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SMS ERSATZ YORCK – Ersatz Yorck Class Battlecruiser Ersatz Yorck – Ersatz Gneisenau – Ersatz Scharnhorst – Ersatz Friedrich Carl 33,500 tons – 227.8 m (747 ft) length – 30.4 m (99 ft) beam – 9.3 m (31 ft) draft – 27.3 knots – complement: 47 officers and 1,180 men – 8x38cm (15-in) guns – 12x15cm (5.9-in) guns – 8x8.8cm (3.5-in) guns – 3x 60cm (24-in) torpedo tubes – belt armor up to 300mm (11.8 in). The three Ersatz Yorck Class ships were originally intended to be part of the preceding Mackensen Class battlecruisers, and were to be named after cruisers that had already been lost in action (hence the “ersatz” designation). But before the final three keels could be laid, Naval Intelligence “upset the apple cart”. Ersatz Friedrich Carl had already been laid down and construction was well advanced when reports began coming in from England, indicating the British were building two battlecruisers to be equipped with 15-inch guns – the Renown Class. Not even a month before this shocking news, word had come from the German Naval Attache in Washington D.C. regarding the US Navy. They were planning six battlecruisers of the Lexington Class – really “big bruisers” armed with 16-inch rifles. It was clear Ersatz Yorck’s 14-inch weapons would be far outclassed. The preceding Mackensen Class was already too far along to contemplate changes, so the remaining three ships of the class were redesigned to accommodate 15-inch guns and designated the Ersatz Yorck Class. Laid down in 1915, SMS Erstaz Yorck became an “abandoned step-child” of the Kaiserliche Marine. Only the midships portion of the lower hull was completed before the changing nature of the naval war brought work to a halt. Repairs to warships damaged by gunfire, torpedoes, or mines, put increasing demands on vital resources and pushed the shipyards beyond their capacity. U-Boats became critical to the war effort and drained scarce man-hours and manufacturing skills away from warship construction. Work on Ersatz Yorck was halted, then abandoned entirely. The other two ships were never laid down, and the small portion of Ersatz Yorck on the slipway was broken up before the war ended. But on the bright side – the design work that went into Ersatz Yorck was not wasted. When design started on the KM Scharnhorst in 1928 (launched 1936), they pulled out the old plans of the Ersatz Yorck as a starting point. (For details, see IMPERIAL DOCKYARDS: CUXHAVEN -- Chapter 43) 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. Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!

Description This is the model of a 2 MW onshore wind turbine based on an Enercon E-70 E4©. It has a rotor diameter of 70m and a hub height of 75m (for these specific models I made). The interesting fact is that Enercon was one of the first onshore WTG to use the direct drive technology, meaning there is a large diameter multi-pole ring generator that allows to cut out the gear box and therefor save cost on gearbox oil and maintenance. The typical drop form of the nacelle is created by surrounding this large diameter ring generator. Content This File contains two wind power plant lots appearing in your power plant menu, one for the producing turbine with 7 different rotor rotation angles, that change automatically when plopped. Another lot is fitted with a WTG idling or undergoing maintenance (3 different models also changing automatically at plopping). The production is set to 2000 and the O&M costs are 40$ per month. The stopped turbines have no power output. A_1P A_1P_ENERCON_E-70E4 · 7 different rotor blade positions A_1P A_1P_ENERCON_E-70E4_M · Idling (2 positions) or at maintenance: Rotor locked in y-position, nacelle hatch open, personnel working on met mast Dependencies · none Instructions Unzip and place in plugin folder, eg.: C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins Pictures provided for this file by @mitsos – many thanks for this! Make sure to check out his amazing City Journals. A_1P_onshoreWTG_E-70E4_v1.0_ReadMe.pdf

