"Coast Defence Ships – Big Bangs in Small Parcels" Topic
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Tango01 | 23 Feb 2018 3:26 p.m. PST |
"Coast defence ships represented major components – in some cases the backbone – of minor navies in the period 1870 to 1920, and in some cases beyond. Some few such ships could also be found in larger navies. They were specifically designed for operations close to the home nation's coast and were intended to act in cooperation with light forces and to make maximum use of the shelter of fortified harbours and coastal batteries. They carried a heavy armament for their size and were slow and usually – with the exception of Netherlands ships – with limited range capability. They were frequently designed with specific local conditions in mind – e.g. shallow draughts to permit inshore manoeuvring. Shipboard accommodation and storage requirements were limited as they could fall back on the resources of shore bases. They varied in size from around 1,500 tons to 8,000 tons. Navies with coastal defence ships serving as their main capital ships tended to be those which by size or location were focussed on defence of its own territory rather than projection of force elsewhere. These included the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands (including its East Indian Empire) and Thailand. Germany also built such ships in the years prior to Kaiser Wilhelm II and Admiral Tirpitz embarking on construction of a navy to match that of Great Britain. Larger navies did however also employ some such ships to meet satisfy specific local requirements. Russia, for example, built several such ships for inshore operations in the Baltic. France did so to provided additional and flexible support to fortified naval bases such as Brest and Toulon. British colonies in India and Australia built several such ships for defence of key harbours…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Yellow Admiral | 23 Feb 2018 5:39 p.m. PST |
From the article: AT-6 (Texan) training aircraft also bombed [Sri Ayudhya]… The fires continued throughout the night and into the next day, leading to the heavily damaged Sri Ayudhya finally sinking on the night of July 1st 1951. Oh, the ignominy… sunk by obsolete training aircraft. Did they have to raise her because she was rolling in her grave too much? - Ix |
Tango01 | 24 Feb 2018 10:50 a.m. PST |
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Bozkashi Jones | 25 Feb 2018 3:29 a.m. PST |
I love coastal defence battleships but the only big bang they ever seemed to manage was when they were sunk in moments by superior forces… |
Tango01 | 25 Feb 2018 3:25 p.m. PST |
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