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German battleships "Bismarck" and " Tirpitz" are heavy edition of "Scharnhorst" class, but with four twin instead of three triple turrets; eight 15-in, guns carried on two levels; turboelectric drive, with 3 Brown-Boveri geared turbines; speed 29 knots; Japanese battleship "Yamato," armed with nine 18-in. guns in three triple turrets; max speed 27.7 knots; four geared turbines driving quadruple screws. (See also Engineer v 188 n 4876, 4877, July 8 1949 p 39-41, July 15 p 80-1; Engineering v 168 n 4357, 4358, July 29 1949 p 117-8, Aug 5 p 141-2)
German battleships "Bismarck" and " Tirpitz" are heavy edition of "Scharnhorst" class, but with four twin instead of three triple turrets; eight 15-in, guns carried on two levels; turboelectric drive, with 3 Brown-Boveri geared turbines; speed 29 knots; Japanese battleship "Yamato," armed with nine 18-in. guns in three triple turrets; max speed 27.7 knots; four geared turbines driving quadruple screws. (See also Engineer v 188 n 4876, 4877, July 8 1949 p 39-41, July 15 p 80-1; Engineering v 168 n 4357, 4358, July 29 1949 p 117-8, Aug 5 p 141-2)
German and Japanese battleships
Instn Naval Architects -- Paper
Parkes, O. (author)
Institution of Naval Architects -- Meeting ; 1949
1949
9 pages
1 Supp plate, Sectional drawings
Conference paper
English
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