Japan vs Force Z – Episode 29 – Dreadnought Improvement Project Japanese Campaign

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Well not Force Z exaclty, quite a lot more as it happens, but the Imperial Navy is ready and waiting to eliminate the remaining British forces in the Pacific.

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34 thoughts on “Japan vs Force Z – Episode 29 – Dreadnought Improvement Project Japanese Campaign”

  1. Man.. where are those casemate torpedo cruisers of yours when you need them? 🙂 Those big blobs of enemy ships are just begging for spreads of Long Lances. Anyway, good mix of big and small battles this episode!

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  7. The more I watch this game the more I think that expanding it into modern age would benefit it cuz now there just isn’t much do to for smaller ships in late game. Capital ship in general are just too strong and yeah that was expected in a game such name but just slapping bigger guns on bigger boats kinda gets boring after a while and imo it requires inttpduction of some late game „gamechangers”

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  11. I suggest low fuel ships might be the result of gas and commanders . Like my wife . Gas up car 1 time then drives like her tank holds a endless supply.

    Fule consumption should vary in high storms in regards to light ships ( destroyers and light cruisers with poor pitch and role have lots of ruff weather problems. As per real world ) there are some location on earth only battle ships and air craft carriers dare go. Evan then nation down all hatch's and clear the decks and secure all flight vehicles.

    Mother nature can be a bitch

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  15. Those ships were seen as a high threat and eliminated.
    ummm .. They were heading away from the battle fleet almost running. Your Ships picking their own targets decided to commit war crimes and sink them so they could not flee. Dead men tell no tales seems to be the fleets motto. LOL

    Oh the carnage. Ship after ship going down, even in a smoke screen to accidental shots. I can just imagine the British. 10 minutes into the battle and 10 ships down the sea full of burning oil and screaming men. Yeah adding a morale to the ships for battles would be useless as whomever is left would be fleeing in fear by now….

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  20. 23:09: If the Theseus is located in the Red Sea then her home port is Port Sudan, which means she had to pass through the Suez Canal before the war began and the Egyptians closed it for her to engage the Tone and Naniwa, whom I assume came out of Hurghada in Southern Egypt (Upper Egypt correctly) and which could have passed through the canal as Egypt is our ally.

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  21. Soviet Union Declares War no Japan!

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 4 August 1945

    The Soviet Union has demanded that the Empire of Japan “invest” money in their economy as reparations for all the territories they have lost to Japan in four wars in the 20th century.

    Having regained power in 1944, the revanchist Communist Party declared their intention of getting back territory or money from Japan, Italy, and Germany. That they have distracted themselves with us first has brough them the support of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland along with the Republic of Great Britain, the United States of America, and the Republica de España. Only the Repubblica Italiana and our allies stand with us.

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  22. The Times (of London)

    MCMXLV: 28 July 1945

    A Debacle to Match the Charge of the Light Brigade

    Already having gotten the nation into a war with the Kingdom of Italy, the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Foreign Minister have been gulled into a war with the Empire of Japan by petty insults, avoidable provocations, and childish responses. There can be no question that the Chief Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy provoked this war, but he at least was preparing for it.

    The latest numbers of ships between the two navies are not available, but reliable data from July of 1943 show that the British Republic Navy possessed forty-two battleships, six battlecruisers, eight heavy cruisers, twenty-six light cruisers, and twelve destroyers in the active fleet, with one ship under repair and no ships under construction. The Imperial Japanese Navy had thirteen battleships, nine battlecruisers, sixty-three heavy cruisers, fifty-six light cruisers, and one hundred seventeen destroyers with thirteen ships under construction believed to be three Yamato class battleships and ten Mizuho class battlecruisers. This would of at first blush suggest that the Republic of Great Britain had the advantage, with forty-eight capital ships versus thirty-five for the Japanese assuming they got their new construction done. But a consideration of the strategic level of the war shows that the Imperial Japanese Navy can protect their far flung possessions with their extensive light forces while the Republic of Britain Navy is not able to do the same. Further in total tonnage the Imperial Japanese Navy topped off at 2.6 million tons displacement in 1943 and an estimated 3.5 million tons after completion of their new ships while the Republic of Britan Navy will have 2.5 million tons. In short, our ships are fewer and smaller.

