Cool and ugly looking ships

[Loki130]

Tis perdy, but the link isnt working.

Link? huh?
First time posting pictures.
EDIT:Oh, now it doesn't work for me either-look down\/

 

[red_elk]

Here we go: Kuzentsov

also love the typhoons

"Admiral Kuznetsov"
Here is it.

Spoiler :

 

[NwabudikeMorgan]

as far as the person who posted the enterprise: I think the NX-01 version looks better.

Bismarck? anybody? I think It was pretty cool

 

[Taras Bulba]

Bismarck? anybody? I think It was pretty cool

I can second that... the Bismarck was awesome.... not to mention, didn't it sink the HMS Hood? that ship was amazing too

 

[NwabudikeMorgan]

It did sink the hood: shot straight into the ammunition cache.

 

[Taras Bulba]

It did sink the hood: shot straight into the ammunition cache.

that doesn't mean it didn't sink it... it just means it shot at it, and made it EXPLODE because of a REALLY lucky shot

the Hood still sunk

 

[GinandTonic]

that doesn't mean it didn't sink it... it just means it shot at it, and made it EXPLODE because of a REALLY lucky shot

the Hood still sunk

Ironically her sister ship the Tirpitz survived after a shell did the same then failed to detonate. Luck is a biggie.

 

[NwabudikeMorgan]

@ taras: can you read? I said it DID sink the ship....

The tirpitz was almost unstoppable, the amount of effort the allies put into killing her was absurd

 

[Taras Bulba]

Ironically her sister ship the Tirpitz survived after a shell did the same then failed to detonate. Luck is a biggie.

well... part of the reason why the Hood sunk was because the front (it might've been the back) half of the ship didn't have upper deck armor (or reinforced armor at least)

the Hood was being re-fitted with stronger armor later, because it was too expensive to do it all at once. Battleships at that time usually had stronger side armor because of torpedoes, and past ship to ship fighting usually resulted in explosions on the side of the ship. with more recent technology, it allowed for ships to fire farther, and at longer ranges (the Bismarck had the upper hand on this weaponry) and as Hood was swerving in to get into attacking range for an easier kill, Bismarck began to start bombarding Hood as it turned in. Bismarck hit it, and with its weaker armor, hit the ammunition cache, and the Hood exploded.... and I mean exploded.... it was HUGE

as far as I know, German ships were heavily armored in all aspects


EDIT:

@ taras: can you read? I said it DID sink the ship....

oops..... my selective reading is kicking in.... I feel ******** now

 

[orven]

What is that ^ ship used for?

Me thinks tis a car carrier.

 

[Julian Delphiki]

Door on the back would fit to that theory.

I think this is the oldest surviving wooden ship in existance.

 

[red_elk]

Flagship of Northern Fleet, Destroyer "Nastoichivy"

Heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Petr Velikiy"

Flagship of Black Sea Fleet, Missile cruiser "Moscow"

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

The Slavas are so pretty.

 

[citedon]

I think the old clipper ships are about the best looking ships ever made. Here is the Cutty Sark

SORRY. HAVING COMPUTER PROBLEMS

 

[citedon]

C:\Users\Don\Pictures\Cutty Sark.jpg

Finally got a picture uploaded. Hardly worth the effort as i could only display this thumbnail.

#@%&*!@#$!!!!

I give up (for now). When I previewed this post. It looked fine and worked fine when I clicked on the thumbnail. Oh well, you all know what they looked like.

Now I am really stumped. When I edited this post, the thumbnail magically appeared.

 

[red_elk]

What's the problem?
Cutty Sark

 

[echinococcus]

May be hard to compare sail ships to differently powered ships. Its like comparing bragging peacocks to pigeons.

 

[Tee Kay]

Zheng He's Treasure Ships!

 

[Loki130]

In response to previous conversation:

Spoiler :

The Bismarck

and another one:

I've got a meter-long model of it at home
And now the Hood:

EDIT:first hood picture didn't work-put in new one.

 

[Julian Delphiki]

Zheng He's Treasure Ships!

1421 is next on my books to read.