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To be fair there were later designs that weren't built that used the same 24" torpedoes, along with the 4.7" guns from Nelsol & Rodnol Specific examples include designs in the series that eventually led to the Canarias class.

M33 is a WWI monitor.

Awesome! Best of luck with them ^_^

Thanks for this, I only had the original archive images to go off before so your images are a nice improvement. Would you consider doing more topics like these, as they are rather good

The archive is back. And among other places there is a little bit about it in Friedman's British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After

Most navies flirted with the idea, so you won't be able to escape from it.

Thanks for these. All have been put into the OP

Update: CV Gneisenau Conversion added to tier 9 BB Gangut renamed BB Sevastapol CL Askold to tier 3 DD Project 7U added to tier 6 CA Project 65 added to tier 9 DD Project 41 to "Known inclusion but unconfirmed tier" section. All Carriers and seaplane tenders prior to tier 4 removed.

According to Friedman, Design No. 924 was the basis for the Canarias. It gives No.866 as a 1924 design, and was one of a number of designs offered to Spain during the interwar period. The two designs are probably linked, but to what degree I couldn't really say.

Given the operational constraints of the Kriegsmarine during the war it is doubtful Bismarck would have done much more than she did other than A) Sink some merchant ships B) Sit around in an anchorage doing very little and getting some AA upgrades C) Get bombed. D) Sortie once every so often and either get sunk or do little of any interest.

On the contrary, Bismarck was taking on water from a 14" hit from PoW before her final battle, and ultimately she was sunk because of the 8", 14" and 16" shells fired at her. Incorrect, the entire bridge staff were wiped out by a 16" shell hit on the conning tower before the order to scuttle was given by one of the Engineers.

In naval warfare there is no "try to hit ammorack". You try to hit the enemy ship. I think it would be wise to say that Bismarck was lucky when she detonated Hood's magazine, but was equally unlucky to have had her rudder jammed. However it is also fair to say that she was doomed from the start. If Hood hadn't been taken out so early, it is likely that Bismarck would've been a lot more damaged before combat was ended for whatever reason. She would've been shadowed by heavy cruisers until more heavy units were moved in, and she would've been sunk in a similar way to real life. Bismarck is average.

A century ago today, Leberecht Maass died in the Battle of Heligoland Bight when his flagship, SMS Coln, was sunk by British battlecruiser along with SMS Ariadne, SMS Mainz having been sunk earlier by British light cruisers. The first German destroyer built after World War One was named in his honour. Z-1 Leberecht Maass There were four ships in the class, each named after German Naval officers who died in World War One, with four ships in total. Only Z-4 Richard Beitzen survived the war, to be given to the Royal Navy as reparations, and was broken up 1949. A nice image of Z-4 Richard Beitzen in warpaint in 1942. The ships' design was based on that of a torpedo boat. Unfortunately that meant that there were a number of defects. Most of these can be put down to their novelty. The ships were lightly built, and were poor sea boats, which meant that the ships themselves bent and both forward guns were unusable in heavy swell. On top of that, the ships' structure suffered from heavy vibrations from their turbines, which were of a new high-pressure design. They had very limited fuel and ammunition storage. Like most German destroyers they carried mine laying equipment, which they put to use in the early months of the war along the British coast. The ships were armed with five of the new 12.7cm SK C/34 in single mounts, with two superfiring guns each forward and aft, with the 5th gun being on the same level as the upper of the superfiring after guns, but at the forward side of the deckhouse, just behind the after set of 21" torpedo tubes. The forward set of torpedo tubes was located between the pair of funnels. The anti aircraft battery consisted of six 20mm and four 37mm guns, in single mountings. The ships displaced 3,155 tons deep, with a speed of 36 knots on 70,000 SHP. This is the C/30 model of the FlaK20, which was prone to jamming and needed to be reloaded often due to its small magazine. Whilst not very successful, these ships formed the basis of every commissioned German destroyer afterwards.

I have read the technical details. No, at tier 7 its outclassed. I know, read this thread here http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/4005-polish-premiums/

Well cruisers are the mid point among warships, so it does make a lot of sense.

And then you go and list ORP Wicher as a destroyer. The consistency is stronk here. See here for what I think about Poland's contribution to the game

The Royal Navy was very air minded, contrary to the belief of some, and most battleships, cruisers & destroyers carried some anti-aircraft guns

Update! Everyone: Battleships from tier 3 Carriers from tier 4 Russia: CL Chervonaya Ukraina to tier 4 CL Komintern to tier 5 CL Chapayev to tier 6 CA Molotov to tier 7 CL Sverdlov to tier 8 CA Project 66 to tier 10 DD Leningrad to tier 7 DD Kiev to tier 8 DD Tashkent to tier 9 CL MLK (130) to tier 10 Britain & Co. Dreadnought moved to tier 3. Colossus remains at tier 3.

It would work best for everything (G, M, N, Hunt Type II, Danae) other than Grom and Wicher. Wicher could be a French premium and Grom could be a Minor Power premium. All with nice Polish naval ensigns.

WoT and WoWS are made by different studios so no suffocation. NDA = No answer to that question Historically, torpedoes were rather powerful. We've had plenty of people writing worse than you, so keep up the good work

French ships will be in the game

They too are there, at tier 7...

Update! Russian Premium Cruiser Aurora moved to tier 3 Its setup is that which it had in 1916

You can't feel ashamed about something if you don't know about it. You can feel ashamed about not knowing it, however. Comparing the USA and the UK is like comparing a broadsheet and a red top. They have general similarities (they are both countries in the northern hemisphere that speak English, for example) they also have important differences (such as Queuing vs Mobbing, Quiet vs loud, etc.)

History as a school subject focuses on analysing things like Germany and Russia in the first half of the 20th century. Mainly because its relevant to what has most effected modern society.