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The Admiralty from Naval Headquarters in Osaka
announced the laying down the keel of a new
class of Steel Ram/Gunboat entitled the Shu-Swee
with the first of the class being scheduled for
completion within a month.Equipped with a ram,
3.5 inch gun, torpedoes and two machine-guns.
the IJNS Shu-Swee (lead ship in class) will be
deployed in the Formosa Strait.
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Building notes:
I found in the junk /bits box the underside of a
Submarine hull that is the perfect shape for a
waterline Iron ram model. Just had to add a deck
gun and pilot house along with two torpedoes and
machine-guns.
James
http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
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