by Aop Aur » Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:44 pm
Captain Morgan wrote:Having seen actual drawings that are different from what you show there, I would like to see better drawings of the turrets to get the shape of A turret. Those drawings from that source aren�t the best to rely on. Did you get some from drawings from any museums or other sources?
Upon obtaining some of the original plans from the Greenwich National Maritime Museum, I've compared them to the drawing I posted from Garzke & Dulin Allied Battleships of World War II book, and it was clearly reconstructed according to the original. Everything is accurately drawn, even down to the smallest portholes, so it is merely a simplified reconstruction. The book did add some of the features missing from the original, e.g. propeller shafts, struts, mast tops, etc., all to make a complete illustration of the ship. They also put the Supermarine Walrus in place of the intended Fairey Albacore floatplane (which is actually present on the NMM plans), among some other details they may have analysed to be more plausible in reality.
These are portions of the NMM drawings (same as the one EJ posted above, but better scanned.)
"A" Turret:
"Y" Turret ("B" also looks identical):
As for the idea behind the extension and shape of the A Turret, I still don't know exactly. Carl Gibeault may be right. Or perhaps it may have something to do with ventilation system (in rough seas, A turret may have been most critical with the low freeboard.) Maybe someone could point out other guns that may have similar modifications, so we might better understand the idea. The Iowas and Bismarck/Tirpitz's turrets 1 also had minor differences from the rest, but they aren't as evident as the Lion here.
Aop
[quote="Captain Morgan"]Having seen actual drawings that are different from what you show there, I would like to see better drawings of the turrets to get the shape of A turret. Those drawings from that source aren�t the best to rely on. Did you get some from drawings from any museums or other sources?[/quote]
Upon obtaining some of the original plans from the Greenwich National Maritime Museum, I've compared them to the drawing I posted from Garzke & Dulin Allied Battleships of World War II book, and it was clearly reconstructed according to the original. Everything is accurately drawn, even down to the smallest portholes, so it is merely a simplified reconstruction. The book did add some of the features missing from the original, e.g. propeller shafts, struts, mast tops, etc., all to make a complete illustration of the ship. They also put the Supermarine Walrus in place of the intended Fairey Albacore floatplane (which is actually present on the NMM plans), among some other details they may have analysed to be more plausible in reality.
These are portions of the NMM drawings (same as the one EJ posted above, but better scanned.)
"A" Turret:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/BuDqQR3.jpg[/img]
"Y" Turret ("B" also looks identical):
[img]https://i.imgur.com/nHVVrR2.jpg[/img]
As for the idea behind the extension and shape of the A Turret, I still don't know exactly. Carl Gibeault may be right. Or perhaps it may have something to do with ventilation system (in rough seas, A turret may have been most critical with the low freeboard.) Maybe someone could point out other guns that may have similar modifications, so we might better understand the idea. The Iowas and Bismarck/Tirpitz's turrets 1 also had minor differences from the rest, but they aren't as evident as the Lion here.
Aop