HMS General Wolfe

[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

This Unique Ship was a small Monitor It was rather unique due to the fact it mounted a single 18 inch gun on its stern

Because this ship only had a displacement of around 6,000 long tons The ship was Commissioned on 1915

Served during the first world war Before the 18 inch gun was added this ship was armed with 2×12 pdr (76 mm) guns on single mounts,1×3 pdr (47 mm) High Angle (HA) gun on a single mount, 1×2 pdr (4 cm) HA gun on a single mount, and 4×.303in (7.7mm).After the 18 inch gun was added the ship now had 2×6-inch (152 mm) guns,

2×3-inch (76 mm) guns on single mounts,and

2×2 pdr (4 cm) HA gun on single mounts.

The ship was eventually scrapped in 1923

, Wolfe was selected to be converted to take an 18-inch (457 mm) gun along with Lord Clive and Prince Eugene. The mounting for the gun, the largest in service with any navy, was named the "15-inch B C.D.". "15-inch B" was the code name for the 18-inch gun itself, and C.D., for "Coast Defence" reflected the possible usage of the mount on land. The mounting was designed and produced by the Elswick Ordnance Company and due to labour troubles, although ordered in October 1917, it was not completed until May, and finally arrived in Portsmouth for installation on Wolfe on 20 June 1918. Wolfe had been taken in hand by Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 April for the structural modifications required to take the weight of the 18-inch gun and mounting on her quarterdeck. The total weight of the mounting was 384 tons, not including the weight of sixty shells and seventy-two full charges of cordite. The gun itself, which was fixed to starboard, had been intended for "A" turret of the large light cruiser HMS Furious and was fitted on 9 July. Wolfe was ready for gun trials on 7 August, which took place off the Isle of Wight and were successful. The mounting, with its large box-shaped shield so disfigured the stern of the ship that it earned Wolfe the nickname of "Elephant and Castle"

[DementedMind]

Well...this whole thing is pasted from Wiki.  What are your thoughts regarding this ship?

[Daltron]

Well. Short, hardly any info, no pictures even.

 

This appears to be just one paragraph from the wiki page.

[MM2ss]

If I remember correctly the General Wolfe does get credit for engaging a target at the longest range of any royal navy vessel.  I believe it was a railway bridge in Belgium at something like 32,000 meters.

[sharlin648]

Aye thats right MM2ss :)

[Crag_r]

As much as i hate to say it, pics or it didnt happen

[katkilla]

i like pictures,wheres my pictures :Smile_sad:

[turmacil]

tankwarhammer9000, on 03 March 2013 - 02:48 AM, said:

it mounted a single 18 inch gun on its stern

As soon as I read that I had to wonder at the effectiveness of a Q ship with a giant gun hidden in the stern.

[sharlin648]

It did stick out a bit, also the turret was fixed in position, to aim the ship had to be both nudged by a tug and  by using her anchors to slew her about.

 

[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

Daltron, on 03 March 2013 - 05:35 AM, said:

Well. Short, hardly any info, no pictures even.

This appears to be just one paragraph from the wiki page.

actually the top comment was from my words while the bottom half was from wiki.. :c i,m not lazy or anything i just have really limited time when it comes to "typing"

[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

DementedMind, on 03 March 2013 - 04:28 AM, said:

Well...this whole thing is pasted from Wiki.  What are your thoughts regarding this ship?

Lol the top half is from my words mostly :) but i did forget my thoughts :/
I put it in this post
I find the ship to be rather strange having a fixed 18 inch gun mount
I guess the ship would be used for bombardment :/ and not much else since this was a monitor

[Robert9670]

HMS General Wolfe in 1918

 

Starboard quarter view of General Wolfe showing her 18-inch gun to good effect

[Shevla13]

Oh Britain... Why you so silly?...

[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

Daltron, on 03 March 2013 - 05:35 AM, said:

Well. Short, hardly any info, no pictures even.

This appears to be just one paragraph from the wiki page.

D: *cries in corner with dreams crushed*

[kingking190]

ship  looks small should be fun to play if they put it in :P

[sheep21]

Shevla13, on 03 March 2013 - 10:08 PM, said:

Oh Britain... Why you so silly?...

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she is not designed for naval combat but shore bombardment, a role the monitors in ww1 and ww2 did eminently well.