[WIP] Wolves of the Kaiser:1914-1918 Mod

[Sepp von Ch.]

Great news, thanks for info iambecomelife

[iambecomelife]

Profile pictures of some of the British destroyer classes that will be included in the mod, along with notes. A lot of work on small details / accuracy still remains...

[iambecomelife]

Close-up shots of British destroyers.

[Sailor Steve]

Looking good!

I just recently acquired a copy of Norman Friedman's British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. His notes on the whats and whys of destroyer development are good reading for the fan of the period.

[AVGWarhawk]

Very nice!

[GilligansBoat]

About how far into the mod are you (percentage wise?) i'm very excited and would like to help out if i can in any way.

[Hitman]

Lovely

How many classes are planned? I guess you will give lots of importance to armed trawlers too, right? In WW1 they were almost as, if not more important that fleet DD, and it wasn't till WW2 that the concept of the smaller, dedicated ASW frigate matured.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by GilligansBoat

About how far into the mod are you (percentage wise?) i'm very excited and would like to help out if i can in any way.

I'd say maybe 15 - 20%.

Right this moment I need the following:

- Line drawings of the "Active", "Chatham", and "Birmingham" class light cruisers. Conway's Fighting Ships does not have drawings of them.

-Interior photographs of WWI U-Boats.

-Information on U-Boat emblems. I have only discovered two so far.

-Sources dealing with WWI maritime aircraft.

- Maps of the ports listed below, from the late 1890's - early 1900's. I know I could use Google Earth, but there's no telling how much towns have changed in 100 years.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Lovely

How many classes are planned? I guess you will give lots of importance to armed trawlers too, right? In WW1 they were almost as, if not more important that fleet DD, and it wasn't till WW2 that the concept of the smaller, dedicated ASW frigate matured.

Armed trawlers will be designed very soon - as you probably know, Britain had thousands of them, and I don't want to have convoys with too many 1st-rate escorts; DD's were in short supply early in the war. Nevertheless, in this mod even a converted trawler can ruin your day. I will tweak damage values so that one shot from anything above maybe a 2pdr will damage the pressure hull & keep you from diving. I also plan to make the conning tower crew much more vulnerable to small arms fire. Surface gun-duels will be out of the question.

As for the # of destroyers: only a few more British DD classes will be made. There will be a reasonable selection of German destroyers. The USA, France, & Russia will have just 1-2 classes at most.

[Hitman]

Right this moment I need the following:

- Line drawings of the "Active", "Chatham", and "Birmingham" class light cruisers. Conway's Fighting Ships does not have drawings of them.

-Interior photographs of WWI U-Boats.

-Information on U-Boat emblems. I have only discovered two so far.

-Sources dealing with WWI maritime aircraft.

- Maps of the ports listed below, from the late 1890's - early 1900's. I know I could use Google Earth, but there's no telling how much towns have changed in 100 years.

I had some WW1 pictures of the interior of UBoats, which unfortunately were lost in my HDD crash but I will try to find some more for you

EDIT: I already posted some here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show....php?p=1170191

[LGN1]

Hi,

I don't know whether it helps, but in the 'Deutsches Museum' in Munich one can see the interior of U-1. See, e.g., here:



There are more pictures on the web.

Regards, LGN1

[Admiral Halsey]

Will you be making the Lusitania for the mod?(I was wondering because It was an important moment.)

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Will you be making the Lusitania for the mod?(I was wondering because It was an important moment.)

All I can say is I'll try to include as many historically significant ships as possible! The "Lucy" is a higher priority than the Death Star right now, so I'll see what can be done.

Preview of one of the larger units is below. By the way, if anyone has a line drawing of "HMAS Sydney" it would be welcome.

[padmack]

Iambecomelife: I dont know if its an area your planning to include at this stage of your mod but if the Atlantic becomes an area of focus, may I suggest oyou might spend some time representing Cork on the South coast of Ireland.

http://corkshipwrecks.net/historypage.htm

Part of Great Britain then, it was a pivotal area for Atlantic operations for the Royal Navy it being that bit further west. Queesntown (now Cobh) was also a stopping point for tranatlantic liners such as the Titanic, for example. Within the scope of this mod, perhaps a representation of the US Navy subchasers stationed there could be done, or at least armed trawlers of some sort?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33577523@N08/6785985797/

Also see this: http://corkshipwrecks.net/Qships.htm

Unfortunately, from a modelling point of view, the old survey maps of Cork Harbour I have access to are incomplete but im sure detailed information must be published online somewhere.

Also, I found good line drawings of armed trawlers from this era (im sure you must have come accross, as i found them through a google search).

Regards and good luck - I really like the look of this mod and I admire your efforts so far.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

All I can say is I'll try to include as many historically significant ships as possible! The "Lucy" is a higher priority than the Death Star right now, so I'll see what can be done.

Thanks for the response.(If I visit the area around Old Head of Kinsale on May 7th, 1915 I want to be able to sink the Lusitania.)