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Post by Tristan on Jun 15, 2017 16:03:21 GMT
February 4, 1907 ARS Miller and ARS Jinora were launched the same day after three years of development. They represent a new era of battleships and have been called 'dreadnoughts' as coined by a British admiral touring the newly launched vessels. Antara laid off it's standard battleships (now being called pre-dreadnoughts), even selling incomplete hulls to its puppet state Thermosa, in order to focus its research and production into the far larger and more heavily armed Miller class. Miller took the longest to finish and was modified several times during construction, whilst Jinora was finished 3 months sooner after the final version of Miller was nearing its completion. Just a month after both vessels were launched, Britain's heavily delayed HMS Dreadnought was finally launched, getting renamed following the launch.  |
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Post by Keisser on Jun 16, 2017 10:59:22 GMT
May 26, 1907 After 4 years of development, first Oranje Free State's dreadnoughts are finally laid down. However, building will be stopped in the mid-1908 due to weapon production problem. Later, in 1910, building will be resumed, but with lots of corrections in project. Secondary 6" turret will be added above "C" turret and whole project will be redone to use German-built 305-mm guns. Two dreadnoughts, ORS Voerniksniebangnie (meaning « Dreadnought») and ORS Onverskrokke (meaning " Fearless"), will be comleted in late 1911. Measures: 144,5x28x6,6 metres. Displacement: 15 396 t light, 16 694 t standard, 17 810 t normal, 18 702 t full load. Armament: 3x2 12"/50 guns, 1x2 + 8x1 6"/45 guns, 2x1 88 mm Flak. Armor: 12" main belt, 10" ends, 1.75" bulkhead, 1.8...2.4" deck, 14" conning towers. Machinery: two vertical triple expansion steam engines, 26 000 i.h.p. (35 100 i.h.p. with forsage). A speed of 20,43 kts was achieved during trials at full steam, and a speed of 22,03 kts after forsage. 27 shell of 12" needed to sink this ship or 4 20" torpedoes.  |
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Post by admiralscoots on Jun 16, 2017 17:49:24 GMT
Febraury 7, 1907 The weather in the port of Corsano was beautifully sunny, helping to warm the docks despite the chill of the winter breeze. Crowds were gathered around one of the piers at the Corsano Naval Base, scores of citizens numbering in the hundreds as the commissioning ceremony for a tremendous sized new warship took place. A figurehead, carvedin the shape of a plump woman with bountiful and generous curves, the very image of Regian maternity, was lowered by winch onto the bow. As the last rivet holding the figurehead was ceremoniously hammered into place, the crowd erupted into a flurry of cheers and hollers. Hats and streamers flew skywards and a banner was hoisted on the main mast, proudly displaying in golden letters RRNS Savitori.  Displacement: 21,350 tons Normal Load Length: 541 feet Beam: 86 feet Draft: 26 feet Armament: 10x 12" L/45 guns, 20x 4" L/43 guns Armor: 12" main belt, 6" upper belt, 4" ends, 3" deck, 12" conning towers. Speed: 19 knots Range: 8000 Nautical Miles at 10 knots A quantum leap in Regian battleship development, the Savitori was laid down on March 23, 1905 and commissioned Febraury 7 of 1907. Her two sister ships, Betio and Vella Lavellia, would be commissioned in the Fall of that year and in the Spring of 1908, respectively. These battleships were the first of their kind, boasting an all-big gun main battery and a centralized fire control system, namely the bridge had a rangefinder and a plotting table within to make use of it, and electrical communications shipwide to feed that information to the guns. She is also notable for being the world's first oil burning battleship, greatly increasing her fuel efficiency and allowing her to travel great distances in protection of Regian trade and commerce. Three more ships of an improved design, building on many lessons learned during construction and sea trials of these ships, have been laid down as of September, 1907. |
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