HMS Hood completed as aircaft carrier
HMS Hood is laid down Sept 1916, launched Aug 1918 and completed in 1920. What if from 1918 onwards she is converted to an aircraft carrier. Design and construction work continues slowly, with...
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Ark was near missed on anti sub; she wasn't on that task when she was hit.
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I was thinking along somewhat different lines, call it an alternate naval history. End of WW1 sees a massive wealth and population shift from Europe to Australia. Australia purchases all four Admiral...
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That's shaped somewhat like my idea of an ACVE (Armoured Cruiser Escort Carrier) with a raised central flight deck replacing the guns in that part of the ship but the end turrets being retained.
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Admiral Beez wrote:Zen9 wrote:However the influence she'd extert on the RN could be immense.That is likely CV Hood's greatest legacy. If The RN has invested in Hood the carrier, I suspect the minds...
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Excellent modelling work all round, even if the ship design critic in me far prefers the pure carriers over the hybrids. Well done and thanks for sharing.
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NewGolconda wrote:Excellent modelling work all round, even if the ship design critic in me far prefers the pure carriers over the hybrids.I'm not a fan of hybrid battleships either, but I do wonder...
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oldcoins wrote:The retractable flight deck proposal is a modification of a 1942 design by Davis, the BAC ship, seen in the book Hybrid Warships, page 118. Found this good illustration of the BAC ship...
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15 fighters and 3 TSR doesn't sound much of a gain compared to most modern battleships of the day with four catapult ac each. Taking oldcoins numbers is the 80' extra worth all the hassle compared to...
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On such a short deck (~400 ft), deck launches would probably be the exception rather than the rule. Just like for wartime CVEs, cat launches would allow for more operational flexibility (less need to...
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Hindsight pretty much tells us that would be a bad idea, if only due to the fact that increasing airframe size would diminish the air group.
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Wow, what a fantastic looking picture, thanks for posting it.
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Yes, I like the battle cruiser hybrid idea. Lots of space to organize both guns and aircraft. Hybrids are generally impractical, but lots of fun to build. Here is another version of HMS Hood...
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Large caliber guns firing during flight operations would interesting to see.
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Things have gone a bit Pete if you need to...same goes for quarterdeck catapults.
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oldcoins wrote:I was thinking along somewhat different lines, call it an alternate naval history. End of WW1 sees a massive wealth and population shift from Europe to Australia. Australia purchases...
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Sure, it is just a hypothetical, shift the time line back a year or so. Admiralty recognizes Hood shortcomings, palms them off to the antipodes, who reconstruct them in the 1930s... Here is my last...
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These sorts of projects are soooo much fun, but do not trip over the reality line of, hmmm, this really might have worked. Aircraft are man power intensive and all those crew have to eat and sleep...
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The midships catapult looks like a good launcher for the albeit-PW Republic-Ford JB-2 missile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JB-2_LoonI imagine anti-ship accuracy would be difficult, to impossible.
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Caden2248 wrote:These sorts of projects are soooo much fun, but do not trip over the reality line of, hmmm, this really might have worked. Aircraft are man power intensive and all those crew have to...
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JB-2 wasn't an anti ship missile but Bat was. Fit that guidance and away you go. Radar altimeters were nothing exotic by the time Loon was being worked on - C-47s had them. Now you can have a sea...
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