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HMS Hood.
Hi all
Can anyone ID this ship? I believe the port is Valletta in Malta and the time period is around WW1.
Thanks
Foggy
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HMS Hood.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
It's a Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship of which there were five. The picture was taken between the wars and yes, she's entering Valletta, Malta.
They were HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Valiant, Barham and Malaya.
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Looks like HMS Valiant?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195628820...Bk9SR4yklPGOYw
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Not Warspite’s superstructure for sure.Originally Posted by Mr Curta
Curiously similar to the drawing, but I agree it's not the same ship. Might well be Valiant:
https://maltagc70.files.wordpress.co...ters-malta.jpg
Maybe this helps though likely all refitted and appearance altered over the years.
What happened to the second stack?Maybe this helps though likely all refitted and appearance altered over the years.
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Aren’t they side-by-side?
I'm assuming that the sisterships had modifications based on the predecessor(s) and left the builder's yard like that.
Looking at the drawings I’d say its the Malaya.
The launch rail for the plane seems to be visible and the prow is slightly more swept back compared with the others . The double stack issues be explained by the stacks being aside each other and offset slightky foelre and aft to each other or both were combined into one at a later date in the plans ( its ambiguous as to it being two offset or one large structure in the plan view).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Malaya
the image on wikipedia appears to be a close match to the Malaya
It was the twin stacks that made me think it looked like Hood.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
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My initial thought was the same but the prow is too blunt.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
That looks like the one.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Thanks all. I knew the answer would be on here.
Have a good Christmas.
Cheers
Foggy
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It could be any of them they all had work done.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn...izabeth_class/
The 6 guns along the top of the main hull amidships would mean that of that class it can only be Malaya or Barham.
Both went to Malta multiple times, and both went from 2 stacks to 1 during refits
According to Wiki they all had twelve of their fourteen BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns mounted in casemates along the broadside of the vessel amidships:
Warspite only had 8 (presume 2x4) along broadside in photo posted. Edit:- 4 removed in refit 1934-37.According to Wiki they all had twelve of their fourteen BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns mounted in casemates along the broadside of the vessel amidships:
Last edited by Kingstepper; 17th December 2023 at 23:10.
In a similar vein, here is Arc Royal in 1978 in Grand Harbour, I was 8
Cheers..
Jase
If anybody else wondered about the stripes in this photo...see Spanish Civil War turret markings.
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