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Will you operate jets from those carriers? If so you may need powerful catapults. Are they available? I may have missed them browsing your sim stats....
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Two BAH.II steam catapults with capacity for 40,000lbs aircraft
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500 tons for steam catapults
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Those cruisers will reuse those gunboat turres - whole turret - or "just" reuse the guns but with new mountings (elevation etc.)? So no way making the autoloader or any other modification? (Btw, is it possible at all to modify a gun so much you can have a heavy autoloader from a standard gun/rifle?)
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I have my doubts that you could recycle a non-autoloading naval gun into an autoloader, particularly at a bore size as large as 9.2"; and I remain skeptical that you can make a workable autoloader of this caliber anyway. So much of the internal workings of the gun would have to be replaced that I doubt it would really be cost effective.
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8 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x2 guns), 510.00lbs / 231.33kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
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I have my doubts that you could recycle a non-autoloading naval gun into an autoloader, particularly at a bore size as large as 9.2"; and I remain skeptical that you can make a workable autoloader of this caliber anyway. So much of the internal workings of the gun would have to be replaced that I doubt it would really be cost effective.
9.2" automatic? I'm pretty sure it says:
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8 - 9.20" / 234 mm guns (4x2 guns), 510.00lbs / 231.33kg shells, 1936 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
There is no mention of them being automatic.
Those cruisers will reuse those gunboat turres - whole turret - or "just" reuse the guns but with new mountings (elevation etc.)? So no way making the autoloader or any other modification? (Btw, is it possible at all to modify a gun so much you can have a heavy autoloader from a standard gun/rifle?)
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In 1948 I'm thinking of scrapping the freakish General Class 9.2in armed gunboats and re-using the turrets in two new heavy cruisers based on the Northumberland Class hull.
The result is not cheap, but cheaper than the Princess Royals and Iron Dukes and although they share the same gun, the older ships have triple mounts. These cruisers would be primarily used as Station Flagships overseas.
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Unlike the RCN, the RN does not use an autoloader for any of its 9.2in guns (I think the RCN uses them, I could be wrong though).
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The turrets will be used more or less as is, though as you point out they may need additional elevation, though I suspect the General Class gunboats had enough elevation to lob shells far enough inland for counter-battery work and fort-smashing.
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Considering the SS report lacks any mention of automatic main guns and msic weight for autoloading equipment its a safe bet there isn't any for the main guns.
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Class Names: HMS ? & ?
RDF Sets
One Aerial Search Type 971 set
One Surface Search Type 970 set
One Height-Finder and Surface Search Type 277 set
Five Gunnery Director Type 988 fitted directors with Tallboy consoles and Flyplane (two primary and three secondary directors)
Four Close-Range Blind Fire (CRBF) directors with Type 289 fitted
HF/DF Type 292
Passive Radio Intercept Type 293 series
Passive RDF Intercept Type 297
Two RU-series jammers
ASDIC Type 146
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Not fully decided the new carrier name, might be HMS Nonsuch.
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Nonsuch means no equal
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a fitting name for one of the finest carriers to ever grace Wesworld
Unlike the RCN, the RN does not use an autoloader for any of its 9.2in guns (I think the RCN uses them, I could be wrong though).
Not fully decided the new carrier name, might be HMS Nonsuch.
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The turrets will be used more or less as is, though as you point out they may need additional elevation, though I suspect the General Class gunboats had enough elevation to lob shells far enough inland for counter-battery work and fort-smashing.
They're about 10 years or so old, so I think that the mounts may be modern enough to have good enough elevation for them to work that no alterations are needed.
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The crew would be 31, not the hundred or so SS assumes necessary based on he hullspace!
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