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Can you name it?
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Can you ID this ship?
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Can you ID this ship?
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Unless I'm greatly mistaken, that's a Russian Borodino-class battleship. Unfortunately I'm not sure exactly which one it is.
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I just noticed the crest on the bow, which doesn't appear on most pictures of the Borodinos I've seen, so I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that it's the Suvorov, Rozhestvensky's flagship at Tshuima.
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*slaps on ass and hands over a cookie*Master of Cards wrote:I'm going to guess Imperator Alexander III
The characteristics that set Imperator Alexander III apart form the other Borodinos are:
A much larger bow scroll than all the others, and it's mounted lower.
The anchor washboards accomodate a single anchor each, and are not parallel to the sheer line of the deck.
The other Borodinos had deck extensions running between the quarter deck and amidships, Alexander III did not.
The boat davits at main deck level, just aft the 6" turret, are different in shape from others of the class.
The boat handling booms on the mainmast were not stored horizontally as in the other ships, but pointed downwards when stored.
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