Yes, I imported a STL model into blender, textured it and converted it to fix, then imported into dazIs that Drach's Thunderchild design?
It pretty much is.It looks like a variation of HMS Victoria.
Maybe a Greek or south American order seized as the British attempted to enact a treaty in the region.?It pretty much is.
I like to headcanon her as a foreign order but British seized vessel kept for Coastal patrol being neither fish nor fowl
Funny you say Greek, I was thinking of a Herakles themed ship name (leading to Thunder Child, child of Thunder being Herakles start of issues) meant more to take advantage of the geography to hide and get close to an opponent by hiding behind islands using its small size to throw off aiming before chargingMaybe a Greek or south American order seized as the British attempted to enact a treaty in the region.?
It would make sense for Greece given their extensive littoral environment and many islands. The traditional predreadnought arrangement is just wasteful when you are intending to come out from a concealed position, fire at a numerically superior fleet, and then get out of there. Your probably not going to have much use for a rearward turret, so drop it and focus on speed and additional armor.Funny you say Greek, I was thinking of a Herakles themed ship name (leading to Thunder Child, child of Thunder being Herakles start of issues) meant more to take advantage of the geography to hide and get close to an opponent by hiding behind islands using its small size to throw off aiming before charging
Without the Treaty, do you not spend everything on warships and then use for second rate use in peacetime when they are free? IE build cruisers and then use them as sloops as they can do both at great cost, but sloops can't be cruisers?If any treaty considerations are hand-waved away, how might both classes of ships been built for their different, but sometimes overlapping missions?
Probably, and the form that might take is what I was fishing for, I guess.Without the Treaty, do you not spend everything on warships and then use for second rate use in peacetime when they are free? IE build cruisers and then use them as sloops as they can do both at great cost, but sloops can't be cruisers?
I could easily see a ship such as this sent out to Singapore or Hong Kong as a guardship in the mid to late 1890's when the standard British Pre Dreadnought designs take over the Channel Fleet. From there she'd be sent to join the international fleet bombarding the Chinese forts during the Boxer Rebellion. From then on, depending on her condition, with a top speed of 21 knots she's likely to survive Fisher's mass cull of obsolete ships. Re-armed with more modern guns in 1905-10 and placed in reserve she'd be recalled to duty in 1914 and provide the prototype for the WWI British big gun monitors, so they'd actually be able to move against the channel currents and even at a pinch keep up with the rest of the fleet.It pretty much is.
I like to headcanon her as a foreign order but British seized vessel kept for Coastal patrol being neither fish nor fowl
That would've been nice if a invisible ray of heat didn't tear her apart.I could easily see a ship such as this sent out to Singapore or Hong Kong as a guardship in the mid to late 1890's when the standard British Pre Dreadnought designs take over the Channel Fleet. From there she'd be sent to join the international fleet bombarding the Chinese forts during the Boxer Rebellion. From then on, depending on her condition, with a top speed of 21 knots she's likely to survive Fisher's mass cull of obsolete ships. Re-armed with more modern guns in 1905-10 and placed in reserve she'd be recalled to duty in 1914 and provide the prototype for the WWI British big gun monitors, so they'd actually be able to move against the channel currents and even at a pinch keep up with the rest of the fleet.
Short answer, no.Torpedo and gun forever
what if PLAN decided in 1970s that investment in AshM was not worth the effort and they decide to concentrate exclusively on torpedo and gunboats
what would such torpedo and gunboats look like ? Can they develop more advanced torpedoes that could be just as lethal as AshM ?
But missiles of that era esp eastern were quite inaccurate and you are delivering torpedoes by boats in littoral waters not the ideal environment for AshM ( even western ones of that era ) to accurately find their targets.Short answer, no.
Missiles are just much more cost effective and standing off prevents the usual WW2 tactic of murderous 20-40mm close gunfire from tearing planes apart
And you think unguided, slow-ass torpedoes are going to be any more accurate?But missiles of that era esp eastern were quite inaccurate and you are delivering torpedoes by boats in littoral waters not the ideal environment for AshM ( even western ones of that era ) to accurately find their targets.
PLAN is not a high seas navy