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Good job! :teethhappy:

Daimon_Frey_89, on 25 June 2013 - 07:20 AM, said: ok guys, i watch this info that mr3awsome gives tu us, and i wanted to improve appearance of his tech tree and so far it looks like this: i am not good in graphics, but if you want, i could finish this up and maybe improve a bit, but i wolud need some info from mr3awsome about remaining ships and so on PS sorry for my english and hope you will like this tech tree Not bad not bad...I like it, keep up the good work, +1 from me! :medal: :great:

Hello and welcome to the forum Maximum_GER! :honoring:

I like it :great:

Nice info. thanks!

I remember this video from somewhere, but thanks Jann for sharing!

Nice post man! :honoring:

Falathi, on 24 June 2013 - 01:15 PM, said: If we speak of successful French designs... Dunkerque was quite good overall and superb given the displacement. She was really fit for the tasks she was expected to fulfill. I agree

Tnx mr3awsome!

Nice vid. :great:

Cool vid. :popcorn:

krille95, on 23 June 2013 - 09:56 AM, said: thanks for an interesting post :honoring: :great: :medal: No problem man! :great:

Freiherr_von_Keks, on 23 June 2013 - 08:14 AM, said: stupid GEMA what a waste :angry: Sry..

Jann336, on 22 June 2013 - 11:20 PM, said: Nice ship, the video can I not watch because of the GEMA in Germany. Sry for video Jann...

Sorry about this thing multi-posting and enjoy!!! :honoring:

