Japanese ship art

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Here is another class of Japanese cruiser just completed,the Kitakami / Kuma ? class light cruiser[8D]



General characteristics
Class and type: Kuma class cruiser
Displacement: 5100 tons (standard)
Length: 152.4 meters
Beam: 14.2 meters
Draught: 4.8 meters
Propulsion: 4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
12 Kampon boilers
90,000 shp
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Range: 5000 nautical miles at 14 knots
Complement: 450

Armament:
7 × 5.5-inch (140 mm) guns (7x1)
2 × 80 mm guns,
8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4x2)
48 mines

Armor:
64 mm (belt)
29 mm (deck)

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Japanese Nagara class light cruiser[8D]



Class overview
Name: Nagara
Preceded by: Kuma-class cruiser
Succeeded by: Sendai-class cruiser
Completed: 6 ordered,
6 laid down,
6 commissioned
General characteristics
Type: Light cruiser
Displacement: 5,570 tons (standard)
Length: 534 ft 9 in (162.99 m)
Beam: 48 ft 5 in (14.76 m)
Draught: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion: 4-shaft geared turbine,
12 boilers (oil-burning 10, mixed 2), 90,000 shp
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm @ 36 knots

Armament:
7 × 5.5 in (140 mm) guns,
2×13 pdr (76mm, 3") guns
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (12 Type 91 torpedoes) (4x2)
48 mines

Armour:
62 mm (belt)
30 mm (deck)

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Japanese Chikuma class Protected cruiser.[;)]



Class overview
Name: Chikuma-class cruiser
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by: Japanese cruiser Tone
Succeeded by: Tenryu-class cruiser
Completed: 3 ordered,
3 laid down,
3 commissioned
General characteristics
Type: Protected cruiser
Displacement: 5,000 long tons (5,080 t)
Length: 134.1 m (440 ft 0 in)
Beam: 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught: 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: Two Shaft Curtiss Turbine Engines; 16 boilers;
22,500 hp (16,800 kW)
Speed: 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)

Armament:
• 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
• 4 × 80 mm (3 in) guns
• 2 × machine guns
• 3 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armour:
Belt: 89 mm (3.5 in)
Deck: 57 mm (2.2 in)
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

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This as you know is the stock version of the above Chikuma ship art,and as you can see there is a vast difference,I do hope you prefer my version,because otherwise it would be a pointless exercise to continue with altering the art files?

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Hi Guys here is another new ship art coming soon to download,the Pre-Dreadnought Fuji[;)]



Class overview
Name: Fuji
Builders: Thames Iron Works, United Kingdom (Fuji)
Armstrong Whitworth, United Kingdom (Yashima)
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed: Two
Lost: One
General characteristics
Type: battleship
Displacement: 12,553 tons (Fuji)
12,320 tons (Yashima)
Length: 114 meters (Fuji)
113.39 meters (Yashima)
Beam: 22.25 meters (Fuji)
22.46 meters (Yashima)
Draught: 8.08 meters (Fuji)
8.00 (Yashima)
Propulsion: 2-shaft VTE steam engine, 13,500 shp (10,070 kW); 14 boilers
11 boilers (Yashima)
Speed: 18.25 knots (34 km/h)
Range: 1,117 tons coal; 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 726 (Fuji)
741 (Yashima)
Armament: 4 × 12-inch (305 mm) guns
10 ×6-inch (152 mm) quick fire guns
16 x Type 41 3 inch (7.62 cm) 40 caliber naval gun
4 x QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
5 ×18-inch (457 mm) torpedoes

Armour: 457 mm main belt armor
63 mm deck armor;
152 mm turret, casement
356 mm conning tower

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Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Mikasa just completed.[:)]



Career
Ordered: 26 September 1898
Builder: Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Laid down: 24 January 1899
Launched: 8 November 1900
Commissioned: 1 March 1902
Decommissioned: 20 September 1923
Status: Transformed as a memorial ship
General characteristics
Displacement: 15,140 tons
Length: 131.67 metres (432.0 ft) LOA
Beam: 23.23 metres (76.2 ft)
Draft: 8.28 metres (27.2 ft)
Propulsion: Two Shaft Reciprocating VTE steam engine; 25 boilers, 15,000 shp (11,190 kW)
Speed: 18.25 knots (33.8 km/h)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) @10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 860
Armament: 4 × 12-inch (305 mm) 40-calibres guns (originally);
4 x 12 inch 45-calibres (from 1908)
14 × QF 6 inch (152 mm) guns (casements)
20 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Shikishima completed.[;)]

