TzoliDuring the re-design process of the Admiral class battlecruiser HMS Hood, DNC (Director of Naval Constructions) by the order of Admiral David Richard Beatty and the committee he formed after the battle of Jutland proposed 4 alternative designs to how to finish the ship. Though actually DNC thought of these proposals not as alternatives to the ‘Admirals’ but as a ship or ships to be built alongside them. The 4 proposals varied in main armament and displacement ranging from 4 twin 15" turrets to 4 triple ones and anything inbetween (2 twin 2 triples or simply 3 triples) which implies if one of the design was chosen the Hood's sisters would had been a separate class rather a somewhat modification of the completed ship.
Based on this I made a mixed look design based on Hood and her Sister ships with the set armaments as proposed.
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 246,9 (pp) x 259,2 (wl) x 262,13 (oa) x 31,7 x 7,8 meters
Displacement: 40.600tons (standard)
Armour: 305mm belt at 10°incline, 51mm deck, 51-51mm slopes.
Engines: 144.000shp Parsons Steam Turbines, 4 shafts
Range: 14.200km at 30km/h (7.600nm at 16knots)
Speed: 58km/h (31knots)
Armaments:
4x2 15"/42 (381mm/42) BL Mark I Cannons,
16x1 5,5"/50 (140mm/50) BL Mark I Guns,
4x1 4"/42 (102mm/45) QF Mark V AA Guns,
2x1 53cm Underwater, 2x1 Above Water Torpedo Tubes
Some Extra info:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/alltheworldsbattlecruisers/what-if-18-hood-effect-on-wnt-and-the-hunt-for-bis-t9117.html
2022-08-21 18:44:55 +0000