    At least the First Sea Lord as taken some advantage of the timing. Reports say the second group of Yamato class battleships are not yet completed and the first two, the Yamato and Musashi, are undergoing a refit. This last is not a comfort. The Japanese have improved their gun technology and are installing Mark 5 18.1”/50 guns to replace the Mark 3 18”/45 guns provided in the original design. But what has the First Sea Lord done with the ability to choose the timing of the start of this war? He has sent the Pacific Fleet into an attack on the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Main Fleet and lost the Barfleur class battleships Marlborough and Agamendon, the Montagu class battleships Montagu, Barham, Canopus, and Eagle, the Prince of Wales class battleship King George V, still not renamed after years of squabbling in the House of Lords, the Hood class battlecruisers Northumberland and Royal Alfred, three Carysfort light cruisers, and four Phaeton class light cruisers, without sinking a single Japanese ship. Then the Indian Ocean Fleet arrived, having failed to time their rendezvous, and instead of engaging a damaged Main Fleet, encountered and fought the Japanese Reserve Fleet, losing the Prince of Wales class battleships Prince of Wales, Centurion, Collingwood, Duncan, and Ocean, the Hood class battlecruisers Resistence and Bacchante, the Edgar class heavy cruisers Edgar, Bacchante, Donegal, Kent, Natal, and Nelson, eleven Yarmouth class light cruisers, and four Liffy class destroyers, heavily damaging but not sinking the Japanese light cruiser Takachiho.

    The one bright bit of news comes from the Port Sudan Station, where the Orlando class Theteus, a larger and more capable ship than the Edgars, was able to sink one Abukuma class light cruiser, the Tone and drive off the Naniwa while patrolling east of Tobruk looking for Egyptian commerce.

    Japanese intentions are clear, pick off our colonies in China, the East Indies, and south-west Asia, rolling west as they go. There is no reason to think they will stop before they try to roll over the continent of Africa. We can only hope that as the distance from their home islands increases for them, and the distance from the British Isles decreases for us, the logistical advantage will grow in our favor before the Commerce Warfare destroys our ability to fight.

    All parties are calling for the resignation of First Sea Lord Admiral David Palmer with Admiral Eric Madden, commander of Home Fleet, as his likely replacement.

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  23. Skirmish at Tobruk

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 24 July 1945

    The Abukuma class light cruisers Naniwa and Tone, operating out of Hurghada on the Red Sea and able to pass through the Suez Canal as the Republic of Egypt is our ally, found the ## class heavy crusier Theseus operating near the British controlled port of Tobruk along the Egyptian coast. Bouyed by the reports of the destruction of two fleets in the Yellow Sea, the Kaigun-chūsa of the Naniwa decided to close on the heavy ship and try to destroy her.

    Tone took the leas trying to close on the funnel smoke to the south-east. Once sighted they recognized it was a new class of British ship, carrying two 10.1” twin turrets fore and aft on the deck, a 6.2” twin super firing forward, a 4.3” triple super firing aft, four single 3.3” gun turrets mounted in the secondary tower, two per side, and four single, two twin, and two triple 2” gun mounts scattered across the ship. A dual deck torpedo launcher sat on the quarter deck.

    With shorter ranged 6” guns, the Tone headed directly in while the Naniwa swung into line abreast instead of line ahead to avoid any overshoots. Theseus responded by kiting away, keeping the range to her favor for as long as possible. Finally Theseus turned to open her full broadside and bring her 6.2” guns into play. Tone was finally able to fire her 6” guns, but neither side had gotten a hit yet..

    Tone and Naniwas swung north to open their broadsides. They had twenty-four 6” guns to match against Theseus’ four 10.1” guns, two 6.2” guns, and three 4.3” guns. If the secondaries got into play the Abukumas would have forty-two 2” guns to the Theseus’ two 3.3” guns and nine 2” guns. It was Theseus that was getting the hits with her 10.1” and 6.2” guns however, and had launched torpedoes.

