continuing from >>64297542
Tribals are cute
Interesting obscure little things>conceptually a mini-cruiser shrunk to DD size for patrolling the French colonial empire>2600 t, 3x138 mm, bunch of Oerlikons and MGs, depth charges, Potez flying boat>supposed to have torp launchers but never got them, later got Hedgehogs>also equipped to lay and sweep mines, house an admiral's staff and perform surveys>shallow draft allowing it to sail up rivers in Africa and Asia, could also carry and land up to 150 troops>only diesel-powered surface ships in the 1940 French order of battle>also the only ships in the whole fleet with A/C>served both Vichy and Free French navies, one sank its own sister at Dakar, a couple clapped the Thais at Koh Chang, others did escort work in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters>last unit decomissioned in 1959, having served in both Indochina and Korea
anyone have any idea what the X shaped frame thing might be?
>>64317995h-hayai
>>64318031My guess is a support structure for the cable the refueling hose is attached to.
>>64318031>>64318049found out its a 'Noordzeeschijf' (North Sea disc) used for target practicewould be towed by one ship, others would shoot at itnot entirely sure how that works, i guess it would float upright when towed (at speed)?or perhaps you'd attach the target to the frame
>>64318031>>64318083Was about to say it looked like something you'd attach an identification panel to
>>64316215Who drove a couple of bulldozers into the dock?Also, it pains me, They could have saved a couple of those subs for museums.
>>64318022Similar concept to pic related, Italian ship Eritrea. Small, not too expensive do-it-all ship to be stationed permanently in the overseas colonies.Eritrea also had quite the history during ww2. It initially served in the red sea, then after the fall of Italian East Africa in 1941 it was forced to leave for Japan while being chased by the Royal navy. In 43 it was sent to Singapore to support German and Italian subs stationed there, but after the Italian Armistice It had to flee again, this time from the Japanese, and joined the Allied fleet in Ceylon. Through 1944-45 it was used to support allied submarines in the Indian Ocean, before returning home.After the war it ended up in French service, as Francis Garnier.
>>64317854I love seeing ships on the Cote d'Azure.
>>64318435I think Venice is still the most goated location. Shame that battleship couldn't get there due to draft limits
>>64318435Same, I was born and grew up there. I moved to Paris for work some years ago, but it's always a joy to go back for the holidays and see some botes.Here's Jean Bart at Villefranche-sur-Mer, same spot as Missouri in your own pic.
Richelieu in Corsica, also post-war
You can't guess the nationality, location and date.
>>64318483Netherlands in the '60s?
>>64318483Zeeland, Zeven Provinciën and (almost out of shot) Friesland on a visit to Leningrad in late July 1956
Iowa and Midway in 1987. I like to imagine they were grumbling together like all old people do...
It's like a mix of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor.
>>64318529This pic made me sad
>>64318529Fun fact: after the war the Italians didn't get to keep any of their modern 15 inch guns, not even as museum pieces, as they all had to be destroyed to comply with the peacy treaty.However, they did get to keep one French 15 inch gun from the Richelieu, as that ship was dismantled in La Spezia
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>>64318022>colonial light cruiser with only three (3) gunsthat is so weirdif it had twice that armament it would be perfect
I really like these threads.They are truly /k/omfy.
>>64318779Bougainvilles were supposed to be cheap, easy to maintain in shit tropical conditions without infrastructure and only engage subs, roaming auxiliary cruisers and small warships of other colonial powers. That and keeping the locals in line (which is why they had very light armor, only useful against small arms during river or coastal ops).Also they were designed to go around the London naval treaty, by not having enough armament to be counted as a DD or CL. Their official designation was "aviso" which could be translated as some sort of sloop or cutter.Anyway they did prove themselves in battle at Koh Chang (pic related), the two Bougainvilles attached to the French Asiatic fleet sunk three Thai destroyers while light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet dealt with their one coastal defence ship and their planes.
>>64318779>>64318892We also pulled the same "multitool ship with not enough big guns to legally be a cruiser teehe~" stunt with the Pluton. 6600 tons, max speed of 30 kt, only 4x138 mm (same model and caliber as the guns on the Bougainvilles) but it could either be rigged as a) a fast minelayer with 250 mines, or b) a fast troop transport/amphibious support ship for 1000 men, and the war prevented more configurations to be tested (this included a school ship for the naval academy and an anti-air gun truck with a whole bunch of 75 and Oerlikons). She went up in flames in Casabianca harbor in early September 1939 due to a badly handled mine.
>>64318892>they were designed to go around the London naval treatythat makes more sense>not having enough armament to be counted as a DDthey're heavy enough to be destroyers alright. but it would make a little more sense to reduce the armament in order to make them cheaper>only engage subsalright>roaming auxiliary cruisers and small warships of other colonial powersunlikely. three destroyer-sized guns? what on earth could it possibly kill?>>64318994>teeheI mean four 138mms is definitely nowhere near cruiser size. nobody cares about the total mass of the ship so long as there aren't enough guns
>>64319270amazing picture
More SusSEX
>>64320217[spoiler]is the correct plural for ships of the County class Counties or County's[/spoiler]>t. ETL
>>64320229Counties, in keeping with the plural for the geographical area
>>64320229>'sis a possessive, indicating "this belongs to (singular) him">those guns belong to that County>those guns are that County's>whose guns fired just now?>that County's guns fired just now
Omahas are sexy.
>>64321632million dollars a shot
>>64322616wrong
>>64322616thats real balling you broke hater
>>64323321Why does this ship look like it was filmed in 1990's Toronto?
Appreciate the Zums. Warships from every era can be cool but that ultra-modern stuff has been tickling me lately.
>>64323506idk what you mean desu, at first I thought "Toronto" was a Japanese ship class lmao pic unrel
>>64323543>Japanese ship class lmao >picclearly a British fishing hydrofoil
>>64323552> clearly says "pic unrel"> assumes pic is rel bruh...
>>64323583you must be fun at parties
>>64323683im such a stick in the mud it's unreal tbqh
>>64318022>>64318340Avisos/gunboats are criminally underappreciated.
>>64318022I was going to say that thing looks like an armed yacht, and then I remembered armed yacht is an actual naval term (picrel)
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>>64327384Albion or Bulwark?that's a gorgeous pic
>>64318483>Tricolor flag>Lion statues>Women wearing skirts that show their legsEasy. Iran before the revolution.
>>64318478I love cold-war DDHs, especially the jap ones
I like pictures of warships with terrain in the background.
>>64319347>three destroyer-sized guns? what on earth could it possibly kill?Other nation's colonial patrol ships, auxiliary cruisers (i.e. armed merchant ships used as commerce raiders), surfaced submarines, help other friendly ships fight a destroyer or light cruiser, potentially raid enemy shipping themselves, etc.And keep in mind, under the London Naval Treaty destroyers couldn't carry guns larger than 5.1" and were capped at 1850 tons displacement. They also had to carry much more powerful engines than an aviso, and be capable of a wider variety of roles, which meant they generally didn't have more than 4 or 5 guns themselves. A gunnery duel between a Bougainville with three 5.5" guns and say, a Benham-class destroyer with four 5" guns wouldn't have been as one sided as you might have been thinking (now if you let the Benham use its torpedoes...)
>>64327973well then
>>64327973how about foreground and background?
>>64328018Watch out for those shore batteries!
>>64327973Garibaldi during Cold response 2024, in Norway. Italian ships and snow isn't a common sight...
New York in New York
>>64328132Same ship, same occasion
>>64327422no idea lmao I just save the pics ask questions later
>>64327422Ark Royal
