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It was surprising that Britain made 100k ton battleships when they dont have alot of money . Great episode as always. These are my favorite seeing big battles with capital ships . 70 knots is impressive for battleships lol porthos pushed in and brawled like a beast lol the British battle cruisers had more armor then there battleships
Fulliautomatix… That name is gold.
The Marine National is now so big it's stealing Royal Navy ship names.
100K tons by only 3 Billion to make .. what did they sacrifice …. later on identified … yep not a lot of armor .. OH UK, what are you doing lol.
And then the Porthos at 70 Knots lol. I can just see the songs now of the gallant Porthos snubbing the British by rushing through their ships at 70 knots (the captain on skies behind it). And the Paris running in circles around their own fleet.
Have to say though I did love the battle, loved it.
26:11 and 10,000,000 SHP.
Is there a large speed differential between the Musketeers and the Carolingians? Seemed like the formation issues started with Aramis and D'Artagnan, Porthos was at the end of the whip. If so, they might act more sanely in their own div or grouped with the BCs.
32:32 Oh… so this time they gave the ship herself (Paris) Methamphetamine!
the captain of the Porthos drifted a battleship going at 70 knots. that's got to be the best captain i've ever seen
INTENSIFY FORWARD FIREPOWER!!!
Since you have loads of cash…. Build a super-sized version of Jean Bart… Aim for a speed of 32 knots, a range of 17,600 Km, the best fire control and targeting stats… Then try for two quad 406mm50 caliber turrets forward, and as many triple 155mm55 caliber turrets as you can fit. Bonus: give the ship enough deck armor to protect against your most powerful gun at its most effective deck penetration range.
This game isn't really balanced. That big battle, enemy with 500 mm guns, and only 2 DDs lost on the French side? Come on.
Porthos has gone to plaid.
33:19 Press F for Freddie 😢
There is a military axiom that states:
" Friendly fire isn't! "
That feels particularly relevant here 😁😍
Repulse: 'There's no way we can lose to a bunch of antique armoured cruisers – our class was literally designed specifically to take them out!'
Devastation and Implacable: 'Well yes, but actually no'
0:00 yes admiral Akbar. Game on.
2:45 premature torpedoation….😮
7:04 thanks from the torp gods x2.
16:23 could ya please show the vs total screen 1 second longer. I have to keep going back 10 seconds to try and catch it sometimes 3x. Thanks.
16:24 wow sucks too be HC LC heavy. Good for you.
21:00 torp gods?
27:00 opposing admiral "what the hell. Sail through my formation"😂
The report box bottom left of the screen, avg is deselected, that's where you turn on & off the reports you were talking about.
Its basically the Battle of Trafalgar, where the strategy was to drive the fleet directly into the enemy lines and then hope for the best in the madness of a point blank melee.
0:26: Quick question. The D'Estrées doesn't seem to be one of the original ten Duguay-Trouin class you built in Episode 29? When did you pick it up?
22:16: Aw, Épée and Ouragan just got refitted too.
24:11: I understand your desire to put the whole battle line's fire on Commonwealth as soon as you knew it had tissue paper armor, but couldn't you go back and collect the rest of the intelligence on the class?
26:55: Sounds like a lark any of Dumas' characters would have engaged in.
30:15: Oh I'm pretty challenged here. I'm so so so glad I'm not Admiral Lawrence Hartop-Harrop in this campaign because he'd be tearing the last of his white hairs out over this battle.
32:33: You should know that Paris did practically nothing in this battle but still managed to lose three men from lethal cases of seasickness.
38:48: This wasn't the plan?
48:28: I think you owe the torpedo officer a beer.
50:00: That of course was just glorious.
Implacable versus Invincible
Le Républicain Provence, Marseille
MCMXLXIV, 16 march 1954
The Vengeur class Croiseur Cuirassés Implacable from the Brest Station navale in Finistère Department joined the Tonnere class Croiseur Cuirassés Dévastation, the Tonnante class Croiseur Cuirassés Amiral Charner, and the Cosmao, lead of her Croiseur Léger class, from the Marseille Base navale in Charente-Maritime Department on a patrol off the British coast south of Sunderland, a major Base navale of the Republic Navy. There they found the Invincible class battlecruiser Repulse escorting eleven Proserpine class 7.7 thousand ton 83 manned armed Navires de transport.
