KM Teiwaz (BB-1943)
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With the Scharnhorst / Bismarck class in production, the next step was to
produce an even better design. Using the same 16.5" gun the designers went to
three triple turrets to give a one gun edge but it would be in protection and
overall survivability against both ships, submarines and aircraft.
The first ships of the class were due to be laid down in 1939 with pairs being
built annually from then. With the outbreak of war the ships were all cancelled
and the material gathered used for other purposes. Several of the guns were
under construction and were completed to be fitted to coastal defense mountings.
Below is how the first pair of ships may have looked on completion.
| Displacement | 54,500 tons std, 64,800 full load |
| Length | 925 ft |
| Breadth | 123 ft |
| Draught | 32 ft |
| Machinery | 4 shaft mixed turbine/diesel propulsion 2 x Steam Turbines 160,000shp 2 x Diesels 40,000bhp |
| Speed | 31 knots |
| Range | 18,000 miles at 18 knots |
| Armour | 15" side, 7.6" deck, 16" turrets |
| Armament | 9 x 16.5" (3x3) 20 x 5" (10x2) 36 x 37mm Bofors (18x2) 36 x 20mm (9x4) |
| Aircraft | 4 |
| Complement | 2450 |
| Notes | KM Teiwaz (1943-44) Cancelled 1939, broken up on slip. |
Real Life and previous AU drawings of 'H' Class Battleships with 16" guns.
Lastly the largest most grandiose design ever for a battleship. (Designing that
monster must have kept the designers away from the Eastern Front).
