All is in place for the long awaited war with the Austrians. It er, might not provide quite as much content as I hoped…
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Captain of the 1st Company: Treefrog
Lieutenants: Armande Christoph
Veteran Sergeants: 1stplaceonion, LCG Canyon, Welshy
Sergeants: Jackie, Twitchyknees, Alerik Rahl, paga1985s, Haytor, King Memphis
Veterans: Telemonian Dan, Sunless Sky Nova, Threadoflength, Darth Vendar.
Battle Siblings: Jacky Chan, nagebenfro, scurvekano, Cpt Graftin, Icd, Iroey, Zadrias, JT Bismarck.
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Mega Vanguard with extra acekicking installed
A war with the US may be interesting to see (from-like, 1-2 episodes ago, mostly because they have loads of ships, very advanced tech, and usually are quite powerful
France would’ve been an option, but they’re smaller, and only have advanced tech, and don’t have the Super large hulls the US does)
15:40: There is a new generation of Austrian officers who have not learned to respect (fear) the Royal Navy.
Admiral orders to all battleship crews. Please make certain all flammable materials are stowed in lockers directly adjacent to the forward magazine storage. This storage was specifically made by removing some armor so let's show our appreciation by using it.
Secretary of the Admiralty Ricky Kopf
December 1944
If I had a pound sterling for every time a Portuguese colony declared independence from Portugal only for that country to start messing with our shipping, I would have two pound sterling. After securing the Azores for the British Empire, Angola decided it was their turn to feel our wrath. Meanwhile, the Austrian-Hungarians have declared war on us. Although their modern battleships were formidable, ours were simply better as we emerged victorious against one of their large fleets. To rub salt in the wound, one of their torpedoes struck HMS Duke of Lancaster, but the torpedo did no damage. In our war against Japan, HMS Rodney had a close call with a Japanese battlecruiser. However, she won her duel as the enemy warship went down. For that, HMS Rodney shall be nicknamed “Lucky R”.
Join us next time as we demonstrate to the world our superiority of our crews.
23:18:That A turret 'splashed' on the deck of its own ship. I don't think the developers modelled that.
22:54 – You couldn't ask for better comedic timing than that!
That was pure random BS. It fired, 50% chance to hit despite being at 37% structure with flooding. And it got three main belt pens at a key spot deleting 80% of the ship in one shot on your BC. Then the rest of the match it could't hit itself if needed. Developers often call that just fate, random chance, bad luck or something else. My I deem it BS and simply replay battles when that crap happens in other game. I refuse to accept such exceedingly crap sets of results. I play to be entertained not lose items to bad luck. Devs need to understand that and program around such occurrences (just my humble ranting opinion).
this is a flash mob if I ever seen one 29:00
I lost one of my battle cruisers to those high pen soft capped HE shells, really difficult to angle against 😅
"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." Admiral Hanz Beattyz, Commander of the Austrian Fleet
06:00 HMS Rodney, call an Ambulance
06:15 HMS Rodney, BUT NOT FOR ME!
Also I'm starting at partition to rename the North Sea to Mare Britannicum
Well, with any luck, you'll get less explodey ships to fight from the community.
Daaaaaaamn! I was genuinely concerned that the big battle could end up being your worst defeat to date when I saw the relative tonnages and gun sizes, especially after your battlecruiser nearly got wiped out with one shot in the first battle of the episode. Did Austria Hungary decide to make A turret entirely out of dynamite?
And of course resists don't cover turrets – found that out the hard way in my minimum-armour Russian campaign a whlie back :p
The balance mod gets pretty vicious in the 1940s – my soviets have built an actually dangerous ship, it's not one of their giant battleships but a fairly small battlecruiser – 13.4" guns & spends all it's time firing HE. Very accurate HE at high rate – which is where the rubbish resists on British ships fail, there's literally no counter to that ( obviously they're not penning but otherwise ) because it's just minus gun damage and of course that's pretty bad ( there are worse nations, mind ). It's 1941, lost a surviving dread III in the first contact, a 5 v 2 "hood" type BCs plus two heavy cruisers put the BCs in triage & two of theirs escaped, and a 2 v 1 vs a quite new battleship put that in dock for 9 months. It's certainly interesting… and I'd play with ammo to change tactics if I could, but thankyou entirely broken refit system :S
Ouch. Poor Austria!