Spotting funnel smoke of a dozen ships to the south-east, the raiding party broke formation and proceeded to close. They did not want to give the battlecruiser they had just sighted any easy overshoots. Repulse opened fire as they closed, getting some early hits on Amiral Charner and Cosmao, but not driving them out of the battle. Then Implacable hit a secondary gun on Repulse.
Dévastation was the first to launch torpedoes at Repulse and got a hit on Repulse’s main belt. In trying to avoid them, Repulse had turned towards Implacable, letting her get closer with her 210mm guns and with her own torpedoes. She fired her two underwater tubes in a crossing spread, then her quintuple deck launcher leading Repulse. The gunnery officers thought the torpedo officer had aimed too far ahead, but he knew his business. One of the underwater tubes hit on Repulse’s main belt, the other passed astern. The five torpedo spread hit from aft to amidships, all five torpedoes exploding on target.
Amiral Charner was lining up for her run when the fires on Repulse found her main powder magazine. She lost her A turret to the flash fire.
Suddenly a mission to drive Repulse off so that Cosmao could sink the convoy became one of finishing a Invincible battlecruiser off. Dévastation added a torpedo hit as she withdrew with damage. Implacable pounded away at short range where her 210mm guns could penetrate Repulse’s main belt. With flooding fore and aft Repulse’s keel broke, and her wreck took 1787 of her 2102 man crew down with her.
While Dévastation affected repairs Implacable, Amiral Charner and Cosmao found the convoy. Sportive, Lapwing, and Thanet were sunk with all hands. Proserpine, Stalwart, Sarpedon, Llewellyn, Daring, Doon, Erin, and Walker left a total of 84 survivors, one crew’s worth. In total the British Merchant Marine, counting on an Invincible to keep them safe, lost 84.7 thousand gross registered tons and 829 officers and seamen killed or lost at sea.
Implacable had taken 120 casualties, Dévastation 110, Cosmao 48, and Amiral Charner 10. Along with the 84 seamen they picked up they found 315 navy personnel.
Battle of Nassau, Part 2
Le Républicain Provence, Marseille
MCMXLXIV, 12 march 1954
End of the British’s Commonwealth
In an attempt to get her battle line collected Charles Martel had turned 180 degrees to cross the British T a second time. The destroyer Oriana took a salvo of 155mm shells and sank with 219 of her 222 man crew. The light cruiser Arethusa sank with 1070 of her 1157 man crew while trying to engage the Companions, who wisely stopped trying to form on the battle line and tried to avoid incoming torpedoes.
Amazingly, the as yet unexecuted torpedo officer aboard Lancaster managed to torpedo his own battleship. Resolution lost her #1 engine. Resolution took flooding forward and 140 casualties.
Commonwealth finally sank, a testimony to building 100 thousand ton battleships. She went down with 2259 of her 2482 man crew.
With Commonwealth gone the battle line decided to offend the Invincible class battlecruiser Defence. Defence blew up like all British battlecruisers do, too much gun and speed and too little armor. She took 2079 of her 2102 crew down with her, leaving 23 survivors.
The Croiseur Cuirassés Porc-epic had taken a flooding hit aft and 23 casualties. She was ordered to withdraw. But with her broadside clear she was ordered to launch torpedoes at the battleship Queen. The Croiseur Cuirassés Dupleix was also ordered to launch on the Queen. Which the British should note is how it is done correctly. Three would hit, taking out the Queen’s rudder. Bazin was ordered to turn her division, neatly ordered behind her, and engage the Queen as well. Soon the Queen flooded fore and aft, listing heavily to starboard, and unable to fire most of her guns. She had 650 casualties reported. She sank with 2010 of her 2482 man crew, the one British ship to have done serious damage to the French other than Defence and Pegasus. Bazin targeted the Resolution.
