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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 12:59:22 AM

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Sorry....that's what I think of when you start talking about "pretty ships"........

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 1:38:45 AM

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Tashkent was a beauty, definitely, and one of the best designs in Soviet wartime service. She was Italian-built but armed with Soviet guns, so she was delivered without her main battery. Delays in production meant she spent some time with single mounts before the twins were available. We have pix of her in all three guises in Raising the Red Banner.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 1:58:09 AM

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Does anyone remember the Sig Yava used to use that Dixie did for him? It was a colourised photograph of a camouflaged Renown - absolutely beautiful...

Now that is a beautiful ship!

How about this one? The Threadsters will have seen this before

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 10:27:14 AM

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Does anyone remember the Sig Yava used to use that Dixie did for him? It was a colourised photograph of a camouflaged Renown - absolutely beautiful...

Now that is a beautiful ship!

How about this one? The Threadsters will have seen this before

I like it (especially since you removed the c**k up!

). Have you done one of a County so they can see what we mean about elegance and lines?

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 10:46:23 AM

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Leander class CL - original or modified

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 11:06:09 AM

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Original, single funnel layout

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 11:14:30 AM

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How about this one? The Threadsters will have seen this before

Is it the HOOD ???

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 11:48:09 AM

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How about this one? The Threadsters will have seen this before

Is it the HOOD ???

Im pretty sure thats the post 1939 reconstruction Renown. Note the 3xII main battery, whereas Hood has 4xII.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/25/2008 2:03:41 PM

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How about this one? The Threadsters will have seen this before

Is it the HOOD ???

Im pretty sure thats the post 1939 reconstruction Renown. Note the 3xII main battery, whereas Hood has 4xII.

Correct

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 4:50:38 AM

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 4:52:58 AM

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How can anyone say a ww2 era ship is better looking then a well kept Frigate in the age of sail...

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 8:12:06 AM

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I don't know, but the thread is about the best looking ship of WW2...

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 3:17:14 PM

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How can anyone say a ww2 era ship is better looking then a well kept Frigate in the age of sail...

i've always found all the ropes, cables and such unattactive, although they aren't terribly noticeable when the ship is under full sail.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 3:59:31 PM

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why is it when it comes to tanks & ships the bad guys always build the best looking stuff?

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 4:13:18 PM

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why is it when it comes to tanks & ships the bad guys always build the best looking stuff?

That's just your dark side talking!

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 4:29:22 PM

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why is it when it comes to tanks & ships�the bad guys always build the best looking stuff?

I like the Panther design !

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 4:41:46 PM

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why is it when it comes to tanks & ships the bad guys always build the best looking stuff?

They are much more concerned about image.......

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 4:47:54 PM

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The Italians built the best-looking warships of WWII. Flat out. Full stop. The end.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 5:01:22 PM

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The Italians built the best-looking warships of WWII. Flat out. Full stop. The end.

i rest my case!!!

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 6:43:38 PM

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Scharnhorst & Gneisenau. Beautiful lines, perfect proportions, marvellously elegant ships.

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And the answer is: Scharnhorst & Gneisenau!

Thank you Howard Mitchell for getting this one correct. Now let's do the ugliest.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/26/2008 10:18:53 PM

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Well you know - USS Constitution was in commission all during WWII (through today), so she qualifies for this topic (technically

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I don't know, but the thread is about the best looking ship of WW2...

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 12:35:18 AM

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Well you know - USS Constitution was in commission all during WWII (through today), so she qualifies for this topic (technically )

Brian's right, she was in commission, and she was a beauty. In that regard, i would vote for Randolph, but thet's for another thred somewhere.

For this one, for the individual "Best Lookin" of War II, I gotta go with the Shigure, or whatver her DD class was. Line and sheer was sweet. Proportion, fore & aft was visually gratifying; proportion topsides to freeboard was within the golden ratio. Overall a classic example of a master designer at work. Beautiful boat!!!

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 4:36:01 AM

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Hands down..... YORKTOWN CLASS.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 5:08:27 AM

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For a carrier, Lexington-Saratoga. BB- Yamato/Richeleau BC-Hood CA Baltimore class CL Leander DD Fletcher/Tribal/Fantastique SS- German XXI class. PC-Isabel .

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 6:01:46 AM

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Opps couldn't get the picture uploaded.
Well - it won't display -so the picture was Heavy Cruiser San Francisco and Light Cruiser Phoenix

The CL has got something about her, but this CA is butt-ugly! (I guess this is why you should never show people pictures of your kids or pets...)

Well, I certainly won't say you're wrong - because it IS all in the eye of the beholder...but I think S.F. is a fine looking ship, business-like, symmetrical, and very dangerous.

Personally, of all the British heavy cruisers - I always liked Exeter (that same funky business-like look), as for Japanese - I go for Chokai and Haguro.

Maybe the prettiest overall (I'll agree with Mr T) the Italians....but the main thing is - everybody (including the Dutch and Russians,...and Germans) produced their own distinctive 'look'. As a ship artist - I love that...you'll all see it all in AE.

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 11:26:28 AM

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Opps couldn't get the picture uploaded.
Well - it won't display -so the picture was Heavy Cruiser San Francisco and Light Cruiser Phoenix

The CL has got something about her, but this CA is butt-ugly! (I guess this is why you should never show people pictures of your kids or pets...)

Well, I certainly won't say you're wrong - because it IS all in the eye of the beholder...but I think S.F. is a fine looking ship, business-like, symmetrical, and very dangerous.

Personally, of all the British heavy cruisers - I always liked Exeter (that same funky business-like look), as for Japanese - I go for Chokai and Haguro.

Maybe the prettiest overall (I'll agree with Mr T) the Italians....but the main thing is - everybody (including the Dutch and Russians,...and Germans) produced their own distinctive 'look'. As a ship artist - I love that...you'll all see it all in AE.

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Can't wait Bro'

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The earlier US Heavy Cruisers were damn ugly though. If you always like the girl who is a bit "different", then I guess they are for you

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 11:29:13 AM

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For a carrier, Lexington-Saratoga. BB- Yamato/Richeleau� BC-Hood� CA Baltimore class� CL Leander DD Fletcher/Tribal/Fantastique� SS- German XXI class. PC-Isabel .

Not a bad list apart from the ugly French Broad. The one funneled Baltimore, or the two? Isabel was a yacht, she was not designed as a warship, so it is hardly fair to compare ships designed as such against her...

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 12:51:56 PM

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One of the most powerful battleship built just before WW II: the french Richelieu. Initially designed to fight against german or italian navies she finally went in the Pacific in 1944. A very specific design !

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 4:45:36 PM

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Nice looking ship Micke II, but that line of portholes down the side is an alarming sight on a BB...

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RE: The Best Looking Ship of WWII... - 6/27/2008 4:54:42 PM

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Jean Bart's postwar completion made the design even snazzier looking. A lovely specimen. Too bad they didn't preserve one.

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