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Modernised Design III Battlecruiser

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A friend of mine asked me to draw in detail a Japanese large battlecruiser study, the design III of 1916.

It is not much known about this design but suspected it has connection with the Amagi class battlecruiser design series, with Design I through IV Yuzuru Hiraga drawn up a ship capable of 34,5-35knots (64km/h) with good armament of 41cm cannons and a long sleek hull for the desired speed. They were well armed and armoured, very fast ship designs.
My own idea that they are the battlecruiser variants of the Nagato class battleships featuring the same armament with more secondary guns but somewhat thinner deck armour.
It was a WW1 era study and my drawing shows how would she look like in mid-late war after an extensive modernisation in the 30's and added AA armament during the war.

Data on the design:
Dimensions: 295m x 29,56m x 9m
Displacement: 44.500tons standard
Engines: 215.000shp, 6 shafts
Maximum Speed: 65km/h (35knots)
Range: Unknown
Armour: 305mm Belt, 76mm Deck
Armaments:
4x2 41cm Type 3 Cannons
20x1 14cm Type 3 Casemated Guns
4x1 8cm Type 3 AA Guns
4x1 533mm Above Water Torpedo Tubes
4x1 533mm Submerged Torpedo Tubes

Data on the modernised design:
Armaments:
4x2 41cm Type 3 Cannons
20x1 14cm Type 3 Casemated Guns
12x2 12,7cm Type 89 DP-AA Guns
24x3,40x2 20mm Type 96 AA Guns
4x2 610mm Torpedo Tubes
3x Mitsubishi F1M Paul Floatplanes

Links to the original documents describing the design:
gazo.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hira…
gazo.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hira…
gazo.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hira…
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sharlin's avatar

*winces* dear lord that trunked funnel...but the IJN did love them! And its how I thought she'd look, 4.7's and LOTS of 25mm guns and some catapults added :) The only thing i'd change is delete the torpedo tubes (they'd probably loose them at the same time the Nagato's lost theirs)