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That's it, spot on
. The reason I didn't answer directly to the "was it British built" was because ten were built in Canada by Canadian Vickers, and I'm not sure whether they were a British company at the time. The other ten were built in the US. Of the Canadian ships, only one, H6 survived into the 1936-1948 period. It was originally interned by the Dutch in 1916 after it ran aground in the Netherlands, and then bought by them shortly afterwards. It was scuttled in 1940, but not significantly damaged, and raised and used by the Germans as a training boat. Six of the US-built H6's were sold to Chile in 1917, some of which were still around until the early 1950s!
A new ship for the arvo (or whatever time it is where you are).
The largest calibre of gun on this vessel was 5.5 inches, although it was originally planned for it to have 6-inch guns...
The largest calibre of gun on this vessel was 5.5 inches, although it was originally planned for it to have 6-inch guns...
HMS Hermes, caught off Ceylon.
She had a sort of sister-ship, that wasn't built at the same time, wasn't the same size and couldn't operate aircraft but did look exactly like her.
She had a sort of sister-ship, that wasn't built at the same time, wasn't the same size and couldn't operate aircraft but did look exactly like her.
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Spot on
.Here's one for this morning, this class/vessel was laid down the year after Adolf Hitler was born...
If i am not totally off-track here, he was born in 1889.
Both Nuevo de Julio and Independencia were laid down in 1889 with the former launched in 1890, the latter in 1891. Wikipedia is wrong on this. they both were completed on the same day the 26th of November 1892.
Since it is the picture of Libertad in 1936, which is actually the renamed Nuevo de Julio, i'd wager you got your hint from wikipedia
since 1931 those ships apparently were no longer rated as "coast Defence Battleship", but as "armoured gunboats".
During WW2 Libertad was a Depot Ship and afterwards was used until 1968 as a pilot hulk called Interseccion.
altho Uk build, it was commissioned to the Argentinian Navy
what i find the most curious is the 2x 240mm, 4x120mm AND 4x 457mm Torpedo tubes, supposedly under the water-line.
Both Nuevo de Julio and Independencia were laid down in 1889 with the former launched in 1890, the latter in 1891. Wikipedia is wrong on this. they both were completed on the same day the 26th of November 1892.
Since it is the picture of Libertad in 1936, which is actually the renamed Nuevo de Julio, i'd wager you got your hint from wikipedia
since 1931 those ships apparently were no longer rated as "coast Defence Battleship", but as "armoured gunboats".
During WW2 Libertad was a Depot Ship and afterwards was used until 1968 as a pilot hulk called Interseccion.
altho Uk build, it was commissioned to the Argentinian Navy
what i find the most curious is the 2x 240mm, 4x120mm AND 4x 457mm Torpedo tubes, supposedly under the water-line.
Underwater torpedo tubes were standard on battleships before WWI, when people still expected the broadside gun duels happening like 8 kilometers or closer, and coastal defence ships should expect something closer, so people thought torpedoes would play a big part.
A piece of trivia (not picture) to kill the time: I discovered that a WWII warship was actually named in Sanskrit, or more precisely, the ship's name is the transcription of a Sanskrit word, and it's not due accidental similarity in spelling.
If i am not totally off-track here, he was born in 1889.
Both Nuevo de Julio and Independencia were laid down in 1889 with the former launched in 1890, the latter in 1891. Wikipedia is wrong on this. they both were completed on the same day the 26th of November 1892.
Since it is the picture of Libertad in 1936, which is actually the renamed Nuevo de Julio, i'd wager you got your hint from wikipedia
since 1931 those ships apparently were no longer rated as "coast Defence Battleship", but as "armoured gunboats".
During WW2 Libertad was a Depot Ship and afterwards was used until 1968 as a pilot hulk called Interseccion.
altho Uk build, it was commissioned to the Argentinian Navy
what i find the most curious is the 2x 240mm, 4x120mm AND 4x 457mm Torpedo tubes, supposedly under the water-line.
Cheers, spot on
Apologies for the misleading clue! I got my info from Conways' All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, but that makes it no less wrong! Where's your source for it?Intriguing
. Which navy was the vessel in, US or Soviet maybe?
Neither. It's indirect though, the ship's namesake is not the Sanskrit word, but someone/something named after the word, similar to how USS England is directly named after a person named England, and indirectly after England the kingdom.Intriguing
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Well, I'll go the obvious and guess the RIN, but only because it's the only half-sensible remaining guess I've got
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Sorry for the late response, unless I'm terribly mistaken, RIN ships were directly named after Indian toponyms, so no.
The ship appeared in HoI3, and the English Wikipedia page of the direct namesake has this vessel listed under the "See Also" section.
The ship appeared in HoI3, and the English Wikipedia page of the direct namesake has this vessel listed under the "See Also" section.
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No, and the renaming of Hercules happened outside of the timeframe anyway.
The Sanskrit word is a personal name.
BTW, Hermes's 'twin' was a merchant ship altered to look like her. Great Britain did some of the same in WW1, creating a fleet of 'dreadnought look-alike's out of merchant ships.
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More clues: the ship had 4 single, deck mounted, shielded 120mm/4.7 inch guns, and 8 torpedo tubes in its original configuration.