    Tone turned east towards Theseus to avoid the torpedoes, then opened her broadside again. Finally Theseus was taking hits. And while they fought the two Japanese ships were collecting what information they could from the enemy ships.

    Then Tone took two 10.1” shells through her main belt. The Kaigun-chūsa of the Naniwa ordered both ships to withdraw, but it was already too late for Tone. Minutes later Tone sank with 689 of her 764 man crew. Naniwa slowly pulled away from Theseus and broke free, suffering a total of 10 casualties. The Theseus then picked up 75 Japanese officers and enlisted men. She later reported having taken 153 casualties.

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  24. Battle of Weihaiwei, Part 2

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 17 July 1945

    A Long Ending

    The battle line then targeted a block of five ships hanging back behind Duncan, and sank another Yarmouth class light cruiser. Believed to be the Dido, the ship suffered 686 casualties in the battle.

    The Takachiho was finally ordered to withdraw, but not before launching both sides of her torpedoes. One of her six would hit the enemy. The battle line was beating on the last battleship in the initial charge, the Collingwood, damaging her and sending her reeling back. Then the Liffy class destroyers were closing and the Welfare was sunk with 282 of her 310 man crew. Tryphon was then sunk with 260 of her crew. Veteran sank with 267 of her crew. Wanderer broke apart taking 285 of her crew down with her. All four Liffy class destroyers were gone, along with their sixty torpedo tubes.

    The Hood class battlecuiser Resistence was now in the front of the British formation, or more correctly scrum, but the Japanese battle line first finished off the battleship Collingwood, sinking her with 172 of her 817 man crew, most being able to abandon ship. Then fire from the battle line destroyed the X turret on the battleship Centurion, which was following Resistence. Three battleships and one battlecruiser, the Prince Consort, were now the target. Resistence was pulling away from the main group with Prince Consort trying to close up on her without hitting the wreck of the Collingwood. The Prince of Wales, lead of her class, sank with 711 of her 817 man crew.

    The Edgar class heavy cruisers Bacchante and Donegal were trying to move ahead of the Japanese battle line when they were spotted and taken under fire. The Bacchante broke up under fire and sank with 609 of her 639 man crew. A moment later a torpedo from the Skirmisher hit another British ship. The heavy cruiser Donegal sank with 550 of her crew. Fire turned back to the British main body, sinking the Yarmouth class Skirmisher with 702 of her 807 man crew. The Iris was sunk with 702 of her crew. One light cruiser remained, hiding under smoke.

    Fire turned back to the battlecruisers, and the Hood class Prince Consort broke her keel and took 1050 of her 1095 man crew with her. Kasagi took a torpedo but it did minor damage aft from the sunken Iris. The British battleship Duncan then broke up, taking 719 of her 817 man crew with her.

    The Hood class battlecruiser Resistence was to the north and pulling away. The battleships Centurion and Ocean were still in the midst of the sinking Indian Ocean fleet. Crown Colony was still hiding under smoke picking up survivors. Ocean was the first ship targeted, flooding fore and aft. Ocean sank with 765 of her 817 man crew. Crown Colony appeared out of the smoke and was immediately obliterated, taking 726 of her 807 man crew down with her.

    Resistence had turned back after her executive officer relieved the captain of command. Disgusted that Resistence had not gotten a hit in the battle, the mutinous commander tried to bring his ship close enough to actually hit one of the smaller Japanese ships. The Japanese battle line was not impressed, and targeted Centurion for elimination first, with only Hou-Ou putting fire on Resistence. Centurion surrendered with 507 survivors of her 817 man crew.

    Resistence was still trying to close on the battle line and get a hit. With six hits from one salvo the battle line tore Resistence to pieces, leaving eight survivors of her 1095 man crew.

    In total the British Republic Navy lost another 479 thousand tons of warships, 17,172 officers and enlisted men killed or lost in the Yellow Sea, and 3,054 men captured. The Dai-ni Kantai took 313 casualties, 180 on the Takachiho which will take months of repair, 66 on the Aso, 35 on the Tosa, 23 on the Hou-Ou, six on the Sagami, and four on the Kasagi. Fuji and the other light cruisers suffered no casualties.

