HMS Caernarfon leaves port for sea trials...

[Firekitten]

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[Obie311]

I'm more aviator than sailor but I must say that's one fine looking ship! I like the cut of her. Carry on Firekitten. Can't wait for your adventure.

Obie

[MCDesigns]

A FEW!!?? LOL. I am surprised you got it to even compile at that many polys, looks killer though. :applause:

[trucker17]

A FEW!!?? LOL. I am surprised you got it to even compile at that many polys, looks killer though. :applause:


Really good looking ship their Firekitten.....
Dangerousdave is a real good designer, We have many designers here who are willing to help others......
Without them many of us would be lost, with scenery. and design.....

[fliger747]

Looks to be a sister of HMAS Sydney which was lost with all hands in a surprise contact with a German Raider (which eventually sank herself).

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[dhasdell]

She looks lovely, but she's a Leander class, not a Town. Leanders included Ajax and Achilles, best known for the Battle of the River Plate. The Australian Sydney and Hobart were very similar but had two separate funnels rather than the trunked one shown. The Town class included Sheffield, which took part in the Bismarck chase and sinking, and Belfast, now preserved in the River Thames. HMNZS Achilles also survives in Auckland.

[Francois]

NICE !! :applause:

[X_eidos2]

When a Navy ship is at sea, the flags at the bow and stern are lowered and the national flag is flown from the main mast. (That should cut down a few polygons) If you want to show the ship in port or at anchor, the flag at the front would be the ensign, and the flag at the back, would be the national flag.

[Firekitten]

She looks lovely, but she's a Leander class, not a Town. Leanders included Ajax and Achilles, best known for the Battle of the River Plate. The Australian Sydney and Hobart were very similar but had two separate funnels rather than the trunked one shown. The Town class included Sheffield, which took part in the Bismarck chase and sinking, and Belfast, now preserved in the River Thames. HMNZS Achilles also survives in Auckland.

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DAMN IT

I had pictures of Ajax, and I had convinced myself that she was a town class along with Achillies... The battle of the river plate is where I got a lot of stills for detail from ><

I'm sorry folks this is completely screwed up now... total waste of space. I really didn't realise I'd messed up so badly. Forget I even posted this, It wont be uploaded, sorry for wasting peoples time.

[X_eidos2]

Please don't scuttle the project. Everything can easily be fixed.

[SkippyBing]

When a Navy ship is at sea, the flags at the bow and stern are lowered and the national flag is flown from the main mast. (That should cut down a few polygons) If you want to show the ship in port or at anchor, the flag at the front would be the ensign, and the flag at the back, would be the national flag.

Not strictly true, although the US Navy do it that way, in the Royal Navy and I believe other Commonwealth fleets, the ensign is flown at the stern with the Union flag flown as a Jack at the bow, hence the name. Additionally most Commonwealth navies, including the RN fly the ensign when at sea, not the national flag.
The ensign is normally flown from the mainmast at sea (or the national flag for the USN) but I have seen photos of WW2 era vessels with it at the stern while underway so I'm not 100% sure what the rules were then, however it may be that they were in action so also flying a battle ensign.

Ahh, just found this reference from the 1951 Admiralty Manual of Seamanship:-

'All H.M. ships in commission wear the White Ensign. It is worn at the ensign staff when in harbour; it is also worn at the ensign staff at sea whenever possible, but in bad weather, or when cleared for action, or during war, it is worn at the peak of the gaff on the mainmast, or on a suitable staff mounted in the after part of the ship.'I

I'd imagine this was the same in WW2 and probably still applies now except that as it would get in the way of the flight deck on most ships it's become de-facto to move it upon leaving harbour. Obviously other navies may do it differently but for an RN vessel, fictitious or not, this would apply.

[SkippyBing]

Just to add, nice ship and keep at it, at the least she'd make a nice escort for HMS Victorious!

[DarrenL]

HMNZS Achilles also survives in Auckland.

HMNZS Achillies was scrapped in 1978 after service with the Indian Navy, only Y turret was saved and is on display at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland.

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/y-turret-hms-achilles

[dhasdell]

Firekitten, please don't scrap her. She's beautiful as she is, certainly as good as any other FSX warship I have seen. My post was only about the name - why can't she be a fictional Leander just as easily as a fictional Town? Sydney was originally ordered as Phaeton, so there's a suitable name straight away. She's much too good to lose - please think again. In the film "Battle of the River Plate" Ajax was played by the Town class Sheffield, which is where possible confusion might arise, I think, Exeter by the Crown Colony class Jamaica and Achilles by herself.

DarrenL - you are right of course. I was surprised too, but looking back I see I misread the article I was reading. What a shame, though.

[sketchy]

This sounded awesome, I hope it's going to continue, it would be a perfect escort for the Victorious which should be released soon.