lancer1027 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) I'm trying to find out the length of nameplates on the Class 42/43 Warship class.Is there anyone who knows any nameplate measurements I know there are some people with originals and replicas. Edited March 28, 2018 by lancer1027 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer1027 Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 Just a heads up again on this but could anyone answer this question; Are there set nameplate lengths. There seems to be a common length of about 3 sizes , is this correct? Regards Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 The length varied according to the individual name but I found these measurements in 'Book Of The Warships' just now : All except D800 and D812 were 11 & 1/8th inch high with a 3/8th inch wide beading, the loco name letters were 3 & 1/2 inches high and the class name letters below were 1 & 1/2 inches high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer1027 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Thankyou for the reply Rudg1022. There seems to be some plates the same length, ( shown on display stacked above one another ) Benbow, Dragon, Zebra and Eclipse. They all seem to be the same length but the wording is closer to the end of the plate for the longer named ones. Can anyone confirm this? Regards Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rope runner Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Thankyou for the reply Rudg1022. There seems to be some plates the same length, ( shown on display stacked above one another ) Benbow, Dragon, Zebra and Eclipse. They all seem to be the same length but the wording is closer to the end of the plate for the longer named ones. Can anyone confirm this? Regards Rob Hi Rob, Does that answer your question? Cheers Paul A. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Hi Rob, Does that answer your question? Cheers Paul A. A couple of things are apparent from that photo: 1. The plates from the D600s are clearly deeper than those from D800s. 2. Interestingly, the one from ROYAL OAK seems to match the older type but has the smaller "Warship Class" like other 800s.... 3. There seems to be a uniform minimum length for most names comprising seven letters or fewer. 4. However, CENTAUR, MONARCH, ROEBUCK and ZEALOUS, having no "thin" letters, look a bit longer, matching the length of that off INTREPID. John EDIT: A published source gives the length of STEADFAST's plates as 3' 4 and 13/16" wide by 11" deep. Edited June 20, 2018 by Dunsignalling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Just a heads up again on this but could anyone answer this question; Are there set nameplate lengths. There seems to be a common length of about 3 sizes , is this correct? Regards Rob That may well be so, but I think it's more than three, maybe five, excluding the oddities like D800, D812 and (probably) D843. John Edited June 20, 2018 by Dunsignalling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted June 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2018 A couple of things are apparent from that photo: 1. The plates from the D600s are clearly deeper than those from D800s. And the WARSHIP CLASS subscript is taller. Never noticed that before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer1027 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hi Rob, Does that answer your question? Cheers Paul A. Thanks Paul, that has helped with some of my thoughts but i still need to get some measurements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer1027 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 A couple of things are apparent from that photo: 1. The plates from the D600s are clearly deeper than those from D800s. 2. Interestingly, the one from ROYAL OAK seems to match the older type but has the smaller "Warship Class" like other 800s.... 3. There seems to be a uniform minimum length for most names comprising seven letters or fewer. 4. However, CENTAUR, MONARCH, ROEBUCK and ZEALOUS, having no "thin" letters, look a bit longer, matching the length of that off INTREPID. John EDIT: A published source gives the length of STEADFAST's plates as 3' 4 and 13/16" wide by 11" deep. Thankyou John, looking at the pic would i be correct in thinking Sprightly, Grenville Undaunted and Steadfast are the same length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer1027 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Am i correct in thinking SHARPSHOOTER is the longest nameplate with the Warship Wording on. Does anyone happen to know the length of SHARPSHOOTER and ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. Is Royal N Reserve a different depth plate to all the rest?. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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