by maurice de saxe » Sat Dec 28, 2024 9:02 pm
I purchased the Kagero TopDrawings #127 for the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious. After I examined the drawings for the ship's final state, I had some concerns so I looked into the primary source materials with the help of several experts. What I found was that according to the issues of the Admiralty's C.B. 01815B from October 1943 to October 1945 - the half-yearly return of Particulars of War Vessels - the armament of HMS Furious during this period was twelve 4-inch guns in six twin mounting, thirty-two 2-pounders in four 8-barrel mountings, eight 20-mm guns in four power-operated twin mountings, and seven 20-mm guns on seven hand-operated single mountings. The author/draftsman shows six 8-barrel pom-poms, six twin power-operated 20-mm mountings, and nine single 20-mm mountings. This is manifestly incorrect and casts doubt on the rest of his presentation.
Maurice
I purchased the Kagero TopDrawings #127 for the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious. After I examined the drawings for the ship's final state, I had some concerns so I looked into the primary source materials with the help of several experts. What I found was that according to the issues of the Admiralty's C.B. 01815B from October 1943 to October 1945 - the half-yearly return of Particulars of War Vessels - the armament of HMS Furious during this period was twelve 4-inch guns in six twin mounting, thirty-two 2-pounders in four 8-barrel mountings, eight 20-mm guns in four power-operated twin mountings, and seven 20-mm guns on seven hand-operated single mountings. The author/draftsman shows six 8-barrel pom-poms, six twin power-operated 20-mm mountings, and nine single 20-mm mountings. This is manifestly incorrect and casts doubt on the rest of his presentation.
Maurice