Where's the Yorkshire?
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juggler69uk
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obviously not fully edited if its still in the lists
Obviously true 
Stats for the "Yorkshire" class, from the S&P article that covers RN ships that didn't make it into OOB.....
Yorkshire class Cruiser
A larger heavy cruiser was on the design tables at the same time as the “Surrey” class. The bigger ship, referred to only as the “X” design shared many features of the Surrey but had a fifth 8” turret, giving it a broadside of ten guns. Like the Surrey the Yorkshire class were cancelled, but unlike the Surreys names were never allocated. The names below are conjectural, but follow the convention of naming heavy cruisers after British counties.
Ships of this class: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Rutland, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Glamorgan, Fife, Sutherland
Speed: 6”
Turning: 2
Target: 5+
Armour: 4+
Damage: 15/5
Crew: 28/9
Special Traits: Aircraft 2, Radar
In Service: 1930 (cancelled)
Weapon Range AD DD Special
A Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
B Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
C Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
X Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
Y Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
Secondary Armament 14” 2 1 Weak
AAA 5” 4 -
Length: 620 ft.
Displacement: 14,500 tons
Speed: 30 kts.
Crew: 700
Stats for the "Yorkshire" class, from the S&P article that covers RN ships that didn't make it into OOB.....
Yorkshire class Cruiser
A larger heavy cruiser was on the design tables at the same time as the “Surrey” class. The bigger ship, referred to only as the “X” design shared many features of the Surrey but had a fifth 8” turret, giving it a broadside of ten guns. Like the Surrey the Yorkshire class were cancelled, but unlike the Surreys names were never allocated. The names below are conjectural, but follow the convention of naming heavy cruisers after British counties.
Ships of this class: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Rutland, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Glamorgan, Fife, Sutherland
Speed: 6”
Turning: 2
Target: 5+
Armour: 4+
Damage: 15/5
Crew: 28/9
Special Traits: Aircraft 2, Radar
In Service: 1930 (cancelled)
Weapon Range AD DD Special
A Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
B Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
C Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
X Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
Y Turret (2 x 8 in) 31” 1 1
Secondary Armament 14” 2 1 Weak
AAA 5” 4 -
Length: 620 ft.
Displacement: 14,500 tons
Speed: 30 kts.
Crew: 700
The article was submitted to Ian Barstow before he left and is in the "queue" for publication. It is one in a series that details ships that didn't make it into OOB, one for each country (except Russia - I don't think any Russian ships that were statted failed to make it into the book).
I will check the PL againstthe file and get back to you. Its on my other PC.
I will check the PL againstthe file and get back to you. Its on my other PC.
