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Japanese No. 13 Design
In response to the huge USN 1916 naval program
of the USN, Japan launched its own expensive building
program called the 8-8 plan, which called for the
construction of eight battleships and eight
battlecruisers. Only the first two battleships in the
program, Nagato and Mutsu,
were ever completed. The next two battleships were to be
Tosa and Kaga.
The No. 13 design was selected for the last four of the
battleships. Armament was to be eight 18.9-inch (480mm)
guns, sixteen 5.5-inch guns and eight 24-inch torpedo
tubes on a displacement of 47,000 tons. As a result of
the Washington Treaty, construction was never started.
The Japanese No 13 design of 1921 is Superior J110 and priced
at $29.50. |
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British N3 Battleship Design
The Royal Navy was equally concerned with the
American 1916 program but they were last off the mark
and unlike the USN or IJN never actually laid down a
ship in this new naval rivalry. The N3 design of 1922 was the follow on battleship design of
the G3 Invincible design that was authorized but not laid down. Armament
was to be nine 18-inch guns, sixteen 6-inch guns and six
4.7-inch guns on a displacement of 48,500 tons and a
speed of 25 knots. As a result of the Washington Treaty,
construction was never started. The Japanese N3 design of 1922 is Superior B112 and priced
at $29.50. |
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British 15A/B Design
In 1935 the Royal Navy was in a quandary. They desperately
needed to start construction on new battleships but were
uncertain if the London Treaty of 1930 would be renewed
with its restriction on main armament. Rather than wait
to see if Japan would sign, the RN gambled that it would
be renewed and built the King
George V Class mounting 14-inch guns
rather than this design, the 15A/B.
This design was to be armed with nine 15-inch guns and
depending upon the final configuration would have a top
speed of either 27 or 30 knots. As it turned out the
Japanese did not sign a renewal of the treaty and the RN
built the five most under gunned 35,000 ton battleships
of World War Two. The British 15A/B design of 1935 is Superior B113 and priced at
$29.50. |
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Family
Photographs
These are sort of family group shots as each
photograph has a grouping of ships with elements in
common. |
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