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  25. Battle of Weihaiwei, Part 1

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 17 July 1945

    The Indian Ocean Fleet Arrives

    The Dai-ni Kantai (2nd or Reserve Fleet), consisting of the Sagami, lead ship of her battleship class, and her sisters Aso and Kasagi, the Tosa, lead ship of her battleship class, and her sisters Fuji and Hou-Ou, the Niyodo class light cruiser Takachiho, the Mogami class light cruisers Katori, Tama, and Yasoshima, and the Abukuma class light cruiser Kashiwara, was providing a second covering fleet for the landings against Weihaiwei. There they were attacked by the Prince of Wales, lead ship of her battleship class, and her sisters Centurion, Collingwood, Duncan, and Ocean, the Hood class battlecruisers Prince Consort and Resistence, six Edgar class 9”/49 armed heavy cruisers, the Edgar and her sisters Bacchante, Donegal, Kent, Natal, and Nelson, eleven Yarmouth class 6.2”/50 armed light cruisers, Skirmisher, Brillante, Crown Colony, Diomede, Fox, Iris, Perseus, Pique, Retribution, Dido, and Orion, and four Liffy class 4.1”/28 armed destroyers, Tryphon, Veteran, Wanderer, and Welfare.

    The enemy was sighted coming up from the south. The battle line formed on the veteran battleship Hou-Ou with Aso, Kasagi, Sagami, Fuji, and Tosa behind. The Tama lead the screening light cruisers. Prince Consort and Resistence opened fire first with their 17.3”/57 guns. With the enemy headed slightly east the Hou-Ou turned the battle line east to open their broadsides, and returned fire with their 14”/50 guns. Hou-Ou took a minor hit on her prow first, but the battle line was soon hitting back.

    With their two quintuple deck launchers and their six underwater torpedo tubes the Edgar class heavy cruisers were targeted first, and it appears that the Kent was the first ship to sink, abandoned to fires by her remaining 86 crew out of a complement of 639 officers and enlisted. The Nelson broke apart under fire, taking 608 of her 639 man crew down with her. The class lead Edgar then was targeted, and she also shattered under 14” fire, taking 607 of her crew down with her. Three of her class were gone in less than seven minutes of the battle.

    The Prince of Wales class battleships were closing to bring their 12.2” guns into range. This was their only armament, they carried no secondary battery, just three twin turrets. But before dealing with that threat the battle line sank the Natal with 550 of her 639 man crew. Then the Yarmouth class light cruiser Diomede, trying to sneak into range behind the three closing battleships, took hits going long and was abandoned by the 105 survivors of her 807 man crew. With no hope of doing significant damage on the Japanese battleships the closing British battleships targeted the Takachiho, driving her out of her screening formation.

    Like her sister ship Diomede the Retribution was sunk while closing behind her capital ships, going down with 686 of her 807 man crew. Perseus broke apart after her, and took 786 of her crew down to the bottom of the Yellow Sea. The Brillante was abandoned by the 145 survivors of her crew. The battle line continued to target the Yarmouth light cruisers closing on them, burning down the Fox with 105 men getting off the ship.

    Kashiwara reported the first torpedoes coming in. It passed between Hou-Ou and Aso while Hou-Ou turned the battle line a little away from the enemy. The Yarmoth class Pique sank with 662 of her 807. The Prince of Wales class battleship Duncan was still closing, and now was the target of the battle line. Kashiwara detected more torpedoes but Hou-Ou’s slight course change had caused them to miss the battle line. A third torpedo passed behind Aso and ahead of Kasagi. The battle line took a moment to eliminate another torpedo threat, sinking the Yarmouth class Orion with 742 of her 807 man crew.

