![]() ![]() The increased beam would have allowed better underwater protection than Vanguard (v a 2000lb charge of TNT), 14in belt and 4in-6in deck. 9x16" guns 3x3 new type firing interval 20 seconds. Lion design 1946 50,000t std displacement 56,500 full load, 840ft loa, 118ft beam. Whilst I'm at it I hope we'll see some decent British captial ships. Both ships would have had a flight deck ( of 380 or 340 feet ) with fourteen a/c, two lifts and a catapult. The first would have had six 8 inch guns, and the other, nine, all in triple turrets. Secondary batteries went from 4x4.5 inch twin mounts ( as in the Illustrious to Eagle classes ) to 8/16x4".ĭuring late '41/early '42, a pair of cruiser/carrier designs were put together, one of 18,000 tons, and the other of 20,000 tons. ![]() March, 1941, ranging from 15,600 to 17,000 tons, all carrying nine 8 inch guns, in triples. Sept '39, " these were to have the following characteristics: To carry 9x9.2" (3 triple turrets, or 12x8" in 4 triple turrets. Why no heavy cruisers? Why no projected cruisers?īritish Cruisers of WW2, ( Raven, Roberts- Naval Institute Press ) has a chapter on War Programmes. They are all light cruisers and will fare badly against any other nations cruisers. I cannot comment favorably on the British cruiser line up. Use smoke while Des uses radar = profit.Īnd that's only few things you can do with this kinds of ships. You can use islands to lob tons of shells while being invulnerable, and if craphit the fan - guess what - smoke + torps.ĭivision with Des Moines. You go into cap, fight DD's, smoke yourself, use hydro + vigilance for torpedo protection, use your team spot for chewing through enemy battleships. You can either disengage then and come back again with the same combo seconds later, since, you know, less then 9 km camo? Or you can take radar and go make DD skippers launch 10 new topics about "Radar is OP". Then you launch second stack while smoking yourself if the dude is not already munched. He then proceeds to react to you, only to get forced to dodge your torps. Then you choose favorable angle of approach, and unleash AP salvoes, full broadside, with 4 sec reload to this poor dude. You launch one stack of torps to disrupt him while being undetected. You use your camo to get close to unsuspecting CA. The tactical possibilities just blow my mind. ![]()
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