Humor of the Sea

[Cpt Kangaroo]

David, what is the name of this ship, the HMS Rotund?

[David Manley]

David, what is the name of this ship, the HMS Rotund?

There were two of these, the Admiral Popov class coastal defence monitors. A sound concept but alas round ships do not make directionally stable ships, and with 5 prop shafts across the "stern" they proved almost impossible to control, often spinning like tops whenever the spread of power across the shafts wasn't balanced (which was most of the time!)

That said I did use them as the basis for a couple of the Russian classes when I was making masters for Wessex Games' "Aeronef" miniatures range :)