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Italian battleship Dante Alighieri in Taranto, c. 1918.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...604#post170430
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...591#post174237
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...050#post176176
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...392#post116759
Impressive looking!
"Abandon hope all ye who board her"?
Also it looks like that photo's been altered, looks like about a third of the ship isn't there...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia..._Alighieri.jpg
Compared to expectations, this hull does look short forward of front stacks, more than perspective foreshortening. Our picture obscures bow with a bridge under construction. Pictures (Wikipedia) of entire length show forward section is not far ahead of the stacks either, but substantially longer overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat
Compared to expectations, this hull looks short forward of front stacks. Our picture obscures bow with a bridge under construction. Pictures (Wikipedia) of entire length show forward section is not far ahead of the stacks either, but substantially longer overall.
Looks like a double swing bridge, not one under construction. The other half is seen along the right side of the photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
Interesting ship...
Four turrets (two amidships) each with three 12" guns
Three submerged torpedo tubes - one in the stern
Two rudders
and that delightful sunny patio on the stern where the officers could smoke while they sipped their Campari.
Never fired a shot in anger.
USS; United States Ship.
HMS; His (or Her) Majesty's Ship.
HMAS; His (or Her) Majesty's Australian Ship.
IJN; Imperial Japanese Navy
TMB; Dat'sa Ma Boat!
RMS - Royal Mail Ship (e.g. the Titanic)Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
SMS - Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship - Imperial German Navy designation, Prussia too)
More than you ever wanted to know here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix
Far more than anticipated......interesting none-the-less.Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
Not unlike trip to library for reference materials on subject 'X' and finding thick volumes, know you'll dwell awhile when a web page slider bar is only 10 or 12 millimeters high.
Aka 'rabbit holes', think comparison to work of gophers and moles is more apt.
A fun game I play with myself is to think of a question for which an answer CANNOT be found on the internet. Must be a real question that has an answer, none of this type:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
What is the meaning of life?
Can god make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?
How many angels can dance the tango?
So far I've had a remarkable lack of success. That speaks to the breadth of the internet or my lack of ingenuity. I'm going with all of the above.