Charles Martel’s battle line would engage the British cruisers. Immortalite broke apart and took 449 of her 682 man crew with her. One of Dupleix’s torpedoes ran long and hit Pegasus, a just reward for sinking the Ouragan. The fratricidal Lancaster broke up under fire and took all but 5 of her 682 man crew down with her.
The weather began to clear as the sun began to set. Its light shown over the one battleship, four heavy cruisers, six light cruisers and 1 destroyer left to the British.
The Pegasus was finally sun with 914 of her 1157 man crew. Racoon broke up and took 1104 of her 1157 man crew down with her. Psyche sank with 995 of her 1157 man crew.
Bazin was targeting Resolution, crossing her T and turning back to do it again, but Resolution was trying to sink one of the retreating Destroyers torpilleur. As Vansittart came up from behind Resolution the Grands éclaireurs d’escadre put their 155mm secondaries on her and sank her 215 of her 222 man crew. Resolution as determined, but Charles Martel began to add her fire to hitting the British battleship. Listing to starboard, Resolution had flooding forward reaching back to her main tower, flooding starting aft, an engine disabled, and over 500 casualties reported. She couldn’t fire her guns. But the heavy cruiser Australia charged into Bazin’s division in a hope of saving the Resolution. Australia’s efforts were for naught as Resolution sank with 2135 of her 2482 man crew. Australia lasted only until after Brisk when down, also shattered by Bazin’s division and taking 559 of her 682 man crew with her. Bazin targeted Galatea.
Charles Martel had torpedoes heading in but she was busy, sinking the Fox with 926 of her 1157 man crew. Brisk followed, shattering under fire and taking 1007 of her 1157 man crew down with her. Charles Martel then targeted the already badly damaged by fratricide Duke of Edinburgh. Duke of Edinburgh tore apart, losing 566 of her 682 man crew. Charles Martel targeted Leviathan.
Galatea sank with 566 of her 682 man crew. Leviathan broke up and took 559 of her 682 man crew down with her. The light cruiser Topaze was left. She had minor damage from incidental hits but was out of 190.7mm ammunition and had over 100 casualties reported. She had launched torpedoes at Charles Martel and was targeting Bazin if she got a chance. Her 86.2mm guns were firing on Bazin. With every gun aimed at her the crew of Topaze abandoned ship, only 116 of her 1157 man crew getting off alive.
Fulliautomatix had taken 89 casualties, Grimuad 47, Planchet 31, Porc-epic 25, Annamite 22, Enseigne Henry 19, Porthos 6, Galilée 5, Bazin 3, and Charlemagne, Paris, D’Artagnan, and Mousqueton 2 each. Épée had 18 survivors and Ouragan 9. 2976 British personnel were pulled out of the water.
Battle of Nassau, Part 1
Le Républicain Provence, Marseille
MCMXLXIV, 12 march 1954
Introducing the Gaul
Nine Cuirassés de 1er rang, the Gaul class Fulliautomatix, The Paris, lead of her class, and her sister ships the Charles Martel, the Lorraine, and the Charlemagne, the Mousquetaire class lead Athos, and her sister ships the Porthos, the Aramis, and the D'Artagnan, four Companion class Grands éclaireurs d’escadre, the Planchet, the Grimuad, the Mousqueton, and the Bazin, The Léon Gambetta class Croiseurs Cuirassés Porc-epic and Dupleix, the Duguary-Trourin class Croiseur Léger Émile Bertin, the La Galissonnière class Croiseur Léger Galilée, and five Destroyers torpilleur, the Sénégalais class Enseigne Henry and Annamite, and the Tonkinois, lead of her class, and she sister ships the Épée and the Ouragan, were covering the landings in New Providence at Nassau when they were attacked by three Hood class battleships, the Queen, Resolution, and Commonwealth, the Invincible class battlecruiser Defence, six Minotaur class heavy cruisers, the Australia, Duke of Edinburgh, Immortalite, Lancaster, Leviathan, and Galatea, eight Iris class light cruisers, the Arethusa, Brisk, Fox, Gladiator, Pegasus, Psyche, Racoon and Topaze, and two destroyers, probably Pheasant class, the Oriana and Vansittart.
