Comments - suggests

[Jefgte]

Thanks for your comments &/or suggests.


Jef  ;)

[Borys]

Ahoj!
Very nice. Maybe only - in the guns section - mark how many guns turret. At present I would assume that all (?) are twins, maybe singles as well.
But it will get more complicated as time goes on.

And wouldn't a 3,5" gun be QF, not BL?

Borys

[The Rock Doctor]

I like the number and type of coastal gunboats.  These are not glamorous vessels, but absolutely critical to enforcing one's soveriegnty.

Is the escort gunboat fast enough, at 18 knots, to properly escort your battleships?  You have no real margin of speed for station-keeping...

The pre-dreadnoughts posted so far seemed very period appropriate, but I'd recommend tweaking the armor belt as it's not quite long enough. 

[Jefgte]

For the 3 Gun Boats, I hope to reengine later the class with turbines or remove the light protection, to have higher speed.

The belt of the BB Cuzco & Lima is too short, just ...24cm
due to the Miscellaneous weight.


Thanks for your comments



Jef  ;)

[The Rock Doctor]

You're welcome.

A note on your most recent torpedo-boat design:  the standard rule of thumb is that cross-sectional hull strength should be at least 0.50 - your design is at 0.49.  The block co-efficient is, at 0.38, kinda low too.

I'm looking forward to seeing the later Peruvian battleships.

[The Rock Doctor]

With respect to the raiders:  the speed isn't high enough to escape modern cruisers, and the armament/armor isn't enough to defeat them.  I'd suggest eliminating the belt and deck armor entirely, and increasing the speed as much as is practical.

[Jefgte]

Studying in 1906 with the new turbines.
Laid down in 1907 & 1910.

In 1912-1913 & later , the speed is short to escape the new cruisers.
I agree.

They must return to the shipyards to change the engines...


Jef  ;)

[The Rock Doctor]

I'm sending in a 1905 vintage cruiser for new engines in 1912, so you won't be the only person doing it.

[Jefgte]

not now... probably after 10years in service or,
update the job for that class


Jef

[Jefgte]

I know what to made what that class...but in a few years.

:D :D :D


Jef  ;)

[Borys]

Are the new gunboats for the Amazonas?
Borys

[Jefgte]

They are built in place of the old Rio Serena class.

I have had the idea to give them (8 new ships) to Greece but, cross Atlantic is a very hard challenge for that 125t ships. They are made for coastal work.


Jef  ;)

[Guinness]

They are probably small enough that you could ship them to Greece disassembled, and give Greek shipyards some work to do putting them back together.

[Korpen]

Or ship them as deck cargo, there are merchants capable of carrying that sort of single loads.

[The Rock Doctor]

I'd think the last thing the Greeks need is more ships they can't man, but the thought was kind.