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Ported to OBJ from the low poly model created by stuart277 for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

In honor of the memory of HMS Tiger, let me I link you to my all-time favorite British martial song, "Rule Britannia!"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbzRu…

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"If it [were] not for the Washington Treaty limitations [and] with the right modernizations[, Tiger] ... could have become the British equivalent of the Kongo class."

Naval Encyclopedia website, "Battlecruiser HMS Tiger (1913)"

Most people today are unaware of HMS Tiger, due to the long shadow cast over British battlecruisers by the mighty but ill-fated HMS Hood. That's a shame, because Tiger, the last of the so-called "Splendid Cats" series of British battlecruisers (per some sources, others are more selective), was in her time easily the most popular, most beloved, and (at least on paper) one of the most powerful battlecruisers ever built for the British Royal Navy (BRN/RN or just Royal Navy for short). She's also widely regarded by those specializing in World War I era warships as one of the most beautiful warships of her time ("and perhaps ever," noted military historian John Keegan adds). She was the sole battlecruiser in her class, although a second sister ship named Leopard was reportedly briefly considered and just as quickly dismissed per some sources. She was the most powerful and most heavily armed and armored battlecruiser in the Royal Navy at the start of World War I, although she was still fitting out and would not enter service until late in 1914. Her main armament consisted of the same powerful 13.5 inch main guns (four dual turrets) with which the Iron Duke class battleships were armed. Armor protection was similar to the preceding one-off HMS Queen Mary but an extra armor stern strake was added similar to that used on the Vickers-built Kongo class battlecruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy - and this addition would do her well, given her combat record in World War I.

Tiger had to cut her main gun firing trials short due to the outbreak of the war, and her shakedown cruise turned out to be her being sent to what became the Battle of Dogger Bank (!) in 1915, in which her crew's lack of experience with their ship hampered her performance in that action. This was not the case at the Battle of Jutland the following year (1916), when Tiger's excellent performance despite taking heavy damage from intense enemy fire stood out against the almost abysmal showing of older British battlecruisers coupled with the dramatic destruction of HMS Queen Mary. From late 1916 to early 1917 Tiger was given an extensive refit to add more armor against plunging shellfire, which had been graphically demonstrated at Jutland as a chief weakness of British battlecruiser design. She was back in action in time to provide support for the Second Battle of Heilgoland Bight in 1917 but saw no action herself. After that she spent the rest of the war on uneventful patrols. She received one more wartime refit in 1918, during which her appearance was altered by her main mast being moved aft to the top of her derrick stump and her old forward observation tower replaced by a newer and larger one.

After the war Great Britain was allowed to keep Tiger as an active warship under the terms of the 1924 Washington Naval Treaty, thus being the oldest of the "big four" Royal Navy battlecruisers in service during that time (Tiger, Reknown, Repulse, Hood). She was used mainly for showing the flag and for training duties until the end of the 1920s, when she was placed in reserve. Tiger's last duty for king and country was to be reactivated from 1929 to 1931 to cover for Hood while the latter was receiving what turned out to be her last major refit prior to World War I. In 1930 the decision was made to scrap Tiger (despite her still being in reasonably good condition) in order to comply with the new terms of the London Naval Conference of 1930. Unlike many other warships facing their ultimate fate HMS Tiger, still loved by both the Royal Navy and the British public at large. was sent out in style. She returned home from her final cruise at the end of March 1930 "receiving the cheers of the Altlantic Fleet ... at Devonport" (Wikipedia), even as Hood was returned to active duty. Tiger was immediately decommissioned and laid up, was "paid off" in 1931, and made her final trip to the breakers in early 1932. To find out more about HMS Tiger, the second most famous battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy in the 20th century, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tige…

www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1…

This is a straight port with no changes by me. There was only the original configuration model in stuart277's archive, so you'll have to mod it yourself if you want Tiger's later form (1918-1932).

This replaces my previously posted ripped and ported model of HMS Tiger model from the game Jutland. The main reason was so that all of you can have a Tiger model for use with your own various 3D projects without any potential rights issues attached. The quality is almost the same, although its texturing isn't as sophisticated and it lacks the rigging, cabling, and extra greebling of the Jutland model.

This is not my model. All I did was port it to OBJ for you. Please credit stuart277 as the original creator if you use this in any of your own 3D projects. You do not have to credit me for my part.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.

ASIDE - Tiger is going to be your best "bang for the buck" battlecruiser to have in your World War I era British fleets, fantasy or otherwise, and possibly World War II as well in fantasy situations. She's cheaper than both HMS Hood and the two Renowns on initial cost to build, she's quite powerful for her time right out of the starting gate, and she can be made even more powerful (and better protected) with the right upgrades (including some she never got, for example a 14-inch main gun upgrade would be easy), That is, once you can afford them and provided that's permitted in your own fantasy or wargaming situations. Once installed, those upgrades will also make her almost as good a British fleet unit in the World War II era as the upgraded Renowns (IMHO). Of course she still has some of the same design flaws and weaknesses inherent to all World War I and postwar era British battlecruisers, but some of your upgrades (extra armor in the right places, for example) can partially offset these.

