Hello everybody,
looking at photos of Gneisenau, I have noticed, both on the quarterdeck and on the forecastle some structures that I can't understand. They look like boxes (or vents???).
AFAIK, Scharnhorst did not have these same "things" on the deck (at least in the photos I have).
Does anybody knows what they were and why Scharnhorst has not them (if they were something like vent) ?
Many thanks for any help.
Bye, Alberto
Gneisenau deck fittings
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Gneisenau deck fittings
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Re: Gneisenau deck fittings
Looks like skylights.
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Marc
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Re: Gneisenau deck fittings
Hi Marc,
thanks. I agree, the shape is similar, but they are at least 3 fore and 4 aft per side, almost perfectly aligned (at least aft)..... Also Scharnhorst has no one at all in these positions and I can't explain such a "big" difference in internal spaces arrangement....
In the above photo (Scharnhorst, almost the same position as Gneisenau previous photo) the one at the bottom right is a skylight (present also in Gneisenau), (and the "aspect" is a bit different), but no ones in line on the deck. Just one in front of turret "A" .
Do you exclude they can be boxes for deck cleaning or other "trivial" works ?
Bye, Alberto
thanks. I agree, the shape is similar, but they are at least 3 fore and 4 aft per side, almost perfectly aligned (at least aft)..... Also Scharnhorst has no one at all in these positions and I can't explain such a "big" difference in internal spaces arrangement....
In the above photo (Scharnhorst, almost the same position as Gneisenau previous photo) the one at the bottom right is a skylight (present also in Gneisenau), (and the "aspect" is a bit different), but no ones in line on the deck. Just one in front of turret "A" .
Do you exclude they can be boxes for deck cleaning or other "trivial" works ?
Bye, Alberto
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Re: Gneisenau deck fittings
Yes
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Re: Gneisenau deck fittings
Thanks !
"It takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition" (Adm.A.B.Cunningham)
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