Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship

[warspite1]

Here she is...its the petite cruiser, HMS Penelope [&o].

[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: Smeulders

I wonder what was up there ? Did the 'pagodas' have any function that couldn't have been more easily placed closer to deck or did they just decide to put up a skyscraper on a Battleship ?

As originally built, the Japanese BB's had very large hexipodal mast structures. When additional bridges and platforms were added during upgrades, they were hung on these masts creating the pagoda structures.

[oldman45]

I think they had a couple of 5 inch guns up there too.

[oldman45]

My favorite CL class

[Ametysth]

1) Prettiest battleship. RM BB Vittorio Veneto. Hands down most beautiful BB design ever. Italians can make even a battleship look like a Ferrari.

2) Sexiest cruiser IJN CL Agano class. Sleek ships. They seem to do 30 kts, even standing still.

3) Hottest destroyer, RN Tribal class. To me they look just like a destroyers should look.

4) Most curvalicious aircraft carrier, IJN Shokaku. Well, not really. There is no possible way of making a CV into really good looking ship, -let alone curvalicious- no matter who builds it. Any CV of the world will always look like a parking lot build on top of a barge.

5) Bodacious-est.... RN Roberts class monitors. Bodacious enough?

[JohnDillworth]

Please do not take this the wrong way - every one is entitled to their own opinion - but that is absolutely ridiculous. That is not a warship - it is a complete and utter mess

No offense taken, I am just a pagoda type of guy on my BB's. I like my cruisers streamlined though.

I like these:

[TOMLABEL]

A)

[Gilbert]

Considering my avatar, my favourite has to be Fuso [:)]

[Gilbert]

Another one (previous was as in 05/10/1933 [mm/dd/yyyy]), as in 1928 before reconstruction.

[Gilbert]

and finally Fuso as in 1939, in Sukumo Bay.

[DivePac88]

A. Yamato class BB

B. Tone class CA

C. Le Fantastique class DD

D. Independence class CVL

E. Nelson class BB

[Iridium]

For the DD I mentioned earlier:

Tashkent

[d0mbo]

Easily the best looking and truly light cruiser (not like those big american CL's that were very effective but not light!):
 

[Gilbert]

ORIGINAL: DivePac88


C. Le Fantastique class DD

Hello DivePac88,

There was no "Le Fantastique class DD" in Marine Nationale but "Le Fantasque class DD" [:)] . Also "La Triomphant" should be "Le Triomphant".

Here is a picture of "Le Triomphant" taken in Sydney Harbour in 1942-1943.

On the other hand, this class was later in the war reclassified as CL because of their huge size compared to the average DDs.

Regards
Gilbert

PS-And congratulations for your outstanding art !

[Gilbert]

Picture

[oldman45]

ORIGINAL: d0mbo

Easily the best looking and truly light cruiser (not like those big american CL's that were very effective but not light!):

Which CL is this?

[Gilbert]

ORIGINAL: oldman45

ORIGINAL: d0mbo

Easily the best looking and truly light cruiser (not like those big american CL's that were very effective but not light!):

Which CL is this?

Hi Oldman45. She is Yahagi 12/19/1942 on her trials off Sasebo.


Regards
Gilbert

[oldman45]

That is a nice looking light cruiser, I do think its bias if you use a color picture [:'(]

[frank1970]

Prinz Eugen was a little tough cruiser:

1 July 1946: A-bomb test Able. At 0900, a nuclear bomb dropped over a target fleet of ships by a B-29 detonates at 518 feet above the surface. Prinz Eugen is located 1,194 yards from the point of explosion and survives the test undamaged.

25 July 1946: A-bomb test Baker. At 0835, and nuclear bomb is detonated underwater at a depth of about 90 feet. Prinz Eugen is located 1,990 yards from the explosion, and again survives the test with no appreciable damage.

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[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: Frank

Prinz Eugen was a little tough cruiser:

1 July 1946: A-bomb test Able. At 0900, a nuclear bomb dropped over a target fleet of ships by a B-29 detonates at 518 feet above the surface. Prinz Eugen is located 1,194 yards from the point of explosion and survives the test undamaged.

25 July 1946: A-bomb test Baker. At 0835, and nuclear bomb is detonated underwater at a depth of about 90 feet. Prinz Eugen is located 1,990 yards from the explosion, and again survives the test with no appreciable damage.

There was nothing "little" about Prinz Eugen, as she exceeded treaty limits by a wide margin. And while a lovely ship, she was a total pain-in-the-butt to keep running. As I recall, the had to be towed most of the way to Bikini after her complicated machinery broke down completely.