Västerås secret satellite TV dish

[Johnny_Moneto]

Ok, I know we all have the same question but nobody dares to ask it. So I spit it out for you: What the hell is this supposed to do?

 

My best guess would be that it is a system for measuring the depth.

[togMOR]

Just a wild guess ... but maybe that "thing" is the funnel of a fixed smoke projecting system just like some of the italian cruisers have.

A brief search brought up some pictures of ships of the Ehrensköld and Klas classes which showed the same installation on the very same spot as on the in game model.

[blackadder_1973]

my guess: anti-rat device. sit's on the mooring rope and prevents rats from climbing on the ship via the cable.

[NobleSauvage]

It's clearly a suction cup so one can stick the ship to windows, such as the inside of a car windscreen in place of fuzzy dice...