"VonDos & Co" shipyard! (big images!)

Cohaagen · 05-10-08, 07:23 PM

Unfortunately, the QE model in that link is only accurate for 1918 - all, even Barham and Malaya, were very heavily updated in the intervening decades between the wars, radically altering their appearance.

Excellent period document showing the basic differences between the class groupings after refit.

Queen Elizabeth after refit...

...and Warspite after hers. Note the numerous differences. She was the first to be refitted and her bridge structure/command layout served as prototype and testbed for the rest of her class, Renown, and the new KGV ships.

Hope these are of some use. Hopefully they'll inspire you should you go ahead with the design.

05-10-08, 07:23 PM	#11
Cohaagen Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 296 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Unfortunately, the QE model in that link is only accurate for 1918 - all, even Barham and Malaya, were very heavily updated in the intervening decades between the wars, radically altering their appearance. Excellent period document showing the basic differences between the class groupings after refit. Queen Elizabeth after refit... ...and Warspite after hers. Note the numerous differences. She was the first to be refitted and her bridge structure/command layout served as prototype and testbed for the rest of her class, Renown, and the new KGV ships. Hope these are of some use. Hopefully they'll inspire you should you go ahead with the design.