Yet another Naval treaty thread.

Here's a quick impression of the cruiser/carrier hybrid
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This picture seems like a very cramped carrier with a far too low hangar forward, as the only way to fit it in would mean gutting out the hull, limmiting the spaces otherwise used for accomodation and boilers, so the sillouette seems a bit too low. Such a vessel would propably have only an after hangar of very small dimensions for at best 4 aircraft, not more.
 
FTMEP = Further to my earlier post. a term used quite frequently on some other forums.
Sorry if I bamboozled anyone.
Nice drawing of the hybrid, some comments though. Yes the Hanger would need to be taller, at least level with the top of the shield of the super firing forward gun, this gun id deleted and the bridge built under the forward end of the flight deck. No island as yet,. beam mounted guns moved aft of the funnels to roughly where the aft super firing gun is. Aft lift between guns, forward lift forward of the funnels where the hanger will narrow to give room for the uptakes. extra accommodation aft under the hanger but open quarter deck extends further forward with a lattice support for the flight deck over an open section of hanger like the OTL Vindictive. that might work, hanger for 10/12 air craft and four 7.5 inch guns.
 
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This picture seems like a very cramped carrier with a far too low hangar forward, as the only way to fit it in would mean gutting out the hull, limmiting the spaces otherwise used for accomodation and boilers, so the sillouette seems a bit too low. Such a vessel would propably have only an after hangar of very small dimensions for at best 4 aircraft, not more.
The forward end of the flight deck/hanger is unaltered and believe it or not could carry 6 aircraft. Even when they converted Vindictive to a cruiser they left that hanger in place. The drawing is a minimum change job of the original ship with the just the Bridge and funnels moved and the landing on deck extended to meet the flying off deck above the hanger. Other than plating over the latticework structure beneath the aft flight deck I made no other changes. There was no aircraft storage below the aft flight deck on the actual ship.
 
FTMEP = Further to my earlier post. a term used quite frequently on some other forums.
Sorry if I bamboozled anyone.
Nice drawing of the hybrid, some comments though. Yes the Hanger would need to be taller, at least level with the top of the shield of the super firing forward gun, this gun id deleted and the bridge built under the forward end of the flight deck. No island as yet,. beam mounted guns moved aft of the funnels to roughly where the aft super firing gun is. Aft lift between guns, forward lift forward of the funnels where the hanger will narrow to give room for the uptakes. extra accommodation aft under the hanger but open quarter deck extends further forward with a lattice support for the flight deck over an open section of hanger like the OTL Vindictive. that might work, hanger for 10/12 air craft and four 7.5 inch guns.
I've raised the flight deck a little, and vented the funnels over the aft of the flight deck. Not really happy with the island but if you're going to have a hybrid then some sort of spotting location is needed. Personally I'd have her flush decked.
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I originally routed the funnels outside the line of the hull to try to avoid that.

It would be a realistic issue - Furious for example had the same issue and the trunking impinging upon the Hangers reduced her capacity to 36 aircraft relative to her half sisters who carried 48

With less than half the ship compared to a courageous class BattleCruiser there is less option/space to divert the funnels.
 
It would be a realistic issue - Furious for example had the same issue and the trunking impinging upon the Hangers reduced her capacity to 36 aircraft relative to her half sisters who carried 48

With less than half the ship compared to a courageous class BattleCruiser there is less option/space to divert the funnels.
It wasn't just that the heat from the trunking made compartments uninhabitable as well. With my hybrid drawing although I have the gasses venting over the stern of the flightdeck I have still kept the trunking outside the hull for that reason. I suppose I could have done what the Japanese did on some of their carriers and have the funnels jut out horizontally from the side of the ship.
 
It wasn't just that the heat from the trunking made compartments uninhabitable as well. With my hybrid drawing although I have the gasses venting over the stern of the flightdeck I have still kept the trunking outside the hull for that reason. I suppose I could have done what the Japanese did on some of their carriers and have the funnels jut out horizontally from the side of the ship.

That would work I think

Could have a situation where the trunking/funnel, along with other changes - i.e. Deck extended etc is changed during major refits so early 30s and maybe late 30s?

Was it the Langley that had the funnels that could be tilted 90 degrees - lets not do that ;)
 
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