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by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:39 pm
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: Mess on an Upper Gundeck
Replies: 4
Views: 1371

Re: Mess on an Upper Gundeck

Really? That's interesting, with reference to 64 and 74s I've always read upper gundeck, lower gundeck, orlop, hold https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AEECGM/agamemnon-64-gun-ship-of-1794-nelsons-favourite-ship-of-the-line-AEECGM.jpg This link here, shows the 64 Agamemnon, this I would call the "waist&...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: What was in the Forecastle?
Replies: 4
Views: 1338

Re: What was in the Forecastle?

Thanks, all. Thank you for advising, I was half-aware about its history as a raised "castle" for missile men and for boarding actions, but with regards to 18th Century I was wondering to its purpose. The upper gundeck runs under the forecastle, or I guess is part of it - I get so confused...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 26, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
Replies: 32
Views: 67535

Re: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.

See "Operational Experience of Fast Battleships: World War II, Korea, Vietnam". US battleships were not deficient in seaworthiness, but they were considered "wet" ships due to the fine bow entry mentioned by the OP. This extended through the IOWA Class and it was recommended tha...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 26, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: What was in the Forecastle?
Replies: 4
Views: 1338

Re: What was in the Forecastle?

On a 74, or thereabouts, ship of the line, what was actually in the forecastle? I know that you could walk through this to get to the Heads, and indeed, I assume that inside the forecastle was simply a continuation of the upper gundeck, but were there any cabins or stores etc in there? What was its...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 26, 2023 5:49 pm
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: Mess on an Upper Gundeck
Replies: 4
Views: 1371

Re: Mess on an Upper Gundeck

Hi, all. Random musing; on say a standard 74 gun ship of the line, would sailors mess and sleep on the upper gundeck? (tables in between each gun, and sling hammocks, etc) All I'm thinking is that; on a 74, as indeed, most ships of the line, the upper gundeck is basically open to the elements. You ...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
Replies: 32
Views: 67535

Re: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.

TTTT wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:34 pm Battleships.jpg

Left to right: Richelieu, KGV, Baden, Bismarck, Yamato, Nagato, Colorado, North Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa.
Well, the hangar in the stern may be responsible too.
by marcelo_malara
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:20 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
Replies: 32
Views: 67535

Re: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.

The Iowa class seems to have a very long and thin entrance, that would make the bow less buoyant, and for sure is the culprit of her bad seakeeping. This, as commented, was surely to give her more speed. The fullness of the stern is a little more difficult to explain, may be it is related to the nee...
by marcelo_malara
Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:31 am
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: Size of French Naval Artillery
Replies: 8
Views: 13849

Re: Size of French Naval Artillery

Hi Marcelo, I hope your absence from home is due to a vacation and not a business trip :dance: Great Britain did employ a 68-pdr carronade in limited numbers from the late 1770s, but TTBOMK the 42-pdr was the heaviest long gun in RN service as the lower deck battery of certain large 1st Rate three-...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: Size of French Naval Artillery
Replies: 8
Views: 13849

Re: Size of French Naval Artillery

I've been reading a book by Chris Durbin called "The Colonial Post-Captain" wherein he states that some French Ships of the Line had 52 lb guns. That seems frankly ridiculous to me and I thought it might have been an editing mistake but it's repeated later in the book. It's fiction, but l...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: Books and Reference
Topic: New Book: Armor of the Iowa-Class Battleships
Replies: 2
Views: 1206

Re: New Book: Armor of the Iowa-Class Battleships

Thanks for the recomendation!
by marcelo_malara
Sat Aug 19, 2023 3:21 am
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: Tacking & Wearing
Replies: 14
Views: 23238

Re: Tacking & Wearing

Hi Marcelo, Clipper ships are indeed things of beauty. I was fortunate enough to have seen "Cutty Sark" in Greenwich, England back in 1976 (pre-fire). Pictures just don't do them justice sSimilar feeling for "USS Constitution"). Speaking of such vessels, I was fortunate enough t...
by marcelo_malara
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:34 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Radar Development
Replies: 3
Views: 1941

Re: Radar Development

I finally got a copy of this. GEMA: birthplace of German radar and sonar Creator: Kroge, Harry von. This book tells the fascinating story of how German radar and sonar was developed in the years leading up to and through World War II. Harry von Kroge has devoted decades to collecting a mass of stat...
by marcelo_malara
Wed Aug 16, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Identify indicator
Replies: 35
Views: 33856

Re: Identify indicator

@Marcello Malara Original plans? No, not plans in a narrower sense. On the whole I would estimate 1.5-2 m shelf space originals (operating manuals, building regulations etc.). @wadinga Thanks for the compliment, but this certainly overexaggerated. There are so many wonderful small design and engine...
by marcelo_malara
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Identify indicator
Replies: 35
Views: 33856

Re: Identify indicator

I've colored Hipper's clutch and I hope it helps to understand the mechanism: They used a bevel gear to synchronise the revolutions of the turbine (blue) and propeller (yellow) shaft. In case of indentical revolutions the green part wouldn't rotate anymore (except the upper bevel wheel). The revolu...
by marcelo_malara
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
Topic: Tacking & Wearing
Replies: 14
Views: 23238

Re: Tacking & Wearing

Byron Angel wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:32 am

Also worthy of note are the port & starboard "Stuns'ls" (Studding Sails) set on the fore-topsails, fore-topgallant sail and main top-sails.

Byron
Yes! What a beauty, isn´t she?