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Post by stevep on Dec 9, 2019 18:41:22 GMT
These images are PhotoshoppedWhat if the last battleship built by the Royal Navy was designed to carry nine 18 inch guns? This is the battleship Dreadnought, from the Drake’s Drum timeline. With the war at sea raging and its outcome in doubt; she is seen here on her way to the Far East in early 1948. In OTL the British investigated designs for very large battleships. For instance, the 1944 design ‘D’ would have had a standard displacement of 62,700 tons, but the design presented here is based on a different ship; the OTL K3 design of 1921, with machinery, armament and equipment suitable to a battleship designed in 1941. The Royal Navy Appendix is now up at the Drake’s Drum website in the Appendices - Fighting Ships section. There are also two essays in the Appendices – Stories and Essays section to explain how the Royal Navy’s capital ship designs were developed for this timeline. What if the Chilean battleship Almirante Lattore had not become HMS Eagle? What if the Royal Navy had built a pair of aircraft carriers on the hull of incomplete Hood class battle cruisers instead??
This is the carrier Fearless from the Drake’s Drum timeline. Commissioned in 1925, she and her sister ship Intrepid, helped open the Royal Navy’s eyes to the tactical possibilities offered by using groups of fast carriers in conjunction with other units of the fleet. 
I would suspect that by the med-late 40's giant battleships would be a waste of resources but a couple of very large fast CVs in the 1920's could be very useful, both then in developing techniques and equipment and then in actual fighting in the 1940's. Definitely better than the slow and limited CV the Eagle supplied for the RN OTL.
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Post by nicksumner on Dec 10, 2019 14:07:44 GMT
stevep, in OTL you would be absolutely right, but in TTL the lessons that drove home that fact are not learned until after a generation of very large battleships would be begun by the world's navies. Remember, in TTL, Jutland was decisive, the BB is still monarch of the seas and when TTL's Dreadnought was being designed (around 1941/42) the carrier has yet to de-throne it. In OTL it took the Battle of Midway to make the world's navies understand. In TTL the paradigm shifting (forgive that irritating expression) decisive battle is not until 1945.
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Post by nicksumner on Dec 23, 2019 16:07:22 GMT
A Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukah, I’m not sure what all the others are, but whatever your special holiday is; I hope you enjoy it and I wish you well.
If you’re bored over the break you could check out the Drake’s Drum website. There are fact files, short stories, photographs and all sorts of other stuff to divert and entertain. I will probably be off the air for a few days, but look forward to getting back at it in the new year!  Archibald Sinclair: Leader of the Liberal Party, 1935 to 1952, Prime Minister of Britain 1941 to 1952. Sinclair is remembered as being the man who guided the country through some of the most turbulent years it endured in the modern era. From being ‘a voice crying in the wilderness’ during the 1930s; his resolute stand against the advocates of appeasement, led him eventually to the highest office in the UK. This poster was widely distributed throughout Britain in the early years of the Second World War and seemed to sum up the nation’s resolve in the face of aggression. |
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Post by lordroel on Dec 23, 2019 16:11:58 GMT
A Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukah, I’m not sure what all the others are, but whatever your special holiday is; I hope you enjoy it and I wish you well. If you’re bored over the break you could check out the Drake’s Drum website. There are fact files, short stories, photographs and all sorts of other stuff to divert and entertain. I will probably be off the air for a few days, but look forward to getting back at it in the new year! Archibald Sinclair: Leader of the Liberal Party, 1935 to 1952, Prime Minister of Britain 1941 to 1952. Sinclair is remembered as being the man who guided the country through some of the most turbulent years it endured in the modern era. From being ‘a voice crying in the wilderness’ during the 1930s; his resolute stand against the advocates of appeasement, led him eventually to the highest office in the UK. This poster was widely distributed throughout Britain in the early years of the Second World War and seemed to sum up the nation’s resolve in the face of aggression. You to nicksumner, i hoop 2020 will be a good year for Drake's Drum as it was for 2019. |
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Post by stevep on Dec 24, 2019 11:54:15 GMT
A Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukah, I’m not sure what all the others are, but whatever your special holiday is; I hope you enjoy it and I wish you well.
If you’re bored over the break you could check out the Drake’s Drum website. There are fact files, short stories, photographs and all sorts of other stuff to divert and entertain. I will probably be off the air for a few days, but look forward to getting back at it in the new year! Archibald Sinclair: Leader of the Liberal Party, 1935 to 1952, Prime Minister of Britain 1941 to 1952. Sinclair is remembered as being the man who guided the country through some of the most turbulent years it endured in the modern era. From being ‘a voice crying in the wilderness’ during the 1930s; his resolute stand against the advocates of appeasement, led him eventually to the highest office in the UK. This poster was widely distributed throughout Britain in the early years of the Second World War and seemed to sum up the nation’s resolve in the face of aggression.
I get the feeling in the next couple of generations, instead of a lot of boys being named Winston, Archibald will see a substantial revival. 
