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Offline monk2002uk

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HMS Terror
« on: October 29, 2017, 11:56:20 AM »
HMS Terror was a 15" monitor that provided naval gunfire support for the Zeebrugge raid. She wasn't used at Gallipoli but other monitors were used there. This is a Navis-Neptune 1/1250 scale model:



Robert

Offline S_P

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Re: HMS Terror
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2017, 10:43:26 PM »
Very nice

Offline von Lucky

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Re: HMS Terror
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2017, 11:49:47 AM »
Looking good.

And you made me want to learn more about her (and her sister, the Erebus). The turret is very modern looking.
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Offline monk2002uk

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Re: HMS Terror
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2017, 11:07:06 AM »
Here is a model of the proposed landing craft for Operation Hush in 1917, with the monitors providing propulsion as well as close in naval gunfire support. The operation was cancelled but the pontoons were built and the British 1st Division practised the landings:



Robert

 

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