So, did Austria-Hungary spy on the US for naval design and get class B armor plate mixed up with Composition B explosive? Either that, or the gun houses had buckets of nitroglycerin laying about. Only ways to explain those flash fires.
Smite me oh Mighty Smitter!
– Bruce Almighty
HMS Smiter, best DD. Charged the Japanese BC, did not give a f***.
I do love it when they group up for me; get more accidental hits than purposeful ones 😀
Battle in the North Sea
The Times: 16 December 1944
The King versus the Archduke
HMS King George V, lead ship of her battleship class, along with her sisters HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Duke of Lancaster, and HMS Duke of York, along with the Castle class battlecruiser HMS Donnattar Castle and the S-class destroyer HMS Sable were sent to shoo a Austrian Fleet out of the North Sea. This turned out to be the 16.2” armed battleships Erzherzog Ferdinand Max, Monarch, Sigismund, and Süpplingenburg, the lead ship of the class and the 14.5” armed Tegetthoff of the Siegreiche class, along with the Loeben class heavy cruisers Feldkirch, Kaiserin und Königen Maria Theresa, and Traun, with ten Tátra class destroyers.
However, considering that the four Süpplingenburgs alone out displaced the entire Royal Navy fleet by 89 thousand tons, they weren’t inclined to leave. The Süpplingenburgs were going to regret that attitude.
HMS Prince of Wales was leading the battle line, with HMS Duke of Lancaster, HMS King George V, and HMS Duke of York following with HMS Donnattar Castle staying back as weel. They immediately opened fire on sighting the Austrian fleet, with HMS Duke of Lancaster getting a main deck penetration. HMS Sable was sent forward to screen the battle line.
The Royal Navy battle line turned to open their broadsides, but the Austrians continued to close in the columns, with the battleships in the middle. This allowed the KGV’s to rain shells down on the whole of the Austrian battle line, until the third ship in the column lost its A turret to a flash fire, an explosion of her main gun powder magazine caused by fire in the turret barbette that set off the ready charges. She was quickly followed by the fourth ship in the column losing her turret.
The Royal Navy battle line was ordered to fire on individual targets. The next ship to show destress was the second battleship in line, which lost her A turret. With all three ships losing their magazines only the Monarch was a danger. With the fire of the battle line on her, and being closer, when her A turret blew off it took B turret also, just as the Erzherzog Ferdinand Max sank with 1258 of her men able to get to her lifeboats.
HMS Sable meanwhile had been drawing the attention of the enemy, and detecting incoming torpedoes. The battle line turned about to avoid the incoming fish, turning towards the now greatly reduced enemy as the Monarch sank with 1677 of her 1908 man crew.
The secondary of the KGV’s was on the approaching Austrian destroyers, and the Tátra D-0 was the first destroyer sunk with 24 survivors of her 169 man crew. Tátra D-4 sank next with eight survivors. Tátra D-10 sank with six survivors. Tátra D-9 had four survivors. She was the last of the northern destroyer division.
The Sigsmund sank next, having stayed afloat of a remarkable time, with 1811 of her crew lost out of 1906. Only Süpplingenburg herself, and the Tegetthoff were still afloat of the battleships. Süpplingenburg became the focus of the Royal Navy battleships and though she withstood a lot, she eventually sank with 1620 of her 1906 man crew. Tegetthoff wasn’t nearly has strongly built, and after losing her hull integrity she quickly sank, taking 1449 of her 1685 man crew with her.
The Austrian Fleet now consisted of three heavy cruisers and six destroyers.
The heavy cruiser Feldkirch was targeted next, and sank from heavy flooding with 884 of her 908 man crew. Kaiserin und Königen Maria Theresia broke apart under fire losing 817 of her 908 man crew. Tátra D-2 was taken out by secondary fire, and sank with 163 of her 169 man crew. Tátra D-7 quickly followed with an amazing 34 survivors. It took two salvos to finish off Traun, with 173 men abandoning the burning ship.
There were four destroyers left. Tátra D-1 sank with 13 survivors. Tátra D-11 sank with 34 survivors. Tátra D-8 sank with 5 survivors. Tátra D-3 sank with 25 survivors.