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Post by nicksumner on Jan 13, 2020 14:19:03 GMT
These images are Photoshopped What if the Japanese battleship Tosa had been completed (rather than being expended as a target as she was in our time line)? This is Tosa as she might have appeared in 1945 before the Battle of Cape Padoran. The Imperial Japanese Navy Appendix is now up at the Drake’s Drum website. The Drake's Drum WebsiteA Mitsubishi A7M ‘Reppu’ fighter, from the Drake’s Drum timeline. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 13, 2020 15:19:07 GMT
These images are Photoshopped What if the Japanese battleship Tosa had been completed (rather than being expended as a target as she was in our time line)? This is Tosa as she might have appeared in 1945 before the Battle of Cape Padoran. The Imperial Japanese Navy Appendix is now up at the Drake’s Drum website. The Drake's Drum WebsiteA Mitsubishi A7M ‘Reppu’ fighter, from the Drake’s Drum timeline. Nice looking BB nicksumner, also thanks for a new Appendix. |
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Post by nicksumner on Feb 10, 2020 16:37:02 GMT
These images are PhotoshoppedThe Drake's Drum website has been updated. All the Appendices dealing with the world's navies are now posted. Also updated, is the Order of Battle Appendix; all the naval actions that take place in Drake's Drum: The Reckoning are now included, as well as more detailed descriptions of some of the actions that were edited from the main text for the sake of brevity. Below are two ships from the Drake's Drum timeline. The first is the Italian aircraft carrier Falco. In TTL she was constructed from the incomplete hull of a Soviet Type 69 battle cruiser, captured at Sevastopol in the summer of 1942 but the design is based on OTL plans to convert the unfinished battleship Impero to a carrier. The second is the cruiser Lombardia. Her design was based on one prepared for the Armada Espana by Ansaldo in OTL. In TTL, though not taken up by the Spanish, the design was liked by the Regia Marina as a vessel suitable to the role of flagship of the Indian Ocean Squadron. She is seen here on trials, not all the components of her fire control system have been installed. The Drake's Drum websiteIn the next couple of weeks I will start posting more of the Appendices that deal with land forces.  
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Post by lordroel on Feb 10, 2020 16:44:00 GMT
These images are PhotoshoppedThe Drake's Drum website has been updated. All the Appendices dealing with the world's navies are now posted. Also updated, is the Order of Battle Appendix; all the naval actions that take place in Drake's Drum: The Reckoning are now included, as well as more detailed descriptions of some of the actions that were edited from the main text for the sake of brevity. Below are two ships from the Drake's Drum timeline. The first is the Italian aircraft carrier Falco. In TTL she was constructed from the incomplete hull of a Soviet Type 69 battle cruiser, captured at Sevastopol in the summer of 1942 but the design is based on OTL plans to convert the unfinished battleship Impero to a carrier. The second is the cruiser Lombardia. Her design was based on one prepared for the Armada Espana by Ansaldo in OTL. In TTL, though not taken up by the Spanish, the design was liked by the Regia Marina as a vessel suitable to the role of flagship of the Indian Ocean Squadron. She is seen here on trials, not all the components of her fire control system have been installed. The Drake's Drum websiteIn the next couple of weeks I will start posting more of the Appendices that deal with land forces. My god, what a nice looking Italian carrier, also a good job on finishing all Appendices dealing with the world's navies. Especially love your work on the Royal Netherlands Navy. |
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Post by nicksumner on Feb 26, 2020 0:18:46 GMT
These images are photoshoppedIn OTL the Italian P.43 tank project never made it off the drawing board. In the Drake’s Drum timeline it becomes the backbone of the Italian armoured formations with the designation M37/46.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 26, 2020 3:54:08 GMT
These images are photoshoppedIn OTL the Italian P.43 tank project never made it off the drawing board. In the Drake’s Drum timeline it becomes the backbone of the Italian armoured formations with the designation M37/46. So this would be the the Italian version of the Tiger I and Panther. |
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Post by nicksumner on Feb 26, 2020 13:01:50 GMT
So this would be the the Italian version of the Tiger I and Panther. Well, the Italians wanted an equivalent to the Panther but the P.43 wasn't really it. The suspension set up wasn't really good for high speed and cast armour in OTL would have been a stretch for them. In OTL WW2 one of the main reasons for Italy's poor showing was Italian industrial failure. |
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Post by lordroel on Feb 26, 2020 14:51:47 GMT
So this would be the the Italian version of the Tiger I and Panther. Well, the Italians wanted an equivalent to the Panther but the P.43 wasn't really it. The suspension set up wasn't really good for high speed and cast armour in OTL would have been a stretch for them. In OTL WW2 one of the main reasons for Italy's poor showing was Italian industrial failure. Your Italian Army file is like all the others you have made very well done, keep it up. |
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Post by nicksumner on Mar 5, 2020 14:32:18 GMT
These images are photoshopped A German E100 tank. In OTL, the prototype was not completed.   The German army appendix is now up at the Drake’s Drum website |
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Post by lordroel on Mar 5, 2020 14:42:52 GMT
These images are photoshopped A German E100 tank. In OTL, the prototype was not completed. The German army appendix is now up at the Drake’s Drum website That is a big tank and a nice photoshopp nicksumner. |
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