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Sunday, September 02, 2018


4 comments:

Mudpuddle said...

vertical stacks: that must mean WW1, anyway...

CyberKitten said...

Apparently it's a Russian Battle-cruiser from around 1904-06. Oddly it has a Union Jack on the bow staff..... Presumably it was British built & sold to Russia.

Mudpuddle said...

that's a good idea, making the sides slated so shells bounce off... wonder why they stopped doing that...

CyberKitten said...

Around about this time - turn of the 19th/20th centuries - the range of naval engagements grew to miles. This meant that the guns fired up, at an angle, so the shells came down on the top decks rather at the side armour. Slopping side armour was no longer effective except against smaller caliber shells so it got lighter and straighter.