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4 minutes ago by 🇬🇧 luckyduck ( Midshipman)

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THE MOST ORIGINAL, STRANGE AND FAILURE SHIPS EVER BUILT IN THE WORLD.

The third ship in the list of strange, bizarre, failed ships is the battleship NOVGOROD. Now the list has gone from four to six thanks to Cashrc who added: 1) an aircraft carrier which proved to be very useful but very original, perhaps unique (along with its twin) of its kind, and 2) a submarine which seems to have been a total failure. As you can see from the photos and as mentioned in the first message, the feature that makes it unique and bizarre is the circular shape. The intent was to create a platform as stable as possible for the large naval artillery of the time. Vice Admiral Popoff's idea was realized in 1873. The 2500 ton ship had a diameter of 36.9 meters and mounted 280 mm caliber guns. Propulsion was guaranteed by six propellers at the stern, powered by as many steam turbines capable of delivering a power of 2400 hp (wikipedia reports a different, much higher value). The six propellers should have made it more maneuverable than any other ship, this was the prediction but in reality it was almost impossible to maintain a course and it was very slow, just 6 knots of speed. The ship was launched in 1873 in Nikolajev on the Black Sea, and was supposed to operate as a coast guard together with the ship Admiral Popoff, also circular but with a slightly smaller diameter, but with a greater displacement of 3647 tons. As soon as she left the Dnieper River she became uncontrollable, she rotated out of control and caused illness to the crew who apparently were paralyzed by dizziness. The circular platform was indeed much more stable than traditional ships as expected by its designer but the nautical qualities were terrible. The biggest drawback of her hull shape was that it greatly reduced the rudder's ability to turn the ship by masking much of the water flow, so much so that it took up to 40-45 minutes to make a complete circle. The solution adopted was to use the engines for control and leave the rudder fixed, even if this reduced the speed of the ship. Despite this obvious failure, Tsar Alexander II was favorably impressed by the stability of this ship and wanted the imperial yacht, the Livadia, to be built on the same principle but to look like a traditional ship. Popoff then designed a hull that was not circular but elliptical with a length of 72 meters and a width of 47 meters. But this is another bizarre ship that perhaps deserves a separate mention. Unlike the other ships on the list, this ship type operated for a period of time before being scrapped in 1911 and also participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.

43 minutes ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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5 hours ago by 🇺🇸 Cashrc ( Vice Admiral)

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mascotte...pilot cutter

Maybe this can help get you on the right sea lane Jacks. Cheers, Doug😎 https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/lines-rigging-plan-for-yacht-cariad-1904-ex-bristol-channel-pilot-cutter-m1135 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=The+mascotte+pilot+cutter+plan

7 hours ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)

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Relax for a few days.

Habe ich mir fast 'gedenkt' Wolle😁 😎

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