@Minutoh: This is how she looks in the game itself. As you can see, she is actually sitting when equipped with her gear, which is highly unusual. My guess is that it has to do with the damage she sustained at Jutland, where she was hit over 150 times, and received heavy damage to propulsion and steering, in fact, that damage was never fully repaired, even after her refitting in the 30ties, she still had problems with both steering and propulsion (which in human terms would translate into difficulties with walking).
Also, throughout her career, she received a fair amount of damage, sometimes even to the point she was crippled and had to be towed away (like when she supported the landings in Italy in WWII). Remember, she is the ship with most battle honours in the Royal Navy, it is not without reason her nickname is the Grand Old Lady.
Edit: By the same artist, this time with Kongou.
last edited at Jan 29, 2018 2:08AM