Description

Ported to OBJ from the low poly model created by stuart277 for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

In honor of the memory of HMS Tiger, let me I link you to my all-time favorite British martial song, "Rule Britannia!"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbzRu…

--------------------

"If it [were] not for the Washington Treaty limitations [and] with the right modernizations[, Tiger] ... could have become the British equivalent of the Kongo class."

Naval Encyclopedia website, "Battlecruiser HMS Tiger (1913)"

Most people today are unaware of HMS Tiger, due to the long shadow cast over British battlecruisers by the mighty but ill-fated HMS Hood. That's a shame, because Tiger, the last of the so-called "Splendid Cats" series of British battlecruisers (per some sources, others are more selective), was in her time easily the most popular, most beloved, and (at least on paper) one of the most powerful battlecruisers ever built for the British Royal Navy (BRN/RN or just Royal Navy for short). She's also widely regarded by those specializing in World War I era warships as one of the most beautiful warships of her time ("and perhaps ever," noted military historian John Keegan adds). She was the sole battlecruiser in her class, although a second sister ship named Leopard was reportedly briefly considered and just as quickly dismissed per some sources. She was the most powerful and most heavily armed and armored battlecruiser in the Royal Navy at the start of World War I, although she was still fitting out and would not enter service until late in 1914. Her main armament consisted of the same powerful 13.5 inch main guns (four dual turrets) with which the Iron Duke class battleships were armed. Armor protection was similar to the preceding one-off HMS Queen Mary but an extra armor stern strake was added similar to that used on the Vickers-built Kongo class battlecruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy - and this addition would do her well, given her combat record in World War I.

Tiger had to cut her main gun firing trials short due to the outbreak of the war, and her shakedown cruise turned out to be her being sent to what became the Battle of Dogger Bank (!) in 1915, in which her crew's lack of experience with their ship hampered her performance in that action. This was not the case at the Battle of Jutland the following year (1916), when Tiger's excellent performance despite taking heavy damage from intense enemy fire stood out against the almost abysmal showing of older British battlecruisers coupled with the dramatic destruction of HMS Queen Mary. From late 1916 to early 1917 Tiger was given an extensive refit to add more armor against plunging shellfire, which had been graphically demonstrated at Jutland as a chief weakness of British battlecruiser design. She was back in action in time to provide support for the Second Battle of Heilgoland Bight in 1917 but saw no action herself. After that she spent the rest of the war on uneventful patrols. She received one more wartime refit in 1918, during which her appearance was altered by her main mast being moved aft to the top of her derrick stump and her old forward observation tower replaced by a newer and larger one.

After the war Great Britain was allowed to keep Tiger as an active warship under the terms of the 1924 Washington Naval Treaty, thus being the oldest of the "big four" Royal Navy battlecruisers in service during that time (Tiger, Reknown, Repulse, Hood). She was used mainly for showing the flag and for training duties until the end of the 1920s, when she was placed in reserve. Tiger's last duty for king and country was to be reactivated from 1929 to 1931 to cover for Hood while the latter was receiving what turned out to be her last major refit prior to World War I. In 1930 the decision was made to scrap Tiger (despite her still being in reasonably good condition) in order to comply with the new terms of the London Naval Conference of 1930. Unlike many other warships facing their ultimate fate HMS Tiger, still loved by both the Royal Navy and the British public at large. was sent out in style. She returned home from her final cruise at the end of March 1930 "receiving the cheers of the Altlantic Fleet ... at Devonport" (Wikipedia), even as Hood was returned to active duty. Tiger was immediately decommissioned and laid up, was "paid off" in 1931, and made her final trip to the breakers in early 1932. To find out more about HMS Tiger, the second most famous battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy in the 20th century, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tige…

www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1…

This is a straight port with no changes by me. There was only the original configuration model in stuart277's archive, so you'll have to mod it yourself if you want Tiger's later form (1918-1932).

This replaces my previously posted ripped and ported model of HMS Tiger model from the game Jutland. The main reason was so that all of you can have a Tiger model for use with your own various 3D projects without any potential rights issues attached. The quality is almost the same, although its texturing isn't as sophisticated and it lacks the rigging, cabling, and extra greebling of the Jutland model.

This is not my model. All I did was port it to OBJ for you. Please credit stuart277 as the original creator if you use this in any of your own 3D projects. You do not have to credit me for my part.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.

ASIDE - Tiger is going to be your best "bang for the buck" battlecruiser to have in your World War I era British fleets, fantasy or otherwise, and possibly World War II as well in fantasy situations. She's cheaper than both HMS Hood and the two Renowns on initial cost to build, she's quite powerful for her time right out of the starting gate, and she can be made even more powerful (and better protected) with the right upgrades (including some she never got, for example a 14-inch main gun upgrade would be easy), That is, once you can afford them and provided that's permitted in your own fantasy or wargaming situations. Once installed, those upgrades will also make her almost as good a British fleet unit in the World War II era as the upgraded Renowns (IMHO). Of course she still has some of the same design flaws and weaknesses inherent to all World War I and postwar era British battlecruisers, but some of your upgrades (extra armor in the right places, for example) can partially offset these.