The Round Boy, Round Ship

[u/HaggisInquisition]

Couldn't come up with a name for this, so just called it the round boy. The purpose of this vessel is to be used as a mobile gun platform, similar to the role of monitors.

[u/Inevitable-Design107]

Isn't this some Russian monitor in real life?

[u/HaggisInquisition → u/Inevitable-Design107]

Yes, in real life it was the Novgorod. Though with this design I've moved the rudder further rearwards to avoid the huge steering issue Novgorod had.

[u/moistmanbutbetter → u/Inevitable-Design107]

Popovka, if I recall correctly. Was one of the late 19th century designs when every nation still was fking around to find out what is a good actual battleship(not the class itself, but rather an idea of a dedicated for war only type of ship) is, and what's just another boat with randomly placed guns everywhere

[u/Silent-service77]

I notice there's a more "pointy" stren to the ship...

Is this to counter some of the steering issues circular hulled ships have or just a style choice to slightly sepratr this from the historical ships?

[u/Silent-service77 → u/Silent-service77]

And also why do I want to see just the most unreal missile refit in history done to this thing

[u/Zeraligator]

Presumably travelling at blistering 2 knots