With the Hoods the British Republic Navy had the largest ships. But their total tonnage was only 529 thousand. With nine Cuirassés de 1er rang the Marine Nationale fleet was a total of 756 thousand tons. The British had 23 thousand personnel at the battle, the French 25 thousand.
The French fleet formed a battle line on the Charles Martel with all nine Cuirassés de 1er rang and the four Grands éclaireurs d’escadre led by Bazin. Porc-epic and Dupleix also followed in the wake of the battle line. Galilée and Émile Bertin formed up with the Destroyers torpilleur and were sent forward to scout the enemy formations.
The British sighted the French force first and opened fire, but Charles Martel soon was able to fire back the sixty kilometers at the Hoods guided by Fulliautomatix. The British battleships were lined up Commonwealth, Queen, and Resolution. Defence was following behind.
However three light cruisers were closing under smoke and they were the first targets assigned as the Hoods hit Ouragan and Enseigne Henry. Enseigne Henry retired but Ouragan failed to report her damage and stayed in the fight. The first ship was a British Iris class light cruiser Gladiator, lost with 914 of her 1157 man crew.
Épée took a massive hit on her main belt from the 371.2mm guns of the Defence. She too was ordered to withdraw but she sank moments later with 171 of her 189 man crew. Galilée began to turn the scouting group away. Ouragan however took a 190.7mm shell from the light cruiser Pegasus. Ouragan sank with 180 of her 189 man crew. She would be the last French ship lost in the battle. The whole of the scouting group was ordered to withdraw. Annamite took two 498.2mm over penetrations on her aft belt and one solid hit from Queen amidships. Though the damage she took was massive, the excellent construction of the Sénégalais managed to save her and she got clear of the battle.
The ‘formation’ behind Charles Martel was an embarrassment. The Companions under Bazin were formed up but way behind. However Charles Martel and the battle line were finally getting hits on the British formation. With the British battleships now at front the whole battle line targeted Commonwealth. Soon 400mm shells were hitting Commonwealth, most on the main belt where the British battleship could take it, but soon the rest of the ship would take hits. Meanwhile Charles Martel turned her 155mm secondary guns on Pegasus closing ahead of her.
Then a squall hit. In the sudden downpour commanders on the British heavy cruisers panicked on seeing the Cuirassé de 1er rang Paris crossing in front of their formation, and began launching torpedoes indiscriminately. Galatea managed to torpedo one of her own ships with a live fish. Five other torpedoes were duds, luckily for their recipients. But more torpedoes went out, the heavy cruiser Lancaster hitting one of the Duke of Edinburgh with two of her torpedoes as did the light cruiser Fox. The light cruiser Brisk also seems to have hit the Duke of Edinburgh. Duke of Edinburgh lost her rudder and her #2 engine.
Commonwealth was still taking hits from the French battle line, and lost her #2 engine. Porthos was badly out of formation and actually cut through the British battleship division, taking the stern ensign off the back of the Commonwealth. Porthos was probably the ship targeted when the Duke of Edinburgh was torpedoed and Porthos nearly got torpedoed herself as she passed behind a British heavy cruiser and in front of Queen.
Cont’d
Punching Up
Le Républicain Provence, Marseille
MCMXLXIII, 12 November 1953
The Duguary-Trourin class Croiseur Léger D'Estrées was operating in the North Sea against the British threat when she found the Minotaur class heavy cruiser Donegal. The Donegal carried four single 183.1mm gun turrets ABXY. D'Estrées carried four triple 155mm guns turrets ABXY. Donegal carried four single torpedo deck launchers. D'Estrées carried two quintuple deck launchers. D'Estrées was a thousand tons heavier. Still, D'Estrées was the ‘light cruiser’ and Donegal was the ‘heavy cruiser’, so technically it was punching up.
Donegal was to the north-west and closing when D'Estrées turned south-west to open her considerable broadside. D'Estrées got the first hit, a minor impact on the main belt of Donegal. Donegal got a hipt back, then the volume of fire from D'Estrées began to tell. D'Estrées then dodged Donegal’s torpedoes, as if by instinct. D'Estrées tried to close on Donegal but she had to weave across Donegal’s wake to avoid torpedo launches, which with her single tube launchers Donegal could continue to spawn.
