Cool and ugly looking ships

[Trafalgar]

"Hurricane Jumper".....HMS Calliope, circa 1885. Cool.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

1421 is next on my books to read.

Please don't waste your time with such nonsense.

 

[citedon]

What's the problem?


No problem. I just wasn't paying very good attention to what I wa doing. Thanks for posting the nice pics.

 

[Azkonus]

The pics of destroyer Andrea Doria:

How many out there thinks this ship looks 'good' ? I think it is just another ugliness among modern warships.

 

[Julian Delphiki]

Please don't waste your time with such nonsense.

Is it really that bad?

 

[Tee Kay]

Is it really that bad?

Some people think it's utter rubbish. It's an interesting theory nonetheless. The fleet did exist and made seven voyages as far as Africa. Ming China certainly has the capability, if historical evidence and records are anything to go by.


SS Great Eastern:

 

[Julian Delphiki]

I've aware of the criticism towards it, i think I'll give it a try anyway.

 

[GinandTonic]

I've aware of the criticism towards it, i think I'll give it a try anyway.

It is interesting. It is also interesting to try to decide at what point he looses the plot.

 

[privatehudson]

The Great Eastern was broken up on the shoreline about 1/4 of a mile from where I was born. One of the top masts was taken by Liverpool FC and used as a flagpole.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

The pics of destroyer Andrea Doria:

How many out there thinks this ship looks 'good' ? I think it is just another ugliness among modern warships.

I like side by side (sort of) turrets on the front end, but they should've made those guns dual turrets and had more of them. Make it more like the Age of Dreadnoughts (and Sail): More guns!

I don't think it's that ugly, though I do think the command bridge should be set higher up. But you know officers, anything to make it easier for them

 

[Taras Bulba]

Dreadnoughts

did someone say HMS Dreadnought?!?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I don't know how pretty it is (maybe a little . . . ) but any ship so much more powerful than its competition that it worries even its own government, has something going for it.

 

[Loki130]

No ones ever actually made one, but I always loved the idea of Battlecarriers. (I think Wyrmshadow made one)

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Indeed, the HMS Dreadnought was a beautiful ship.

It brings to mind the super dreadnought North Carolina, easily my favorite of the super dreadnoughts.

 

[Taras Bulba]

Indeed, the HMS Dreadnought was a beautiful ship.

It brings to mind the super dreadnought North Carolina, easily my favorite of the super dreadnoughts.

that is an amazing ship.....

I love it

 

[Cutlass]

I was aboard this one yesterday....




USS Massachusetts

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I have been aboard that one as well.

 

[Taras Bulba]

I can't believe this ship hasn't been posted yet!!!

ESPECIALLY BY ME!!!

The USS Iowa

 

[Cutlass]

The WWII battleships tended to be good looking. The WWI leftover battleships generally were not.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

The WWII battleships tended to be good looking. The WWI leftover battleships generally were not.

What about the Queen Elizabeth or Fuso classes? I particularly like Fuso, as I do most Japanese big gun designs.

Queen Elizabeth Class (HMS Warspite)

Fuso Class (Fuso, Haruna, and Yamashiro)

The Fusos in particular were fantastic ships, I'd dare say the best before the Fast Battleships of late WWII.