Battle of Jutland: In an attempt to lure out and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, the German High Seas Fleet, composed of 16 dreadnoughts, six pre-dreadnoughts, six light cruisers, and 31 torpedo boats, departed the Jade early on the morning of 31 May. The fleet sailed in concert with Rear Admiral Franz von Hipper's five battlecruisers and supporting cruisers and torpedo boats. The Royal Navy's Room 40 had intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic containing plans of the operation. The Admiralty ordered the Grand Fleet, totaling some 28 dreadnoughts and 9 battlecruisers, to sortie the night before in order to cut off and destroy the High Seas Fleet. On the day of the battle, Iron Duke steamed with the 4th Battle Squadron, and was the 9th ship in the British line. The initial action was fought primarily by the British and German battlecruiser formations in the afternoon, but by 18:00, the Grand Fleet approached the scene. At around 18:14, two large-caliber shells fell near Iron Duke but caused no damage. Fifteen minutes later, Iron Duke had closed to effective gunnery range—some 26,000 yards (24,000 m)—of the German fleet, and took the dreadnought SMS König under fire. Iron Duke's first salvo fell short, but the next three were on target; the ship's gunner claimed at least six hits on the German battleship. In fact, they had scored seven hits on König and inflicted significant damage. Shortly after 19:00, fighting around the disabled German cruiser SMS Wiesbaden—which had been badly damaged earlier in the engagement—resumed. Iron Duke opened fire on the crippled cruiser and nearby destroyers with her secondary battery at 19:11 at a range of 9,000 to 10,000 yards (8,200 to 9,100 m). Iron Duke's gunners claimed to have sunk one of the destroyers and hit a second, but they had in fact missed their targets entirely. Shortly thereafter, the German destroyers attempted to launch a torpedo attack on the British line; Iron Duke began firing at 19:24. The sinking of the destroyer SMS S35 is credited to a salvo from Iron Duke, but determining which ship fired which shells in the melee is difficult, according to naval historian John Campbell. Following the German destroyer attack, the High Seas Fleet disengaged, and Iron Duke and the rest of the Grand Fleet saw no further action in the battle. This was, in part, due to confusion aboard Iron Duke over the exact location and course of the German fleet; without this information, Jellicoe could not bring his fleet to action. At 21:30, the Grand Fleet began to reorganize into its nighttime cruising formation. Early on the morning of 1 June, the Grand Fleet combed the area, looking for damaged German ships, but after spending several hours searching, they found none. Iron Duke returned to Scapa Flow, arriving at 11:30. Over the course of the battle, Iron Duke had fired ninety rounds from her main battery, along with fifty rounds from her secondary guns. Subsequent actions in the North Sea: On 18 August, the Germans again sortied, this time to bombard Sunderland; Scheer hoped to draw out Beatty's battlecruisers and destroy them. British signals intelligence decrypted German wireless transmissions, allowing Jellicoe enough time to deploy the Grand Fleet in an attempt to engage in a decisive battle. Both sides withdrew, however, after their opponents' submarines inflicted losses: the British cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth were both torpedoed and sunk by German U-boats, and the German battleship SMS Westfalen was damaged by the British submarine E23. After returning to port, Jellicoe issued an order that prohibited risking the fleet in the southern half of the North Sea due to the overwhelming risk from mines and U-boats. In the aftermath of Jutland, the Royal Navy determined that horizontal protection, particularly over ammunition magazines, was insufficient. As a result, many ships in the Grand Fleet had additional armour installed; Iron Duke went into dock for this work in October. The work, which saw over 100 long tons (100 t) of armour added to the ship, was completed by December. On 28 November 1916, while she still in dry dock, Admiral Beatty replaced Jellicoe as the commander of the Grand Fleet; Iron Duke served as his flagship until January 1917, when he transferred to Queen Elizabeth. In 1918, flying off platforms for aircraft were installed on Iron Duke's "B" and "Q" turrets. Post-war career: In March 1919, Iron Duke was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet, where she again served as flagship. The ship went into the Black Sea in April to participate in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. While en route, the ship stopped in Constantinople on 7 April. There, Iron Duke was involved in the destruction of warships and other materiel that might be used by the Bolsheviks. On 12 May, Iron Duke traveled from Constantinople to Smyrna, where she provided a landing party to occupy some of the city's outer forts.She returned to the Black Sea, where she remained until June, when she returned to the Mediterranean. Iron Duke returned to the Black Sea in late 1919. She arrived in Novorossiysk on 12 October, where she met the White Russian protected cruiser General Kornilov. On 14 October, the ship stopped in Sevastopol.Iron Duke returned to Novorossiysk on 19 January 1920. On 25 January, she stopped in the ports of Yalta and Sevastopol to inspect the situation of the White Russians there.On 17 June, shore parties from Iron Duke and the destroyer Shark destroyed Turkish guns in the forts protecting the Bosporus on the Black Sea. On 2 September 1922, Iron Duke was steaming to the Dalmatian coast for a training cruise, when it received news of the Greek defeat in Turkey. Admiral Osmond Brock, the Mediterranean Fleet commander, ordered Iron Duke to proceed to Smyrna, where he expected disturbances. There, she served as the flagship of the British naval forces participating in the evacuation of Greek refugees from the city. She was present during the Great Fire that devastated the city.During the chaos, a number of refugees managed to come alongside Iron Duke in small boats, and were brought aboard the battleship.The following month, the Allies held a conference aboard