Historic Navy - pack15 - Floating Crane  1.0.0

LANGER HEINRICH – Floating Crane

In the years leading up to the outbreak of war in 1914, the Kaiserliche Marine found itself building increasing numbers of large capital ships. They were also faced with rising political tensions in Europe and looking for ways to speed-up the building process. While the Imperial dockyards had built expensive cantilever cranes to handle the heavy lifting and fitting-out tasks, many of the private shipyards could not. The more realistic among planners also knew the coming of war would increase the need for fast repair work – some of it on a large scale. The Reichsmarineamt decided the solution to the problem was a “Grosser Schwimmkran” -- a large floating crane -- capable of performing the heaviest work, while self-propelled and able to be moved around inside a dockyard – or from one dockyard to another on demand. Thus was born the concept of “Langer Heinrich” (loosely translated – “Long Henry”). When completed in 1915, “Langer Heinrich” was a marvel of engineering and became the largest floating crane in the world. The gigantic crane served in two World Wars and had a long and productive life – finally being retired as a museum piece in 2002.

How to use

This pack contains .SC4model-files and props as .SC4desc-files. So, by installing this pack nothing will directly appear in your game. You can use the props on your own lots or convert the SC4models into buildings, as you please. Since most props are to be used on water lots and props naturally align with the surface level, they will sink to the sea floor, if you do not stick to the guidelines on how to use props on water lots. Finally you will need to follow the instructions on how to make a lot transparent. You will find the props in any Lot-Editor under the prefix A_1P_h_

As per request from the community, I have also included a version of the ship without historic flags and crew.

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