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  28. Battle of the Seychelles

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 29 August 1945

    The Kuma class light cruiser Yūnagi, operating as the division leader for two Ikazuchi class destroyers, the Hayashimo and Matsukaza, operating at the edge of our current theatres south-east of the Seychelles islands, found the Phaeton class light cruiser Sheffield escorting a convoy of four Northesk class 14.7 thousand ton 124 manned armed transports. Yūnagi turned north-east to intercept the convoy and take in under fire, with Matsukaza and Hayashimo following behind her. Yūnagi, Hayashimo, and Matsukaza quickly began getting hits on the transports, with Yūnagi sending out a massive torpedo spread at the ships. The first transport sank in under four and half minutes, the second five seconds later. The third transport broke apart. The last took a torpedo hit and came apart. From survivor interviews the Yūnagi reports this was, in order, the Adromache with 119 casualties, the convoy leader Northesk with 112 casualties, the Rigorous with 46 casualties and the Grampus with 104. In total 58 thousand tons of shipping, 381 officers and seamen of the British Merchant Marine killed or lost at sea, and 115 taken prisoner.

    Yūnagi closed on the Sheffield until it was forced to turn and engage. Sheffield got eleven 5.3” hits on Yūnagi, inflicting 39 casualties on the cruiser and taking far more 6” and 5” hits before taking three torpedoes hits from Matsukaza and sinking with 1228 of her 1247 man crew. 19 survivors were fished out of the water and taken prisoner.

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  29. Tsubone hōkoku-sho: Gunreibu: Daisanbu: Jōhō-kyoku:

    (Bureau Report: Navy General Staff: 3rd Department: Intelligence Bureau)

    21 August 1945

    Status of the British Republic Navy after two months of war with Japan.

    In consultation with our allies in the Repubblica Italiana Marina Militare we have concluded the following:

    We had certain data that in July of 1943 the British Republic Navy had 42 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 8 heavy cruisers, 26 light cruisers and 12 destroyers with no new construction at that time. Our best reports currently suggest the British Republic Navy has five ships under repair and fifty-four ships under construction, 19 battleships, 1 battlecruiser, 5 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and no destroyers. Our reports from the Dai-ichi Kantai and Dai-ni Kantai in the Yellow and South China Sea as well as Haifa Station give BRN losses to the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun (Imperial Japanese Navy) of 14 battleships, 4 battlecruisers, all of the Hood class, 8 heavy cruisers, 26 light cruisers, and four destroyers. The Marina Militare claims to have sunk 9 battleships, 1 battlecruiser, and 8 destroyers. We believe that five of these ships are actually under repair, but we cannot confirm the individual classes. If this is correct the BRN built five heavy cruisers, likely all Orlando class, and three light cruisers, likely Phaeton class, during the two years between July 1943 and July 1945. If the BRN began a new expansion of their active fleet around the summer of 1944 this would agree with the apparent construction and the large number of ships currently under construction.

    What is curious is why the British did not vastly increase the number of destroyers in their fleet composition first. At this time the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun and Marina Militare outnumber the BRN 138 to Zero in destroyers. This represents an existential threat to a commerce dependent island nation.

    Of the ship classes met so far, the only warning we find it necessary to recommend is that no lighter ships attempt to engage an Orlando class heavy cruiser.

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  30. Battle of Bunguran

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 16 August 1945

    The refitted Nikko-Shirane class heavy cruiser Utsugi was operating at the bottom of the South China Sea around the islands of Bunguran looking for British commerce when she encountered the Phaeton class light cruiser Delhi coming down from the north. Utsugi closed and found Delhi running under smoke. Delhi should have been able to pull away but tried to turn and close under the smoke. When the smoke broke 16 minutes into the chase Utsugi got the first hit. Her 9”/50 mark 5 guns quickly pilled on more hits with Delhi unable to reply with her 5.3” guns. The Kaigun-chūsa felt the moment and ordered a change in the ship’s direction just before Delhi’s torpedoes were detected. It’s this sense of timing that inspires the confidence of cruiser crews in their commanders.

    Utsugi continued to pound on Delhi, damaging her rudder. Delhi sank with 1205 of her 1247 man crew. Utsugi suffered 26 casualties, and pulled 42 British survivors out of the shark infested waters.

