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mdiehl -> Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 9:19:17 PM)

Here's one that should bring out some grognards.

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Jaypea -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 9:21:01 PM)

Man she looks badly hurt!



pry -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 9:23:49 PM)

The unfinished Graf Zeppelin



tsimmonds -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 9:25:57 PM)

Incomplete Italian CV Aquila



Apollo11 -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 9:50:50 PM)

Hi all,

This is Italian "Aquila" (conversion from large liner "Roma" - Musollini was overthroned in 1943 just before her sea trials would begin). Scuttled in 1945 by Germans (heavily damaged by Allied air raids).

Displacement: 28,810 tonnes (28,356 tons)
Length: 231.5m (795ft 6in)
Speed: 32 knots
Aircraft: 36


Leo "Apollo11"



tondern -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 9:51:04 PM)

Yup, I agree with Irrelevant. [&o]

While the clinker (funnel top) has that classy German 1939 style, the sheer line is too sweet. I've only seen a picture of the Aquila from the stern. She was a converted liner, which fits with the sheer line. I can't remember the bulges, but that fits with a liner conversion.

Yours,

Tondern

Tondern



mdiehl -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 10:07:10 PM)

Y'all are fast. It's Aquila.



tsimmonds -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 10:18:33 PM)

Italian torpedo defense systems were interesting to say the least. The Cavours and Littorios had that Pugliese tube-within-a-tube deal. These bulges were reputedly filled with concrete. Good use of hull volume....



tsimmonds -> RE: Bring out the grognards: ID this. (6/3/2004 10:41:24 PM)

Aquila began life as the liner Roma

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