Iron Duke at Mudania to mediate the Greco-Turkish dispute. The ship thereafter proceeded to Constantinople. In November 1924, Queen Elizabeth relieved Iron Duke as the Mediterranean Fleet flagship; Iron Duke was then transferred to the 3rd Battle Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, where she became the squadron flagship. The 3rd Squadron was moved to the Atlantic Fleet in March 1926, where it was used as a training squadron. Iron Duke remained the squadron flagship during this period, until 30 May 1928, when she was relieved by her sister Benbow. In 1927, the Navy considered adding anti-torpedo bulges to Iron Duke and her sister ships, but the plan was discarded because the ships were due to be replaced in 1931–1932 under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the plan was not economical. That year, the aircraft launching platform mounted on Iron Duke's "B" turret was removed. The ship went into dry dock in May 1928 for a periodic refit; the work lasted until May 1929. Two 4 in (100 mm) anti-aircraft guns were installed on the forward superstructure. The aircraft platform on "Q" turret was also removed during this period. Iron Duke returned to service on 30 May 1929, when she was recommissioned as a gunnery training ship. She served in this capacity for only a year and a half, however. In November 1931, under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, Iron Duke was disarmed and she converted into a gunnery training vessel. The work lasted until 21 September 1932, when she was commissioned for new sea trials. The ship's "B" and "Y" turrets were also removed, and several small guns of various types were installed atop "B" barbette. Two 4.7 in (120 mm) anti-aircraft guns were installed as well, but these were later removed in 1935. A high-angle director for the anti-aircraft guns was also added in place of the aft rangefinder. Over 2,500 long tons (2,500 t) of steel from her belt armour was removed during the demilitarisation; in all, 4,258 long tons (4,326 t) of material was removed from the ship, with 202 long tons (205 t) of equipment was added. The ship was recommissioned on 4 October 1932 at Devonport, again as a gunnery training ship.She was featured in the film Brown on Revolution, which was released in May 1935.On 16 July 1935, she was present at the Silver Jubilee Fleet Review at Spithead for King George V. She attended another Fleet Review, this the coronation review for George VI on 20 May 1937. In 1939, a twin QF 5.25 inch dual-purpose gun mount was installed aft of "Y" barbette. World War II: During the Second World War, she was used as a base ship and a floating anti-aircraft platform at Scapa Flow.Her secondary guns were removed and used for coastal defence around the base. On 17 October, four Junkers Ju 88 medium bombers attacked Scapa Flow, and damaged Iron Duke with several near misses. To prevent her from sinking, her crew had to run the ship aground. On 16 March, the ship, which was still beached, was attacked again by Luftwaffe aircraft. This time, eighteen Ju 88s attacked the harbor and surrounding installations. Iron Duke was again badly damaged, as was the heavy cruiser Norfolk. The ship's presence in Scapa Flow may have affected the Germans' plans during Operation Rheinübung, the Atlantic sortie of the battleship Bismarck in May 1941. German aerial reconnaissance spotted Iron Duke and two decoy battleships in the harbor, and mistakenly identified them as active units of the Home Fleet; under the mistaken impression that the heavy units of the Home Fleet were still in port, the German fleet commander, Günther Lütjens, decided to break into the Atlantic via the Denmark Strait, which resulted in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. The ship was later repaired and returned to service as a harbor ship for the duration of the war, though she remained beached. Iron Duke remained in the Royal Navy inventory until March 1946, when she was sold for scrapping to Metal Industries, still beached in Scapa Flow. The ship was refloated on 19 April 1946 and transferred to Faslane on 19 August. In September 1948, she was re-sold and moved to Glasgow, arriving on 30 November 1948, and subsequently broken up for scrap. Iron Duke's bell is on display at Winchester Cathedral. Displacement: Normal: 25,000 long tons (25,400 t) (normal) Full load: 29,560 long tons (30,030 t) Length: 622 ft 9 in (189.81 m) o/a Beam: 90 ft (27.4 m) Draught: 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) Installed power: 29,000 shp (22,000 kW) Propulsion: 4 × Parsons turbines 18 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers Speed: 21.25 kn (24.5 mph; 39.4 km/h) Range: 7,800 nmi (8,976 mi; 14,446 km) at 10 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h) Complement: 995–1,022 Armament: 10 × BL 13.5 in (343 mm)/45 cal Mk V guns 12 × 6 in (152 mm)/45 cal Mk VII guns 2 × QF 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt AA guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns 4 × 21 in (533 mm) submerged beam torpedo tubes Armour: Belt: 12 in (305 mm) Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Barbettes: 10 in (254 mm) Turrets: 11 in (279 mm)

WOW :ohmy: Very nice!!!

Sgt_Bones, on 22 June 2013 - 03:46 AM, said: Smed, dude, I got a problem...... Watch this video and tell me which ship this is....because it ain't the Mikasa, but looks a lot like her, and the video is titled "Mikasa" but the Mikasa is definitely the one you show pictures of.... I have been awake all night trying to figure this one out, since the "Real" Mikasa has been berthed at the location in the photos since 1961!!! This is really bizarre!!! I think it might be a movie set....if so, anyone found a movie about the Battle of Tsushima?? Really weird...... :ohmy: :amazed:

thom1996, on 21 June 2013 - 09:44 PM, said: nice +1 . Where do you get all that info? From NA or EU Q&A :honoring:

+1 :medal:

linu82, on 20 June 2013 - 08:44 AM, said: and in danish verden af krigsskibe :tongue: Welcome to the forum, man!

You have my vote Jann! :izmena:

Yeap...tnx mr3awsome!

Sgt_Bones, on 20 June 2013 - 11:09 AM, said: You can definitely see the future of battleships in the shape of the turret and the superstructure behind it. Great post Smed!!! Thanks Sgt!!!