Another HMS Nelson ... (Battleship/Carrier hybrid warship)

ysi_maniac · December 08, 2015, 11:16:31 AM

One of my most beloved whif concepts: Battleship/Carrier hybrid

Remember: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,41541.0.html

This way flying deck would be 132 m long. Approximately like an escort carrier, but much broader. Could escort carriers perform combat operations like a "conventional" carrier?

NARSES2 · December 09, 2015, 06:26:22 AM

Another very interesting project

I have a part started HMS Nelson project. Eventually she will get a conventional turret arrangement unaffected by the Washington Treaty

Captain Canada · December 09, 2015, 06:55:01 AM

Nice. Love the way the island looks. No idea as to your query tho.

ysi_maniac · December 09, 2015, 07:34:48 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 09, 2015, 06:26:22 AM
Another very interesting project

I have a part started HMS Nelson project. Eventually she will get a conventional turret arrangement unaffected by the Washington Treaty

Like this? http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28707.0/highlight,acorazado.html

NARSES2 · December 10, 2015, 04:41:43 AM

Similar, yes.

I do like where you are going with these builds

Joe C-P · December 17, 2015, 04:09:57 PM

There were sources in the US that believed this was where the Nelson design would end up, what with the three main guns all forward.
But the space aft was insufficient for planes to take off unless they were nearly STOL.

I like it!

ysi_maniac · December 18, 2015, 05:14:10 AM

This flight deck is approx as long as that of HMS Audacity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Audacity

Captain Canada · December 24, 2015, 03:22:31 PM

Love it. Thanks for the link above and the links on the other thread ( Chris ).

ysi_maniac · February 27, 2020, 12:03:49 PM

In this project I had advanced but I had stopped it because I had to rethink several things, the most important of them is the flight deck that will no longer be built with the piece that I have right now reserved (the dark grey plate).

zenrat · February 28, 2020, 02:14:47 AM

Just a thought. How about a catamaran - one hull battleship, the other carrier?

ysi_maniac · February 28, 2020, 08:54:45 PM

Suggestive, indeed!

Captain Canada · March 01, 2020, 04:41:47 PM

Interesting ! Looking forward to more ! Cheers.

Joe C-P · March 06, 2020, 01:36:36 PM

Quote from: zenrat on February 28, 2020, 02:14:47 AM
Just a thought. How about a catamaran - one hull battleship, the other carrier?

Oh my stars and garters.

Port hull would be the carrier, island between the hulls.