Please click on the link below if you would like to download these new Japanese ship art thankyou.[;)]
http://www.filefront.com/16407665/Japan ... %20art.zip



The Japanese battleship Shikishima in 1905
Class overview
Builders: Thames Iron Works, UK (Shikishima)
Armstrong Whitworth, UK (Hatsuse)
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed: 2
Lost: 1
Retired: 1
General characteristics
Type: pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement: 15,453 tons
Length: 126.5 metres (415.03 ft) waterline
135 metres (442.91 ft)overall
Beam: 23.4 metres (76.77 ft)
Draught: 8.29 metres (27.20 ft)
Propulsion: Two Shaft Reciprocating VTE steam engine; 25 Belleville boilers, 14,500 shp (10,810 kW)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Range: 1722 tons coal;
7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) @ 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 836
Armament:


4 ×12 inch (305 mm) guns (2x2)
14 ×QF 6 in (152 mm) guns
20 ×3-inch (76.2 mm) guns
12 x 3 pounder guns
5 ×18-inch (457 mm) torpedoes

Armour:


100-229 mm main belt armor
63-100 mm deck armor
50-254 mm turret, casement
200-360 mm, barbette
75-356 mm conning tower

[Rysyonok]

Looks very good

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

Hi folks I thought this very early Japanese Pre-Dreadnought the Iki.

Ex Russian captured after the Battle of Tsushima should be included in the game,so here it is.[8D]




Name: Imperator Nikolai I
Namesake: Nicholas I of Russia
Ordered: 1 January 1886[Note 1]
Builder: Franco-Russian Works, Saint Petersburg
Cost: 2,853,756 rubles

Laid down: 4 August 1886
Launched: 1 June 1889
Commissioned: July 1891

Fate: Captured by Japan 28 May 1905
Career (Japan)

Name: Iki
Namesake: Iki province
Acquired: 28 May 1905
Commissioned: 6 June 1905
Struck: 1 May 1915
Fate: Sunk as target 3 October 1915

General characteristics
Class and type: Imperator Aleksandr II class

Type: pre-dreadnought battleship

Displacement: 9,594 long tons (9,748 t)
Length: 346 ft 6 in (105.61 m)
Beam: 66 ft 11 in (20.40 m)
Draft: 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m)
Installed power: 7,842 ihp (5,848 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shaft vertical compound steam engines, 12 cylindrical boilers
Speed: 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Range: 2,630 nautical miles (4,870 km) at 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement: 616

Armament:
1 × 2 - 12-inch (305 mm) guns
4 × 1 - 9-inch (229 mm) guns
8 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm) guns
10 × 1 - 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss revolving cannon
8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolving cannon
6 × 1 - 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes

Armor: Compound armor
Belt: 6–14 in (152–356 mm)
Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Turret: 10 in (254 mm)
Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)
Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

Here is the Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Okinoshima class[;)]



Career (Japan)
Name: Okinoshima
Acquired: 1905
Commissioned: 6 June 1905
Decommissioned: 1 April 1922
Fate: memorial ship
Status: scrapped Sept 1939
General characteristics

Class and type: Admiral Ushakov-class coast defense ship
Displacement: 4,165 tons (normal); 4,270 tons (max)
Length: 80.62 metres (264.5 ft) @ waterline
Beam: 15.85 metres (52.0 ft)
Draught: 5.18 metres (17.0 ft)
Propulsion: Two Shaft VTE steam engine, 6,000 shp (4,470 kW); 4 boilers
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h)
Range: 313 tons coal;
3,000 nautical miles (6,000 km) @ 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 406

Armament:

4 × 254 mm guns
4 × 120 mm guns
10 × 47 mm guns
12 × 37 mm guns
4 x 450 mm torpedoes

Armour:

belt 250 mm
deck 75 mm
turret 200mm

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

I have altered the previous Iki class,to this version.[;)]

I will do the art work for the remaining Japanese Pre-Dreadnoughts tomorrow,when completed I will then do another new download link,with all these new ships.[;)]



