Post by cvl on Aug 12, 2021 8:30:04 GMT -6
Hey, all,
I remember reading something about a pair of Russian river monitors that were constructed with completely circular hulls.
The idea was that the circular hull would somehow make them faster, if I recall.
In reality, where hydrodynamics laughs in the face of such designs, the ships were cripplingly slow.
I believe the designs date to the transitional period between ironclad and pre-dreadnought.
Does anyone know anything more about this absurd pair of ships?
I remember reading something about a pair of Russian river monitors that were constructed with completely circular hulls.
The idea was that the circular hull would somehow make them faster, if I recall.
In reality, where hydrodynamics laughs in the face of such designs, the ships were cripplingly slow.
I believe the designs date to the transitional period between ironclad and pre-dreadnought.
Does anyone know anything more about this absurd pair of ships?
