Russo-Japanese Naval War 1904-05

[paulr]

Russian 2^nd & 3^rd Pacific Squadrons

Battleships



Armoured & Protected Cruisers, Repair ship, Armed Merchant Cruiser, Tugs, Torpedo Boat Destroyers

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's a big batch! Awesome
How many will survive first contact.

[sunjester]

That is indeed an impressive collection!

[fred.]

Great stuff - lots and lots of ships!

There is a lot of variance in size of the cruisers, some seem as large as a battleship and others are way smaller. Is this simply because cruiser is a bit of a catch-all class?

[pierre the shy]

Looking good 

Thanks for the divison spreadsheet you sent through.

Now that the Kamchatka has arrived I better get on with the "Hull fishing fleet".

[d_Guy]

As I live and breathe, the Repair Ship Kamchatka, the scourge of the seven seas! 

The entire project is lovely work.   

[fsn]

Good stuff!

[paulr]

Thanks all  

...
How many will survive first contact.

That's hard to tell
The forces at the beginning of the war are more balanced than history would lead you to believe. There are a few simple steps the Russians could have taken to significantly improve their position. Most were advocated for at the time.

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There is a lot of variance in size of the cruisers, some seem as large as a battleship and others are way smaller. Is this simply because cruiser is a bit of a catch-all class?

Recent Armoured cruisers were expected to be able to extend the battle line so are quite large, some of the older ones are smaller Ironclads from the 1880s refitted with slightly newer guns. Protected cruisers tend to be smaller but some are quite long to improve speed (and allow for more machinery).

Japanese 3^rd Squadron to finish then this project will be done.

I finailsed the Russian Ship Damage Summaries (SDS) over the weekend and started looking at scenarios (at least a dozen historical ones).

[paulr]

Touched up base coat

Painted funnel tops, ships boats and other details    

Touched up base coat again  

Started finalising the Japanese Ship Damage Summaries (SDS)     

[paulr]

Painted bases

Washed ships

Continued finalising the Japanese Ship Damage Summaries (SDS)     
Torpedo Boat Destroyers and Torpedo Boats left to do

[Chris Pringle]

Do I remember right that the Russian ships coming from the Baltic should be filthy because they had to carry coal on their decks on account of there being no coaling stations between there and Port Arthur?

[steve_holmes_11]

Do I remember right that the Russian ships coming from the Baltic should be filthy because they had to carry coal on their decks on account of there being no coaling stations between there and Port Arthur?

There was a re-coaling arrangement with German Colliers, so some replenishment was possible.

But yes, all ships took on coal above their bunker capacity, stacking it on decks, in storerooms and even in corridors.

There were deaths form respiratory illness.
I've seen sources describing the situation as causing "primitive fuel-air bombs".

Not a good combination with Japan's high capacity and hot-burning shells.

[paulr]

Helpfully the ships were painted black, with yellow ochre funnels, so only the decks looked grubby

Glued magnetic vinyl to bases

[paulr]

Labeled bases

Continuing to finalising the Japanese Ship Damage Summaries (SDS)     

The weapons layouts on the Torpedo Boat Destroyers and Torpedo Boats are 'interesting' to say the least    

I managed to discover this very useful site combrig-models.com with images such as these which show where the various weapons are and can fire

[pierre the shy]

Bookmarked that site thanks