Development of the Nagato class

By TZoli Part I: The British Ancestry The design history of the Japanese Nagato class battleships, the world’s first and then fastest 16″/410mm gun armed battleships is long and only partially documented. The commonly held statement that the Nagato class is the first indeginiously designed Japanese Battleship or the first Battleship entirely designed by Yuzuru…

Warship Projects Profile No. JP001I/J

These two designs, outwardly similar were the last with 16″ guns and represented the ultimate 4 quad layout for a total of 16 guns. This required a longer hull and so displacement rose to 54.000 tons, despite using the very weight-efficient quad turrets. Below are models of H and I/J: ‘J’ attempted to reduce displacement…

Warship Projects Profile No. JP001H

  Design H applied all quad turrets except in position A, where the hull is the narrowest – this allowed for a slight reduction in length and 2.000 tons less displacement