Of the six Royal Navy ships in the battle HMS Sable had taken the highest casualty count. Twenty-nine of her officers and ratings were killed or seriously wounded. HMS Duke of York suffered eighteen casualties. HSM Donnattar Castle suffered four. HMS Prince of Wales suffered two casualties. HMS King George V and HMS Duke of Lancaster had taken damage but no personnel losses.
Austrian Cruiser Wanders into Royal Navy Fleet
The Times: 13 December 1944
HMS Resolution leads three other Revenge class battleships, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Royal Sovereign, and HMS Ramilies, long with the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Warspite, with the battlecruisers HMS Courageous, lead ship of her class and her sister HMS Glorious as well as the Renown class HMS Repulse, with three F-Class destroyers as escorts and mine sweepers, HMS Furnace, HMS Flakland, ahd HMS Fervent on blockade duty in the Adriatic Sea. There they encountered the Leoben class Austrian heavy cruiser Klosterneuburg trying to move up the coast. The whole fleet broke formation and began to pursue the Austrian ship. HMS Repulse got the first 15” hit on Klosterneuburg, taking out a forward triple 6.3” turret. Klosterneuburg seemed to take this as an affront, as she turned back towards the Fleet. Klosterneuburg took another 15” shell aft from HMS Royal Oak. With two more hits Klosterneuburg lost her deck torpedoes. Klosterneuburg continued closing, taking light hits and ricochets. Even after taking a solid hit through her main deck she kept coming on, waiting to get into range with her 6.3” guns until HMS Courageous took out her main tower with a 15” shell.
The hits began to do serious damage on Klosterneuburg. She lost a secondary gun to HMS Glorious and an engine to HMS Royal Sovereign. She was burning and flooding, and the hits were coming more often now. HMS Ramilies damaged her rudder and another engine. Klosterneuburg sank with 832 of her 908 man crew. The winner of the importune gunnery contest was HMS Glorious, with a 17% accuracy rate and determined to have done the most damage.
Blockade of the Teutonic Republic
The Times: 2 December 1944
The Admiralty has declared a close blockade of the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and Adriatic Sea coasts of the Teutonic Republic.
HMS Vanguard, lead ship of her battleship class, along with the Lion class battleships HMS Lion, HMS Implacable, HMS Restoration, HMS Defiance, and HMS Neptune, as well as the R-class destroyer HMS Ross, have struck at the port of Kiel, sinking six transports at anchor and doing an estimated 87 thousand tons of capacity damage on the port.
Caribbean Fleet Ordered to Suriname
The Times: 25 November 1944
The Caribbean Fleet had been ordered to the coast of Suriname, a possession of the Teutonic Republic.
An invasion of the territory may be in the offing.
War between Austria and Great Britain
The Times: 20 November 1944
The Teutonic Republic of Austro-Hungary and Germany has declared war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Empire of Greater India, the Kingdom of East Africa, and the independent Kingdom of Norway based on the Royal Navy’s refusal to withdraw fleets conducting training exercises in the Adriatic and Baltic Seas.
The United Kingdom has received messages of support from the Russian Federation, which could have taken offense at our fleet conducting training in the Baltic Sea, and from the Republics of China, Spain, as well as the German government in exile.
The Republic of France strangely is supporting the Teutonic Republic, as is the Republic of Italy.
Teutonic Republic Sends Ultimatum
The Times: 10 November 1944
The Teutonic Republic of Austro-Hungary and Germany has sent the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland a communique demanding that the Royal Navy withdraw its fleets from the Adriatic, Baltic, and North Sea and immediately cease operations against the insurgents in Angola. On consultation with our allies the Kingdom of Norway we have refused.
Royal Navy Deploys In Baltic and Adriatic Seas
The Times: October 13th 1944
The Royal Navy had deployed fleets into the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and Adriatic Sea.
MPs have raised questions in Parliament about the conduct of the Admiralty. While no one questions having the fleet in the North Sea, which we share with our longtime ally the Kingdom of Norway, sending fleets into the Baltic and the Adriatic may provoke the Russian Federation, the Republic of Italy, or especially the Teutonic Republic of Austro-Hungary and Germany, which has coastlines and ports on all three seas.
