Proto-Incomparable Design
Here I present you Lord Fisher's very first design which bears the name Incomparable a Warship with high speed of 30knots and unprecedented firepower of 10x 16" cannons and thick 16" belt armour.
The design incorporates what Fisher desired in his new capital ships:
- New large calibre main guns - 16"
- High speed - 26-30knots
- Diesel engines for extra range and minimal funnel size and smoke
- Disappearing or turreted gun mounts for anti-torpedo boat defence
- Long sleek hull to reach the desired speed.
- Telescopic mast for reduce silhouette
- Under deck boat stowage to reduce the required deck space and further reduce the silhouette of the ship
- Linoleum deck for minimal battle damage regarding the crew due to wooden shrapnels
Based on the very rough sketch of Fisher's, actually 8 designs can be created:
26knot versions:
a - Single 16" wing turrets,6" guns in turrets
b - No 16" wing turrets, 6" guns in turrets
c - Single 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
d - No 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
30knot versions:
a - Single 16" wing turrets,6" guns in turrets
b - No 16" wing turrets, 6" guns in turrets
c - Single 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
d - No 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
From this sketch design Fisher proposed the later much cleaned up versions of the Incomparables including the earlier replacement Queen Elizabeth designs and later variants intended for his Baltic Amphibious operations.
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 201,17 (pp) 213,36 (oa) x 26.21 meters
Displacement: Unknown
Armour: 406mm Belt
Engines: around 72-80.000bhp (Equivalent to 96-107.000shp) Diesel engines, 4 shafts
Speed: 48-56km/h (26-30knots)
Armaments:
4x2,2x1 16"/40 (406mm/40) Vickers Mark A Cannons,
16x1 6"/50 (102mm/50) Vickers Mark R or BL Mk XIII Guns,
8x1 533mm Underwater torpedo tubes
The second version sacrifices the wing single turrets which Fisher not that fond of keeping and I've put the 6" guns in disappearing mounts otherwise same as the other design
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 201,17 (pp) 213,36 (oa) x 26.21 meters
Displacement: Unknown
Armour: 406mm Belt
Engines: around 72-80.000bhp (Equivalent to 96-107.000shp) Diesel engines, 4 shafts
Speed: 48-56km/h (26-30knots)
Armaments:
4x2 16"/40 (406mm/40) Vickers Mark A Cannons,
16x1 6"/50 (102mm/50) Vickers Mark R or BL Mk XIII Guns,
8x1 533mm Underwater torpedo tubes
Drawings based on official Fisher documents:
i.imgur.com/K43GCnB.jpeg
i.imgur.com/TKpk693.jpeg
and re-creations of such drawings by a friend:
i.imgur.com/lOcyPT9.jpeg
i.imgur.com/Pwa5vxg.jpeg
The design incorporates what Fisher desired in his new capital ships:
- New large calibre main guns - 16"
- High speed - 26-30knots
- Diesel engines for extra range and minimal funnel size and smoke
- Disappearing or turreted gun mounts for anti-torpedo boat defence
- Long sleek hull to reach the desired speed.
- Telescopic mast for reduce silhouette
- Under deck boat stowage to reduce the required deck space and further reduce the silhouette of the ship
- Linoleum deck for minimal battle damage regarding the crew due to wooden shrapnels
Based on the very rough sketch of Fisher's, actually 8 designs can be created:
26knot versions:
a - Single 16" wing turrets,6" guns in turrets
b - No 16" wing turrets, 6" guns in turrets
c - Single 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
d - No 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
30knot versions:
a - Single 16" wing turrets,6" guns in turrets
b - No 16" wing turrets, 6" guns in turrets
c - Single 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
d - No 16" wing turrets, 6" disappearing mounts
From this sketch design Fisher proposed the later much cleaned up versions of the Incomparables including the earlier replacement Queen Elizabeth designs and later variants intended for his Baltic Amphibious operations.
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 201,17 (pp) 213,36 (oa) x 26.21 meters
Displacement: Unknown
Armour: 406mm Belt
Engines: around 72-80.000bhp (Equivalent to 96-107.000shp) Diesel engines, 4 shafts
Speed: 48-56km/h (26-30knots)
Armaments:
4x2,2x1 16"/40 (406mm/40) Vickers Mark A Cannons,
16x1 6"/50 (102mm/50) Vickers Mark R or BL Mk XIII Guns,
8x1 533mm Underwater torpedo tubes
The second version sacrifices the wing single turrets which Fisher not that fond of keeping and I've put the 6" guns in disappearing mounts otherwise same as the other design
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 201,17 (pp) 213,36 (oa) x 26.21 meters
Displacement: Unknown
Armour: 406mm Belt
Engines: around 72-80.000bhp (Equivalent to 96-107.000shp) Diesel engines, 4 shafts
Speed: 48-56km/h (26-30knots)
Armaments:
4x2 16"/40 (406mm/40) Vickers Mark A Cannons,
16x1 6"/50 (102mm/50) Vickers Mark R or BL Mk XIII Guns,
8x1 533mm Underwater torpedo tubes
Drawings based on official Fisher documents:
i.imgur.com/K43GCnB.jpeg
i.imgur.com/TKpk693.jpeg
and re-creations of such drawings by a friend:
i.imgur.com/lOcyPT9.jpeg
i.imgur.com/Pwa5vxg.jpeg
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