Boats and & Boat Booms Ever since Man first devised the means to travel by sea, the “small boat”, and eventually the larger “ship”, have proven to be indispensable to Civilization and commerce. For the most part, ships did not tie-up to a dock unless they were being repaired, taking on stores and provisions, or loading or unloading cargo. Docks were generally owned by shipping companies, and allowing random ships to “park” at your dock was clearly unprofitable. Instead, ships commonly anchored offshore and used a variety of small boats to communicate between ship and shore. “AP” has provided us with a full range of small boats to service your anchored ships and populate your harbors. A small “dinghy” could be used by one or two men to run small errands, while the larger “cutter” could be crewed and used to transport people, mail, and supplies. On large ships, “whaleboats” and even rowed “barges” could move large numbers of sailors between ship and shore. All ships, and even large pleasure craft, are equipped with small boats for two basic reasons: to communicate with land, and for life-saving needs should the ship sink. These small boats were invariably stored on a weather deck and hoisted over the side by a crane or mast-boom when needed. In Sir Francis Drake’s day, boats returning from shore would be tied to mooring rings along the ship’s hull near the gangway ladder. When preparing to sail, the boats would be hoisted back aboard and secured to the deck – a rather labor-intensive process. With the advent of iron and steel hulled ships, a better method was devised to “park” the boats when not in use – a “boat boom”. This was a long spar temporarily rigged to the side of the ship at a right angle. This provided “parking” space for three to five boats and eliminated the confused clutter of small craft around the gangway. Boat booms can be seen in operation in many photographs of warships during the Victorian and Edwardian Eras. “AP” has provided us a wide and expertly detailed range of small boats and boat booms – both “ortho” and diagonal – to add realism and variety to your harbors and big ships. As props, they can be added directly to a ship during the “lotting” process – or – with a little careful planning, they can be created as stand-alone lots that can be plopped alongside any ship. 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. Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!

SMS HINDENBURG -- Derfflinger Class Battlecruiser (Panzerkreuzer) Commissioned 1917 26,947 tons – 212.8m (698 ft) length – 29m (95 ft) beam – 9.6m (31 ft) draft – 27 knots – complement: 44 officers and 1,068 men – 8x 30.5cm (12-in) guns – 14x 15cm (5,9-in) guns – 4x 8.8cm (3.5-in) guns – 4x 60cm (24-in) torpedo tubes – belt armour 30cm (11.8 in) The SMS Hindenburg was named after Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg, the victor of the Battle of Tannenburg and the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, and the last chief of the Imperial General Staff. Hindenburg was also the last warship of any type built for the Kaiserliche Marine. She was planned as the third ship of the famous Defflinger Class battlecruisers, but was built to a slightly modified design. She was approximately the same displacement, with nearly identical dimensions, but her main battery turrets were modified to give her 12-inch guns greater range. Hindenburg was unique among the battlecruisers in having been designed and built with her tripod mast. Constructed by the Kaiser Werft, Wihelmnshaven, she was commissioned late in the war and her service career was short, and though she participated in a handful of offensive operations, it was uneventful. In November 1918, after the Armistice was signed, she was interned with the Hochseeflotte at Scapa Flow pending final disposition when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. On 21 June 1919, in an act of defiance, rather than surrender his ships to their former enemies, Konteradmiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the fleet to be scuttled. SMS Hindenburg was the last warship to settle to the bottom of Scapa Flow. She was eventually raised in 1930 and broken up between 1931-1932. (For details, see IMPERIAL DOCKYARDS: CUXHAVEN -- Chapter 41.) 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. Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!

Mooring Dolphins Mooring “fenders” are a common piece of equipment familiar to anyone with a small pleasure craft, right up to the sailors on the largest bulk tankers and warships. Fenders are deployed along the sides of a ship or boat – between the ship and the dock – or between two ships – to prevent damage to both the ship and dock when the moored vessel moves with the tide or current. Some canals and piers have permanent fenders attached to the structure, while ships usually carry portable fenders. The device has been improvised for centuries – the earliest type may well have been old or damaged hawsers bundled together and dangled over the ship’s side by a rope. The fender on the nose of a tugboat is a classic example of the bundled-hawser type. In the 19th Century, a piece of wood was often thickly wrapped with several layers of old sailing canvas and hung over the side. The idea of the fender generally became an essential piece of equipment with the development of expensive iron and steel hulled ships. By the 1940’s, rubber began to be used in making fenders and old, discarded vehicle tires were a popular choice. The fender we chose is not generic to our historical period, but it is significant to maritime operations the world over. The Pneumatic Fender was first developed in the 1980’s, primarily for use during ship-to-ship transfer operations or for “nesting” situations when two ships are moored together at a berth. The device is a simple, oval-shaped, thick rubber capsule (similar in shape to a pharmaceutical capsule) with two chambers. The bottom chamber is filled with sufficient sea water to maintain it in a vertical position when floating, but not enough to sink it. The upper chamber is air-filled and provides the cushioning between the ship and the dock. Not very fancy – but imminently functional. There are two basic sizes of fenders for use with large or small ships, and a waterline model of fenders deployed in the water. These make excellent dockside props – especially when used with the rope coils already provided in an earlier prop pack. We couldn’t figure out where else to put them – so we have also included two sizes of ship’s gangways in this pack. 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. Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!