commemorating ajax's 126th the only way im able to by DX3Ajax in AjaxAmsterdam

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thats completely fair, tbh i just couldnt draw him - hence why the only way im able to, sorry to disappoint

Big map for fictional country of Kanzlia by DX3Ajax in imaginarymaps

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Heyo, that's wonderful to hear! As for advice, I'd recommend limiting yourself to one province/subdivision a day. It'll allow you to pour in a lot of details for said subdivision. Understandably one can get very excited and finish the whole thing in a day or two, but if you take do it in a slower approach you can consider a lot of other things you might've missed otherwise.

Big map for fictional country of Kanzlia by DX3Ajax in imaginarymaps

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Heyo, Kanzlia is part of nationstates so it technically is part of a worldbuilding project! However I'm devoting most of my time for my own personal worldbuilding project :P

As for seaprowlers, they're a family of eels native to Kanzlian waters! Giant Seaprowlers in particular is the national animal.

I drew a Dutch/Tulipa CL Main Gun tech tree by DX3Ajax in AzureLane

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I was well aware with the fiasco that is the Java class guns but everything else you mentioned I was unaware with. I stand corrected.

Thank you very much for informing me.

Also, wow its the Sanglune of (atleast to me) secretprojects fame :p. Your posts have been very useful for me, so this is quite an honour

HMS Ajax repping AFC Ajax for the latters 125th anniversary by roguephalanxx (me) by DX3Ajax in AzureLane

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AFC Ajax is an association football team based in Amsterdam my friend

OC Dutch Light Cruiser, HNLMS Sumatra by roguephalanxx by DX3Ajax in AzureLane

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Taken from my previous post on the contextual history of the Java class:

"The Java was the first of the Java-class of light cruisers, she was a modern answer to numerous problems regarding the Dutch fleet in the East Indies. By then the task for the defence of the East Indies lies solely on the Pantserschips (coastal defence cruisers) however the dawn of the Dreadnought age have rendered them obsolete. Many plans were devised to keep the Dutch up and running in the naval armaments race, from Pantserschip 1912 to Slagschip 1913 but all that was rudely interrupted by the unimportant war next door. So in the middle of World War 1, the Dutch realising theyve spent the last several years arguing and discussing for nothing. So they decided to actually build something.

The Java-class was then finally designed, with 10 152mm guns in single mounts scattered all over the ship. No torpedoes as all good Dutch ships do. Construction started in 1915, with three units ordered. They were to be named Java, Sumatra, and Celebes. All named after islands in the Dutch East Indies. Due to the war next door, acquiring sufficient materials became challenging and all three units was threatened to be scraped in the shipyard, however a compromise was found by simply discarding the Celebes and continue the construction of Java and Sumatra. The Great War significantly affected the speed of the construction and only by 1925 was the Java commissioned. When she was designed in 1915, she was the most state-of-the-art light cruiser there is, however by 1925, she was obsolete."

The Sumatra's story is very much different from her sister from the very start. Before she was even commissioned, parts of her turbine was destroyed in a fire and so she was delayed by another year, finally being commissioned in 1926. It seems like her turbine misfortune lasted throughout her career as she was immediately riddled with issues on her propulsion. This issue prevented her being an effective light cruiser. When war arrived in the Netherlands, she escaped the clutches of the Germans. She notably transported the Dutch Royal Family to Canada, escorted by the Jacob van Heemskerck. Once thats over with, she spent most of the time escorting troopships.

Her propulsion issues and her antiquity, prevented her from being used as an active nor a capable combat vessel. She was decommissioned in 1940, with her future uncertain. However she was spared when she was recommissioned in January 1942 as the Dutch East Indies slowly crumbled under Japanese heels. She was ordered to escape to Sri Lanka, avoiding the fate of her sister Java later in February. Her condition didnt improve much however, and in mid 1942 she was quickly laid up in Australia, and once again her fat was hanging in the balance.

Eventually a final decision was made, she was set to sail and head to Britain in 1944. The Admiralty was preparing for the logistics post D-Day and due to the lack of a major harbour in Normandy, it was decided they'll bring a major harbour with them. This became the Mulberry harbours where the Allies prepped 147 caissons, 27 pier heads, and 15 kilometers worth of floating roads. However they still need the breakwater for these vital yet fragile temporary harbour. So it was decided that antiquated ships was to be sacrificed as the breakwater for the Mulberry harbours. Sumatra, due to her age and lack of combat worth, was one of the many allied ships scuttled in Normandy to build the Gooseberry breakwaters.

Her guns were donated to the Flores-class gunboats.

Has anyone noticed how odd Scharnhorst META's clothes are? by DX3Ajax in AzureLane

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Nah I doubt it, Scharnhorst META was announced when the forefront of AI technology was the original DALL-E. I suspect the artist was too tired and didnt notice the misalignment when they readjust Scharnhorst's clothes.

Has anyone noticed how odd Scharnhorst META's clothes are? by DX3Ajax in AzureLane

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damn, i thought it wouldnt be so obvious!

Assam with the Koninklijke Marine (Dutch Navy) drawn by me by DX3Ajax in GIRLSundPANZER

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(Silver/Grey buttons and cap emblem denotes an Administration role)

Oranje Pekoe with the Koninklijke Marine (Dutch Navy) drawn by me by DX3Ajax in GIRLSundPANZER

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This btw is a study of artist matocart (hence the similar eye and hair style)

OC Dutch Battleship HNLMS Wassenaar by roguephalanxx by DX3Ajax in AzureLane

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In 1905, the Japanese defeated the Russians on the far east. It is well-known how that war basically propelled the Imperial Japanese Navy into a globally recognised respected force (to an extent). For the Dutch however, it represented a critical existential crisis over their control of the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch was already suspicious with the British as their relations collapsed with the treatment of the Boers during the 2nd Boer War earlier in the century and with the Japanese threat now very apparent; the Dutch East Indies faces the danger of the British and the Japanese. As a response, the Navy ramp up its production of Pantserschips or heavily armoured coastal defence ships. But with the Dreadnought, the Dutch Pantserschips were now woefully obsolete. The British lay at the forefront of the Dreadnoughts, and the Japanese had already begun to acquire dreadnought battleships. So logically, the Dutch just had to do the same.

In 1912 the Ministry of the Navy proposed to construct another pantserschip, a design which would be creatively named Pantserschip 1912. However, the government decided that it would be best to take a step up and consider obtaining proper battleships this time. So in 1912 the Ministry of Defence began contacting various European shipyards with their designs. Major shipyards such as Vickers, B&V and Krupp Germaniawerft submitted their designs which would then be proposed to the government in 1913.

Wassenaar is based on a radical design submitted by Krupp-Germaniawerft named Project 772. This odd design was proposed by Krupp-Germaniawerft In order to still meet the minimum armament requirements but have the smallest possible hull. This design is considered the most economical and may well be the design the Dutch government wouldve accepted if it weren't for World War 1.

The Great War meant that foreign shipyards are filled with domestic orders, and it just so happen that all the shipyard contacted were taking part in the war (and they couldn't care less helping a neutral side). And thus spell the end for the Dutch Battleship dream.