What ships had the simplest hull shapes?

Strike's description of the USS Brooklyn mentions that it has a simple hull shape. Are there any others that would be easy to model?

 

What exactly do you mean by easy, easy to sheet, easy to build a wooden hull? Not quite getting your question.

 

Probably the second one. I'm not worried about sheeting.

 

Well for a wood hull no casements is a plus. Good plans would be my biggest concern for a wood hull. With good plans any hull is almost as easy to build as the other, imo.

 

I agree with Beaver on a lack of casements making for an easier build. Other than that a flat deck is probably easier than anything with a bow that turns up.

 

External armor belts can be tricky to build, and skegs (especially multiple skegs) can make things difficult. I'm currently struggling with THREE skegs on the Deutschland class....

 

OK. So not Deutschland : ) So what ships *DO* have simple shapes ?

 

Any particular type of ship you're interested in? Suffren has a nice hull and there are some nice plans on the free plans section...

 

Derfflinger has fairly simple lines, she sheets as easy as can be: None of the:


Small armor belt for and aft(stringers allowed here)

She also is one of the best looking as well(imho)
Long live "the Iron Dog"

Hope to see you on the water
Craig(Proprieter of Iron Dog shipyard and CiderHaus)

 

If you want simple to build
Moltke - simple hull AND an almost non-existent super structure

 

Adunno, that still has a few complex features, like those casemates around the forward superstructure, and the stepped deck. The simplest hull is circular: I recommend the Russian battleship Vice-Admiral Popov:




I saw one of these built with a pie tin as the hull once

 

But how on earth do you use ribs with a round hull?

 

Also, isn’t she too old for most RCWC rulebooks?

 

I think Kotori87 was kidding : P