Take a good look at the forward turret. Guns and roof armour are missing. They (along with other fwd weight) were removed to allow the bow to get over the dock sill in the first place. As I recall, the bow was full submerged when she got home.....Thank you for the details, some really top notch damage control done there. That coffer dam is very impressive, just enough to get her over the dock sill.
She had actually taken two torpedoes.She would appear to have been well down by the bow before the torpedo struck then?
One would hope that Project I (1915) from OTL gets a bit more traction and hopefully be completed and used.....We've seen how the development of naval aviation differed from OTL in terms of organisation and aircraft, how do things look different in terms of carriers?
So is this mini TL over then?She would appear to have been well down by the bow before the torpedo struck then?