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08-21-2016, 03:06 PM
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Hello Don:
I had never heard of the "Dante Alighieri" before your post. So I could not resist looking up more information about it. Here is an image from Wikipedia, with an excellent view of the aft triple turret. Impressive for 1909. Yes, the USS South Carolina does not get much credit for the first "superfiring" turrets, but the battleship designers of the day certainly took notice. It seems to have quickly became the most often used layout for dreadnought armament. Mike 
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08-21-2016, 04:28 PM
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Wonderful image, Mike. Many thanks.
Kurt - Apologies for the diversion from you build thread, but we are still on the subject of first and second generation dreadnought battleships. I look forward to the next posts on your splendid build. Don
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08-21-2016, 07:46 PM
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That is a fascinating image, Mike, thank you for sharing it with us...I love these early designs with the midships main batteries but I must admit, with this image, I am just as taken with that bridge; a combination of the two would be a great diorama...
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08-21-2016, 08:55 PM
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So there you go for your next project Mike or Kurt: Dante Alighieri in Taranto Harbor a la the classic Norman Ough dioramas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman...Portsmouth.jpg Don
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08-21-2016, 10:13 PM
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Okay, it's late and I'm tired but I have to ask - what is a "superfiring turret"?
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08-21-2016, 10:22 PM
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elliott- I think it refers to the placement of a turret higher and behind another one. So you can have both turrets firing in any direction.
And the ship's looking great so far! I'll follow this build with interest.
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08-22-2016, 06:46 AM
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Yes. "Super" in the sense of "above," as in "supercargo" or "Weston-super-Mare."
If you look at the cover illustration in Kurt's first post, you will see that the second turret of the Viribis Unitis is behind and above the first turret so that six guns can be fired forward. There were serious technical and engineering difficulties to be overcome to install three gun tubes in one turret and in placing the second turret higher and behind the first, but it increased the firepower that could be brought to bear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfiring Don
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08-25-2016, 11:30 AM
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Hello everybody ,
Despite the glorious summer weather here is a bit more ............ Now the main deck stick, then the quarter-deck, and with the front deck looks all began to look like a ship. Before the casemates the gun deck is on both sides installed behind as well. Best regards ********************************************* Kurt
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08-25-2016, 02:40 PM
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It's definitely beginning to resemble a ship...
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