Name: Imperator Nikolai I
Namesake: Nicholas I of Russia
Ordered: 1 January 1886[Note 1]
Builder: Franco-Russian Works, Saint Petersburg
Cost: 2,853,756 rubles

Laid down: 4 August 1886
Launched: 1 June 1889
Commissioned: July 1891

Fate: Captured by Japan 28 May 1905
Career (Japan)

Name: Iki
Namesake: Iki province
Acquired: 28 May 1905
Commissioned: 6 June 1905
Struck: 1 May 1915
Fate: Sunk as target 3 October 1915

General characteristics
Class and type: Imperator Aleksandr II class

Type: pre-dreadnought battleship

Displacement: 9,594 long tons (9,748 t)
Length: 346 ft 6 in (105.61 m)
Beam: 66 ft 11 in (20.40 m)
Draft: 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m)
Installed power: 7,842 ihp (5,848 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shaft vertical compound steam engines, 12 cylindrical boilers
Speed: 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Range: 2,630 nautical miles (4,870 km) at 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement: 616

Armament:
1 × 2 - 12-inch (305 mm) guns
4 × 1 - 9-inch (229 mm) guns
8 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm) guns
10 × 1 - 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss revolving cannon
8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolving cannon
6 × 1 - 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes

Armor: Compound armor
Belt: 6–14 in (152–356 mm)
Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Turret: 10 in (254 mm)
Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)
Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)

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Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Tango,Ex Russian Poltava.[;)]



Career (Japan)
Name: Tango
Commissioned: 22 August 1905
Out of service: Returned to Russia on 4 April 1916
Career (Soviet Union)
Name: Chesma
Fate: Captured by the British in 1923 and scrapped
General characteristics

Class and type: Petropavlovsk-class battleship

Displacement: 10,960 tons (normal)
11,400 tons (max)
Length: 111.9 metres (367 ft)
Beam: 21 metres (69 ft)
Draft: 7.8 metres (26 ft)
Propulsion: Three Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines
30 boilers, 14,500 shp
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
2,056 tons coal carried
Complement: 668

Armament:
4 × 305 mm
10 × 152 mm
16 × 80 mm
4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes

Armour:
belt 100-230 mm
deck 60 mm
gun mount 127 mm
casemate 127 mm
turret 150-250 mm
conning tower 100-150 mm

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Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Sagami class [;)]



Career (Japan)
Name: Sagami
Acquired: Salvaged October 1905
Out of service: Returned to Russia, 4 April 1916
General characteristics
Class and type: Peresvet-class battleship

Displacement:
12,674 long tons (12,877 t) normal
13,500 long tons (13,717 t) full load
Length: 129.2 m (424 ft)
Beam: 21.8 m (72 ft)
Draft: 8.3 m (27 ft)
Propulsion: 3-shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines
14,500 shp (10,800 kW)
30 boilers
2,056 tons coal

Speed:
18 knots (33 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
2,056 tons coal
Complement: 783

Armament:
• 4 × 254 mm (10 in) guns
• 10 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
• 16 × 80 mm (3.1 in) guns
• 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armour:
Belt: 100–230 mm (3.9–9.1 in)
Deck: 60 mm (2.4 in)
Gun mount: 127 mm (5 in)
Casemate: 127 mm (5 in)
Turret: 150–250 mm (5.9–9.8 in)
Conning tower: 100–150 mm (3.9–5.9 in)

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Japanese Kashima class Pre-Dreadnought completed.[;)]




Career (Japan)
Name: Kashima
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, UK
Laid down: 29 February 1904
Launched: 22 March 1905
Commissioned: 23 May 1906
Fate: Scrapped 1924
General characteristics
Class and type: Katori class battleship
Displacement: 16,400 tons (normal); 17,200 tons (max)
Length: 129.54 metres (425.0 ft) meters at waterline
Beam: 23.81 metres (78.1 ft)
Draught: 8.12 metres (26.6 ft)
Propulsion: 2-shaft VTE steam engine, 15,600 shp (11,630 kW); 20 boilers
Speed: 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h)
Range: 2007 tons coal; 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) @ 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 864
Armament:


4 ×12-inch (305 mm) guns
4 x 10-inch (254 mm) guns
12 ×6-inch (152 mm) quick fire guns
4 x 3-inch (76 mm) 40-cal guns
2 x 3-inch (76 mm) 28-cal guns
5 ×18-inch (457 mm) torpedoes

