Sms Wilhelmshaven

"im Krieg, dann lass dein großes Ziel der Sieg sein"
"In war, then let your great object be victory"

A L L  A R E  J O Y S T I C K / P I T C H A N D R O L L
C O N T R O L S

Ag 1: 457mm main cannons/inverted
Ag 2: Right 150mm secondary cannons/not inverted
Ag 3: Left 150mm secondary cannons/inverted
Ag 4: Right 105mm AA cannons/not inverted
Ag 5: Left 105mm AA cannons/inverted
Ag 6: Searchlights

I M P O R T A N T  N O T I C E: Please be mindful of the firing angles especially the AA guns.

After the battle of Jutland in 1916, Germany needed to replace the ships lost in battle, there's already Bayern and Baden currently built but the high seas fleet needed more that's why the German High Command placed an order for a battleship that can sustain damage and have more than enough range and firepower to face multiple British battleships that it may eventually face. And so the plan Hull 40057 was formed a 213m long hull that has a beam of
31.6m, originally the ship was planned with 8 x 2  406mm cannons however it was later decided to have 6 × 2  457mm cannons to have an answer for a possible British counterpart in the near future if ever it was built. There are to be 2 ships to be built Sms Wilhemshaven and Hull 40058 which are to be named after the keel is laid, the ships armor composes of a 380mm main belt, 430mm conning tower, 380mm for the barbettes and 406mm for the turret faces with having a max speed of 22kts. After it's contruction in 1918 the war is nearing it's end and Sms Wilhelmshaven is only beginning her sea trials on August of 7 1918. After the war negotiations were set in keeping some of the German ships for themselves, these ships are Sms Wilhelmshaven, Sms Hindenburg and Sms Derfflinger and the rest are to be turned over to the Royal Navy. In world war 2 she participated on shore bombardments and commerce raiding however on August 18, 1943 she was intercepted by the British battleships Hms Rodney, Hms Nelson and Hms Anson the battle lasted around 2 hours witg both sides trading fire, due to being outnumbered Sms Wilhemshaven can only train one turret on each ship with this in mind she managed to score multiple hits on Hms Anson disabling both her forward turrets and heavily damaging her superstructure, she also manage to hit Hms Nelson and almost sinking her, although the crew managed to save the ship in the meantime she was later scuttled due to heavy damage. As for the Nelson she only recieved moderate damage with the Sms Wilhelmshaven destrorying her 3rd turret. For Wilhelmshaven herself she proved to have one of the toughest of armor even in ww2 standards sustaining 210 hits from all calibers from 127mm to 406mm guns and all of them were direct hits either to the superstructure or to the hull, she sank with only having 100+ lives being saved out of 1,500 crew and officers.

G A L L E R Y

Personal Notes
Wellllll finally finished her after months hahahahah, a lot has happened
While making her well atleast she's done. Gotta be my first ever battleship that has 457mm guns making her probably the most dangerous ship in my fleet (if the caliber is the only thing were gonna base) as usual you guys can use all the guns that are present but again, please be mindful of the firing angles of the AA guns as you might hit the bridge and the captain probably won't like that...LOL. so yeah please enjoy blowing stuff up out of the watet with these 457mm guns ^^

Oh and btw, what do you guys think is better?
Jean Bart or Vanguard?

A Huge thank you to @UnmanagedReservior and @Shironeko for the pics! They really made this post feel lively TwT