Chase of the Ōshima II
The Times: 14 July 1944
Though not allied directly, the Royal Navy and the Marine Nationale have been cooperating in Asian waters against their common enemy, Japan. When they received reports that the Ōshima II was in the Yellow Sea a combined squadron led by HMS Glasgow with the destroyers G-class HMS Gurkha, S-class HMS Scorpion, HMS Smiter, and HMS Solent, and the French Arabe destroyer Bison as well as the Tartu class light cruiser Alger and the La Motte-Picquet class light cruiser Persée, chased the Ōshima II into the Liaodong Wān at the top of the Yellow Sea. There she had to turn and fight.
With the length of the chase Persée was low on fuel and was ordered to fall back. But Ōshima II was able to slip away again and make it to a safe harbour.
Trying to Sneak a Convoy to Port Arthur
The Times: 12 April 1944
The Republic of Japan Navy, reacting to urgent calls from the Army of occupation to bring vital military supplies to Port Arthur, sent one of their newest ships, a Warusawa battlecruiser Kannon II, to escort four Tochi class 8 thousand ton 45 man crewed armed transports past the Weihaiwei Peninsula.
Our Weihaiwei Peninsula.
The Admiral class 16” armed battlecruiser HMS Rodney was patrolling with the S-class destroyer HMS Smiter in those waters, and found the convoy before it could make harbour. HMS Rodney closed to draw the attention of Kannon II while HMS Smiter moved on the transports. HMS Rodney opened fire with her superior guns and got the first two hits. Kannon II fired on HMS Smiter. HMS Smiter returned the attention, hitting Kannon II with 5” shells and weaving to avoid getting any 14.2” shells in return. HMS Smiter dashed forward to draw more attention, then turned towards the convoy again.
Kannon II meanwhile was taking hits from HMS Rodney, though the 16” shells were only occasionally penetrating her armour. With her bow on to HMS Rodney the Kannon II was bouncing off a lot of shells. But with HMS Smiter past her Kannon II turned, presenting her broadside towards HMS Rodney. But with her broadside turned to HMS Rodney Kannon II was able to fire a full broadside of eight 14.2” shells at the Royal Navy battlecruiser. HMS Rodney finally got the main belt penetration she was hoping for, starting flooding on the Kannon II. Kannon II replied a few salvos later with three main belt penetrations on HMS Rodney. The damage was severe and affected almost all the hull above water, with over 200 casualties and her 2” magazine exploded. Listing to starboard and with slight flooding, HMS Rodney began to pull away, still firing on the Kannon II with her 16” guns. HMS Rodney got one final 16” that broke Kannon II. The Japanese battlecruiser took 1192 of her crew down with her, with 162 men surviving the wreck. Kannon II nearly achieved the same on the HMS Rodney, but was never able to get in a last killing blow.
Meanwhile HMS Smiter was on the transports. The Fushimi II surrendered after taking nineteen casualties, leaving twenty-six survivors. The Kiyoshimo surrendered with twenty-five survivors. The Tatara II sank with five survivors. The convoy leader, Tochi, surrendered with twenty-seven survivors.
HMS Smiter had taken hits from Kannon II and Kiyoshimo but had no casualties. HMS Rodney had severe damage and 293 casualties.
STACK WIPE!
I think you're better off engaging enemy ships at longer ranges: 15k+
After all this time I just realized the rangefinders mounted on the superstructure don’t turn. Wonder how difficult it would be to get them to work.
Years later historians would call this battle "The Battle of the Pop Tarts."
Question: When are our ship designs due. I have a few designs ready but need to clone them for every year the hull is available.
As an experienced veteran could you advise a new player.
Can you increase the total tonnage your nation can build? Increasing Dock size is easy but despite capturing numerous port, the total tonnage of ships I can build has not changed. Can this be increased?
And how do you rename ships? I can't see a way to do it.
Is it just me, or has the AI been getting better at ship design lately, especially in later eras when it can't do disgusting things with wing turrets. Those Austrian battleships would be pretty scary if they weren't such piñatas, and the Japanese battlecruisers have been putting up a fight.
You did to the Austrians what Jellicoe wanted to do with the Germans. Got between them and their base., 🙂
The game is so canted towards the player winning it’s insane 😂
Duke of York has lived up to the north cape legend. Well done sailors