but no - those two have - or rather had - six twin 14's.

http://es.geocities.com/mymodelnet/iseplans.jpg

Now that would be my 'ship of dreams', Rio de Janeiro, Osman, Agincourt...

Rio de Janeiro - man even it's NAME sounds like a party!

Mountbatten

02-17-06, 01:43 PM

One of the books I have quotes someone who saw Agincourt fire a broadside at Jutland: "It looked like another battlecruiser blowing up"!

There were some who predicted that if she did fire a broadside she'd roll over and sink. Didn't happen, of course.

Her unofficial nickname was "The Gin Palace".

Torplexed · 02-17-06, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the info guys. I sure can see the appeal of the old dreadnoughts and battlewagons with their bristling gun batteries and heavy armor. They looked the part. Modern warships with their hidden internal missle cells, ASW torpedo tubes and fighter & strike wings in the case of carriers just don't have the same imposing look. Far deadlier though.

GlowwormGuy · 02-18-06, 06:21 AM

Thats the thing with ships nowadays... they look like some weirded out buck rodgers wannabee things. The best looking vessels I think nowadays are the Aegis cruisers - and most Russian heavies look good, Kirov particularly and the old Sverdlovs had that classic cruiser look. \

But give me the Rio de Janeiro Gin Palace any day!

Mountbatten

02-16-06, 07:54 PM	#1
GlowwormGuy Planesman Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 187 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Turkey's Toy Boat Oops I'll say it again... I REALLY WANT THIS SHIP (Wahhh!) http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/turkey_boat/ Seriously, for all you dreadnought fans out there here's an interesting piece on the battle for the HMS Agincourt. Mountbatten

02-16-06, 09:50 PM	#3
CBDR Watch Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 28 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Yes, HMS Agincourt still holds the record for the greatest number (7) of main battery turrets mounted in a modern battleship. __________________ \"Captain, the good news is the flooding put out the fire...\"

02-16-06, 09:50 PM	#4
GlowwormGuy Planesman Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 187 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Ah the gin palace! I like it for more reasons than one - I think it might. The Ise and Hyuga of Japan might run it close... but no - those two have - or rather had - six twin 14's. http://es.geocities.com/mymodelnet/iseplans.jpg Now that would be my 'ship of dreams', Rio de Janeiro, Osman, Agincourt... Rio de Janeiro - man even it's NAME sounds like a party! Mountbatten

02-18-06, 06:21 AM	#7
GlowwormGuy Planesman Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 187 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Too angular Thats the thing with ships nowadays... they look like some weirded out buck rodgers wannabee things. The best looking vessels I think nowadays are the Aegis cruisers - and most Russian heavies look good, Kirov particularly and the old Sverdlovs had that classic cruiser look. \ But give me the Rio de Janeiro Gin Palace any day! Mountbatten

02-16-06, 08:33 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Geez! What a poker game. And I thought the modern arms trade was byzantine. The Agincourt had seven main gun turrets. Is that the record for a battleship?

02-17-06, 01:43 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	One of the books I have quotes someone who saw Agincourt fire a broadside at Jutland: "It looked like another battlecruiser blowing up"! There were some who predicted that if she did fire a broadside she'd roll over and sink. Didn't happen, of course. Her unofficial nickname was "The Gin Palace".

02-17-06, 03:13 PM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the info guys. I sure can see the appeal of the old dreadnoughts and battlewagons with their bristling gun batteries and heavy armor. They looked the part. Modern warships with their hidden internal missle cells, ASW torpedo tubes and fighter & strike wings in the case of carriers just don't have the same imposing look. Far deadlier though.