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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:17:42 PM

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Next Category:

Most Beautiful Old Girls Tarted Up For War

To be eligible for this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB that was essentially re-built during the inter-war years. We have just one group of three - the ship finishing bottom is eliminated and the top two go into the final.

Here we go -

Did you forget something?

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:18:27 PM

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Wait for it, wait for it

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:19:54 PM

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so WWI will have a seperate poll? - just to make sure that I can post a beautiful picture of our very own "Viribus Unitis" ;)

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:20:35 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:21:20 PM

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so WWI will have a seperate poll? - just to make sure that I can post a beautiful picture of our very own "Viribus Unitis" ;)

warspite1

Yes indeedy!

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:23:54 PM

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so WWI will have a seperate poll? - just to make sure that I can post a beautiful picture of our very own "Viribus Unitis" ;)

warspite1

Yes indeedy!

perfect

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:24:10 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:25:16 PM

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Just to give an indication of how their appearance changed here we have Kongo as a hideous, three stacked battlecruiser and as a good looking fast battleship:

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:26:13 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:28:33 PM

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And the UGGGGLLLLYYYYY WWI Giulio Cesare and the sexy battleship she turned into

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:30:16 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:32:15 PM

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...and last but not least its Warspite looking all wrong in WW1 clothing and her - built-like-a brick-outhouse-come-on-then-if-you-think-your-hard-enough transformation in WWII

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:34:22 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:37:05 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

So you did.

In that case I vote for the Kongo.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:38:22 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

So you did.

In that case I vote for the Kongo.

warspite1

Thought you might

Can you guess who my 50,000 votes go to?

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:40:34 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

So you did.

In that case I vote for the Kongo.

warspite1

Thought you might Can you guess who my 50,000 votes go to?

Only 50,000?

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:42:30 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

So you did.

In that case I vote for the Kongo.

warspite1

Thought you might Can you guess who my 50,000 votes go to?

Only 50,000?

warspite1

More in waiting if required

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:47:56 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

So you did.

In that case I vote for the Kongo.

warspite1

Thought you might Can you guess who my 50,000 votes go to?

Only 50,000?

warspite1

More in waiting if required

Yeah kinda figured that. Just remember to use them one at a time so the contest at least looks fair.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 1:50:09 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

Whoops, Is not the Kongo a BC not a BB and wasn't it built in Britain? Kinda stacking the deck here huh?

warspite1

No whoops - she was built as a BC and upgraded to BB

Just to bug you, I have to point out that in this category you must be an old WWI vintage BB not a BC.

warspite1

You have me bang to rights fodder ol' son. However I have amended the post to capital ship.

So you did.

In that case I vote for the Kongo.

warspite1

Thought you might Can you guess who my 50,000 votes go to?

Only 50,000?

warspite1

More in waiting if required

Yeah kinda figured that. Just remember to use them one at a time so the contest at least looks fair.

warspite1

Fear not sir - tis all in jest. This competition is all above board.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 2:42:30 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

HMS Warspite

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:25:08 PM

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Kongo (Japan)

Warspite (United Kingdom)

Giulio Cesare (Italy)

HMS Warspite

warspite1

Absolutely beautiful

...... thanks for posting redcoat

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:35:59 PM

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Nice one of Kongo

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:40:29 PM

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Nice one of Kongo

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Indeed - definitely the best looking IJN vessel (Yamato aside).

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:41:08 PM

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While it's true that Warspite made some significant improvements whilest getting 'tarted up' (particularly the island), I still think she's a bit thicker and stouter and less 'beautiful' as a result. Her straight drop keel doesn't have the swept gracefulness of the Kongos.

While I'm not a huge fan of the Pagoda-style island, I think she (Kongo) still has the edge on Warspite on looks.

ETA: To be clear, Kongo gets my vote in this contest.

ETA II: Why, oh why did they keep the side-mounted guns on Warspite? What an unnecessary waste of weight, steel and personnel to man.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:46:50 PM

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Most Beautiful Fast Battleship of WWII

Voting closed - in due course the final to be contested by:

Bismarck (Germany) vs Yamato (Japan)

Most Beautiful Battlecruiser of WWII

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USS Alaska (United States) vs HMS Hood (United Kingdom)

Most Beautiful Inter-War Heavy Cruiser

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Admiral Hipper (Germany) vs Zara (Italy)

Most Beautiful Pre-War Light Cruiser

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Leander (4) - warspite1, MAurelius, Empire101, redcoat
Brooklyn (3) - Chickenboy, fodder, Zorch
Abruzzi (2) - Orm, bradfordkay

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Southampton (5) - warspite1, Empire101, Zorch, redcoat, Orm
Nurnberg (3) - Chickenboy, MAurelius, fodder
La Galissoniere (1) - bradfordkay

Most Beautiful Old Girls Tarted Up For War

Kongo (2) - fodder, Chickenboy
Warspite (2) - warspite1, redcoat
Cesare

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:52:06 PM

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Better one of Kongo.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:53:27 PM

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While it's true that Warspite made some significant improvements whilest getting 'tarted up' (particularly the island), I still think she's a bit thicker and stouter and less 'beautiful' as a result. Her straight drop keel doesn't have the swept gracefulness of the Kongos.

While I'm not a huge fan of the Pagoda-style island, I think she (Kongo) still has the edge on Warspite on looks.

ETA: To be clear, Kongo gets my vote in this contest.

ETA II: Why, oh why did they keep the side-mounted guns on Warspite? What an unnecessary waste of weight, steel and personnel to man.

warspite1

I am not sure of the reason - maybe she was the first "experiment" and Valiant and Queen Elizabeth benefitted from the lessons learned.. I don't know. Whatever the reason, the keeping of the casemated 6-inchers is one of the things I love about her. The First World War hull and the modern superstructure are an intoxicating mix

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 4:56:26 PM

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Better one of Kongo.

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Very nice too

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 7:15:40 PM

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Better one of Kongo.

Purty.

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RE: Australian Beauties - 12/19/2012 9:04:36 PM

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Personally, my favorite of this category would be the USS Tennessee... but from the trio I choose Giulio Cesare.

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