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Published: 2019-10-18 07:16:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1522; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 12
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Shortly after its capture, the battleship Chancellor proved to be the proverbial lemon doled out by life; its short overall length limited its efficiency at-speed, severely overtaxing its engines, and it possessed limited stability as a gun platform. The Magisterial Admiralty, however, wanted to retain the firepower it provided, and so the guns were salvaged and re-bored, and a new keel laid for a ship to properly carry them. That ship was the lead of the Regent-class, a more fitting class of battleship for the growing Magisterial Navy. Sporting twelve 16.1-inch 50-caliber guns, heavy armour, a fairly heavy anti-aircraft armament for its size, and high speed and endurance, the Regent-class marked the birth of what the Magisterial Navy had always aspired to be.Specifications:
Dimensions:
Overall length: 254 metres
Beam: 30 metres
Draught: 10 metres
Propulsion:
4 shafts driving 3 bladed screws, 4 metre diameter
Installed power:
4 bipropellant turbines developing 205,000 shp
Speed:
Top speed: 30 knots
Cruising: 18 knots
Armament:
Main armament: 4x3 16.1-inch/50 caliber guns
Secondary armament: 2x3 Auros Heavy Industries 150mm/50 caliber Mark IX guns, 18x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 150mm/40 caliber Dual-purpose guns
AA complement: 58x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 40mm/70 autocannons, 36x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 20mm/70 autocannons
Armour protection:
Main belt: 300mm
Barbettes: 300mm
Deck: 100mm
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Comments: 3
Judging from the large number of AA/DP guns, this ship would require a very large crew. Given the small size of the superstructure and relatively shallow draft, habitability, especially for the non-commissioned, would be poor and her berthing spaces would be severely cramped. This was true for many actual ships, the IJN Ise, was notorious for that, for instance.
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You're not wrong. The idea behind the design of this ship (and much of my others) was very Imperial Japanese in origin, i.e. putting a great emphasis on squeezing as much armament as possible into the hull at the expense of crew comfort.
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All due to the Washington Naval treaty which, in my opinion, killed a large number of sailors, and not just Japanese, either.
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