Hello friends of the most steampunkish vessel ever to cut the waves!
The NORDENFELT IV submurging torpedo boat
for the Tsar's Russian Navy - sunk on her transport voyage towards Russian waters in 18.IX.1888 near Jutland, Denmark.
Specifications
Displ. 245 tonnes
L: 38 m (125 ft)
B: 3.6 m (12 ft)
Operating depth: semi-submurged
Speed: 15 kts (semi-submerged)
Armament: 2 x Whitehead torpedoes firing forward (2-4 torpedos in reserve storage)
Crew: 9
Source of Illustrations and pictures: www.hisutton.com
Here a picture of NORDENFELT II/III in build:
Here the three types in comparison:
Since 15 years I try to lay my hand on the original drawings an on mondy I won them on Eb*y for an budget breaking price :-/
Here the drawings in more detail, so you can find the main problem of the boat - the we used to periscope wasn't invented! So the boat was armoured atop against revolver gun fire - Maschine gun also wasn't invented yet.
The technique to lower the funnels was allready there till the 70th* and the drawings doesn't show the exact mechanism to us:
As the Swedish engeneer went bancroupt by the lost of NORDENFELT IV there are no further drawings discovered till now - hopefully there may be some luck with the Steam Punk lovers.
as the boat was 38000mms long, the drawings at 333mm L.o.a. is closest to an 1/114,144 scale ratio.
Here for our Imperial friends: 13-1/16 Inch:
So this a a pure drawing and construction project in it's infant days - then it may grow up?
Hope you do like this cruise into the very special items.
Hopefully we all so have fun,
Christian Heinrich
___________
*1870th
The NORDENFELT IV submurging torpedo boat
for the Tsar's Russian Navy - sunk on her transport voyage towards Russian waters in 18.IX.1888 near Jutland, Denmark.
Specifications
Displ. 245 tonnes
L: 38 m (125 ft)
B: 3.6 m (12 ft)
Operating depth: semi-submurged
Speed: 15 kts (semi-submerged)
Armament: 2 x Whitehead torpedoes firing forward (2-4 torpedos in reserve storage)
Crew: 9
Source of Illustrations and pictures: www.hisutton.com
Here a picture of NORDENFELT II/III in build:
Here the three types in comparison:
Since 15 years I try to lay my hand on the original drawings an on mondy I won them on Eb*y for an budget breaking price :-/
Here the drawings in more detail, so you can find the main problem of the boat - the we used to periscope wasn't invented! So the boat was armoured atop against revolver gun fire - Maschine gun also wasn't invented yet.
The technique to lower the funnels was allready there till the 70th* and the drawings doesn't show the exact mechanism to us:
As the Swedish engeneer went bancroupt by the lost of NORDENFELT IV there are no further drawings discovered till now - hopefully there may be some luck with the Steam Punk lovers.
as the boat was 38000mms long, the drawings at 333mm L.o.a. is closest to an 1/114,144 scale ratio.
Here for our Imperial friends: 13-1/16 Inch:
So this a a pure drawing and construction project in it's infant days - then it may grow up?
Hope you do like this cruise into the very special items.
Hopefully we all so have fun,
Christian Heinrich
___________
*1870th