Finally Donegal’s torpedo magazine was expended, and D'Estrées could close directly. Donegal hovered between turning and opening her broadside, and running full out, as D'Estrées edged ever closer. With only chase armaments engaged D'Estrées was sending forward six 155mm shells and Donegal sending back only two 183.1mm shells, and less often.
Finally the Capitaine de frigate of D'Estrées decided he had done enough. Popping smoke, he turned D'Estrées, launched torpedoes, and made to break away. In his frustratingly British way, the Commander of the Donegal decided this meant he should turn back towards D'Estrées, which caused the torpedoes to miss. Finally breaking away, D'Estrées had taken 165 casualties. Donegal was reported to have taken 106.
A Bevy of Pheasants
Le Républicain Provence, Marseille
MCMXLXIII, 3 November 1953
The Saïgon class Croiseur Cuirassés Amiral Aube from the Marseille Station navale in Bouches-du-Rhône Department, the La Motte-Picquet class Croiseur Léger Magon from the Marseille Base navale in Bouches-du-Rhône Department, and the Aspirant Herber class Destroyer torpilleur Valmy from the Marseille Base navale principale in Southern France were on patrol in the Irish Sea when they found a convoy of five Octavia class 11 thousand ton 113 manned armed Navires de transport escorted by nine Pheasant Class 1950 refitted destroyers, the Volage, Comet, Goldfinch, Norman, Satyr, Sparrowhawk, Surprise, Witch, and Fury. Though it is unclear if the last two had received their refit.
Spotting the funnel smoke of a dozen ships to the north-west, the squadron moved to identify numbers and composition. They quickly sighted the convoy and escorts, though more ships kept appearing. Amiral Aube got the first hit of the battle, blasting through the main belt of an enemy ship. Operating on information about the range of the torpedoes carried by the British destroyers, as now they appeared to be, the squadron held back and shelled the enemy, with Amiral Aube launching torpedoes into the convoy. The British destroyers were formed in three divisions of three, all under smoke, with the nearest being targeted by the squadron. The fire and the torpedo spread broke up the British formations, and the second destroyer in the nearest division sank from shell hits. This was probably the Satyr, lost with all but two of her 210 man crew.
Amiral Aube went through to the second division before hitting the last ship in the division, the Comet, on her fore belt, doing massive damage. The third division had turned and was closing on Magon as the Croiseur Léger headed towards the Navires de transport. Magon engaged the lead ship of the third division, blowing away her forward funnel. Magon sank what appears to be the Fury with 221 of her 222 man crew. Magon then sank the Volage with 189 of her crew while launching torpedoes at the Surprise. Surprise sank with 201 of her 210 man crew. The third division was destroyed.
Amiral Aube was engaging destroyers of the first division. She targeted the Goldfinch. As she dodged Surprise’s last surprise, a torpedo launch at Amiral Aube and her, Magon was ordered to target the damaged Comet, with her flooded bow and 15 casualties. Comet soon sank with 199 of her 210 man crew while Magon dodged more torpedoes.
Magon now joined Amiral Aube in targeting Goldfinch. Goldfinch finally sank with 207 of her 210 man crew. Amiral Aube, who had dodged torpedoes herself, turned around to close on the convoy. Magon turned to engage the two remaining destroyers, running into a torpedo spread from Sparrowhawk and taking one dud while avoiding the rest. Sparrowhawk sank moments later with 174 of her crew. Witch followed minutes later with 182 of her 222 man crew.
Valmy, Amiral Aube, and Magon closed on the Navires de transport. Valmy got a torpedo hit while the British ships did no damage, though the Bacchante and Howe actually hit them. The Octavia, Tattoo, Russell, and Howe sank. The Bacchante surrendered. The British Merchant Marine lost 57 thousand tons of gross registered tonnage, 429 officers and seamen killed or lost in the Irish Sea, and 111 captured. Another 139 personnel of the Republic Navy were picked up, and the Commodore’s staff officer radioed the three ships for their casualty reports. Nothing was reported but some scrapped paint. The squadron had come through the battle with no personnel losses.