Armour:


229 mm main belt armor; 100 mm fore belt; 60 mm aft belt; 150 mm upper belt
152 mm-300 mm barbette
76 mm deck armor;
152-230 mm turret, casement
229 mm conning tower

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

Here is the Japanese Hybrid Tsukuba class,some reference books list them as Armoured cruisers,while others list them as Battlecruisers your choice.[;)]



Career (Japan)
Ordered: 1904 Fiscal Year
Laid down: 1905-01-14
Launched: 1905-12-26
Commissioned: 1907-01-14
Struck: 1917-09-01
Fate: Explosion, Yokosuka Bay 1917-01-14
General characteristics

Class and type: Tsukuba class battlecruiser

Displacement: 13,750 tons (normal); 15,400 tons (max)
Length: 134.11 metres (440.0 ft) waterline;
137.11 metres (449.8 ft) overall
Beam: 22.80 metres (74.8 ft)
Draught: 7.95 metres (26.1 ft)
Propulsion: Two Shaft Reciprocating VTE steam engine; 20 boilers, 20,500 shp (15,290 kW)
Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) @ 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 879

Armament:
4 ×12-inch (305 mm) guns
12 ×6-inch (152 mm)
12 ×4.7-inch (119 mm)
4 ×3-inch (76 mm)
3 × 450 mm torpedo tubes

Armor:
belt: 100-180 mm
barbette & turret: 180 mm
conning tower: 200 mm
deck: 75 mm

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Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Hizen [;)]



Career (Japan)
Name: Hizen
Acquired: 2 January 1905
Commissioned: 1908
Out of service: April 1922
Renamed: Hizen
Reclassified: 1 September 1921 as a 1st class coast defense ship
Struck: 23 September 1923
Fate: Sunk as gunnery target, 12 July 1924
General characteristics

Type: Pre-dreadnought battleship

Displacement: 12,708 long tons (12,912 t) standard
Length: 386 feet 8 inches (117.9 m)
Beam: 72 feet 2 inches (22 m)
Draft: 25 feet (7.6 m)
Installed power: 16,000 ihp (11,931 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shaft Vertical triple expansion steam engines
24 coal-fired Niclausse-type boilers
Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement: 28 officers, 722 men
Armament:

2 × 2 - 12-inch (305 mm) guns
12 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm) guns
20 × 1 - 75-millimeter (3 in) guns
24 × 1 - 47-millimeter (1.9 in) guns
6 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in) guns
6 × 1 - 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes
45 mines

Armor: Krupp armor

Belt: 9 inches (229 mm)
Deck: 2–3 inches (51–76 mm)
Barbettes: 4–8 inches (102–203 mm)
Turrets: 9 inches (229 mm)
Conning tower: 10 inches (254 mm)
Bulkheads: 7 inches (178 mm)

[Rysyonok]

ORIGINAL: hellfirejet

Here is the Japanese Hybrid Tsukuba class,some reference books list them as Armoured cruisers,while others list them as Battlecruisers your choice.

They were built as BCs but quickly downgraded in CAs. In WPO these two die very fast.

[Rysyonok]

ORIGINAL: hellfirejet

Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Hizen [;)]

Since we're revisiting RJW... how about Tsessarevich, the most beautiful Russian ship of that war? It narrowly escaped capture by the Japanese and thus is a viable candidate for WPO

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

ORIGINAL: hellfirejet

Here is the Japanese Hybrid Tsukuba class,some reference books list them as Armoured cruisers,while others list them as Battlecruisers your choice.

They were built as BCs but quickly downgraded in CAs. In WPO these two die very fast.

Hi Rysyonok,In my version of War Plan Orange, all the ships have been tweaked using the editor,so the Tsukuba class Battlecruisers now are able to survive longer,all my ships have improved durability,manouverability etc![;)]

[kirk23_MatrixForum]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

ORIGINAL: hellfirejet

Japanese Pre-Dreadnought Hizen [;)]

Since we're revisiting RJW... how about Tsessarevich, the most beautiful Russian ship of that war? It narrowly escaped capture by the Japanese and thus is a viable candidate for WPO

I was planning on doing the Russian ships,I will start a new thread later today for Russian ship art,I will do the Tsessarevich first for you ![8D]