mauricejob wrote:
Turret nomenclature on British ships was by convention "A" for'ard with "B" superfiring. Aft turrets were, from the stern "Y", then "X" if superfiring, "P" and "Q" would be midships. In Tiger then you have "A" "B" "Q" and "Y". Inflexible, Australia, New Zealand etc had "P" and "Q" midships on either beam.
In the book "The Lost Photographs" the aft turrets of Tiger are variously labelled as Q and X or as P and Y
I have John Robert's article (Warship Monthly, I think) titled "The Design and Construction of the Battlecruiser TIGER" in which he labels the turrets abaft the funnels as "Q" and "Y". I believe this, hence my labelling, to be correct, for British ships at least.
Hi Maurice & GMG4...
I asked you about Y turret as it was contrary to how I understood it (and I don't claim to know everything). In RN terminology, I've always believed the turrets were termed:
Turrets at the stem would start A, then B and (if fitted) C,
Midships would start P, then Q and (if fitted) R,
Aft would start at X, then Y and (if fitted) Z
The Lions, Queen Mary, (and I'm including Tiger in with them) had ABQ and X. I can also cite J Roberts page Nos. [P92 of his 'Battlecruisers' for instance].
However, I'm now pretty certain there are quite involved rules that covers not only what 'letter' the main-armament turrets are termed, they cover the naming of the decks and the latter affects what the former are called. The following RN ships all had a single turret aft:
Renown class had: A, B & Y
Courageous class had: A & Y
Lion class, Queen Mary & Tiger had A, B, Q & X
The 12in battlecruisers had A, P, Q & X
I believe the location of the masts affected the naming of the decks, and the naming of the decks affected what letter would be applied to the turret on it. I don't know these rules but have had hints and clues but this would explain why a single main-armament turret aft can be termed both X and Y depnding on how the ship is arranged.
p.s. I think the grey is OK. You don't want it too dark.