
HMS Oscar, vår sista "PreDreadnoght" från 1907




When first completed with the great "Marble Arch" boat deck spanning the amidships turrets no other ship afloat could equal her for aggressive magnificence. When stripped of this top hamper she seemed longer and there was something peculiarly attractive in the long lean hull bristling with guns and topped by a sarried row of turrets, the quaint rig, and wide spaced funnels. She was one of those ships that which appeared her best from every angle, and with all her guns trained on one beam there was no more ferocious looking fighter in the fleet.
Jag är säker på att Top Gears kamerateam med rätt ljus, några vattenstänk och lite färgfilter skulle kunna få henne hur snygg som helst!And she was certainly a magnificent sight when the stokers worked her up to 19 and then to 20 knots, great gushers of black smoke pouring from her funnels, the bow wave climbing higher up the plating as the speed mounted, until the seas were coming over her forecastle. At 21 knots she seemed more than ever the embodiment of invincible power, her decks vibrating so that it was difficult to stand without support. She was doing more than 22 knots when she entered the measured mile, her turbines putting out over 40000 horsepower, and she was timed through at 22.42 knots, well over her designed speed.
Jag valde behålla kobryggan, de var lite oklart när den togs bort i de skisser jag hade, det verkade vara andra halvan av 1915 som den försvann.Men såvitt jag förstår det så hade hon aldrig båtdäcket "under the White Ensign"; det togs bort i samband med modifieringarna efter beslagtagandet.
Hough nämner att den togs bort redan den 9:e augusti 1914, alltså direkt efter beslagtagandet den 1:a augusti. Parkes nämner inget datum men säger att borttagandet av bryggan var en av modifieringarna som gjordes innan hon togs i tjänst i RN. Andra modifieringar var utbyta av alla toaletter ombord -- engelsmännen tyckte tydligen inte om att sitta på huk!Psilander skrev:Jag valde behålla kobryggan, de var lite oklart när den togs bort i de skisser jag hade, det verkade vara andra halvan av 1915 som den försvann.Men såvitt jag förstår det så hade hon aldrig båtdäcket "under the White Ensign"; det togs bort i samband med modifieringarna efter beslagtagandet.