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  31. Battle off Rhodes

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 16 August 1945

    The refitted Tsugaru class light cruiser Niitaka of the Haifa Station was on patrol in the Aegean Sea when she was challenged by the Phaeton class light cruiser Conquest. Sighting the enemy to the west, she turned to close in. Stablizing her course and getting her fifteen 6”/40 Mark 5 guns firing, Niitaka waited for the first hits. Niitaka detected an incoming torpedo launch and turned to avoid the two fish spread. She got the first hits on Conquest but started to take shells bouncing off her main belt. Then salvo after salvo began to get her multiple hits on Conquest. For a dozen 6” hits Niitaka would take one 5.3”. Niitaka launched her port torpedoes but those would never get to Conquest. Turning after her launch, she was now parallel with Conquest at 6.8 kilometers, and penetrating the British cruiser’s aft belt. With flooding filling the aft half of the ship and starting forward Conquest sank with 1181 of her 1247 man crew. Niitaka had suffered 31 casualties and pulled 66 British officers and enlisted men out of the water.

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  32. Force Zed Arrives in Yellow Sea

    Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 11 August 1945

    While the Dai-ichi Kantai moved to Hong Kong to conduct a strike against the port there the Dai-ni Kantai encountered the Republic of Britain’s response to their Seppuku worthy failures of last month, Force Zed. Composed of the Barfleur class battleship Venerable, the Montagu class battleship Victorious, the heavy cruiser Orlando, lead of her class and her sister Warrior, the Edgar class heavy crusier Antrium, the Carysfort class light cruiser Undaunted, and five Phaeton class light cruisers, Amphion, Cossack, Enounter, Proserphine, and Town, this force was scraped together and sent out by First Sea Lord Admiral David Palmer to attempt to rectify the failures of the Pacific and Indian Ocean fleets in relieving the garrison at Weihaiwei.

    With the Niyoda class light cruiser Takachiho under repair the Dai-ni Kantai consists of the Sagami class battleships Sagami, Aso, and Kasagi, the Tosa class battleships Tosa, Fuji, and Hou-Ou, the Mogami class light cruisers Katori, Tama, and Yasoshima, and the Abukuma class light cruiser Kashiwara.

    Fuji and Kasagi sighted the enemy coming over the southern horizon and opened fire immediately. Fuji led the battle line in a turn to the west to open their broadsides. Aso, Hou-Ou, Sagami, and Tosa followed Kasagi. Katori led the screen of Yasoshima, Tama, and Kashiwara. The Dai-ichi Kantai would wait for Force Zed to close on them. The battleships began getting the first hits on the British.

    Five minutes into the battle and the Edgar class heavy cruiser Antrium was shattered by 14” fire and took 588 of her 639 man crew down with her. Two and a half minutes later and the Barfleur class battleship Venerable sank with 1574 of her 1768 man crew. Victorious was badly battered as well with three turrets destroyed, but it was the Phaeton class light cruiser Proserphine that broke up and sank with 1047 of her 1247 man crew. The battle was nine and a half minutes old and Fuji had taken a 13.1” round from Venerable.

    The Montagu class battleship Victorious surrendered after taking 658 casualties from her 1646 man crew. The British light ships were well back, and the battle line targeted them. When it was clear the British were running Fuji turned the battle line south-west to close on them. The Phaeton class light cruiser Cossack was sunk next with 1045 of her 1247 man crew. Targeting was mostly on the remaining Pheaton class light cruisers, with their distinctively placed second funnel. The Town was sunk with 1010 of her crew, then the Encounter with 1035 of her crew. Amphion broke apart, taking 1143 of her crew with her.

    The Carysfort class light cruiser Undaunted and the two Orlando class heavy cruisers were left, Warrior and the class lead Orlando. As Undaunted appeared out of her smoke she was swamped with 14” shells, and those that didn’t hit still helped shake her to pieces. 633 of her 782 man crew sank with her.

    The Orlandos were at the edge of the battle line’s range, but weren’t breaking away. Orlando sank with all but thirteen of her 1088 man crew after finally receiving salvos of shells. Warrior broke up, taking 1007 of her crew down with her. Force Zed was dead, and the British Republic Navy lost another 198 thousand tons of warships, 10,817 officers and enlisted killed or lost in the Yellow Sea, and 2,429 officers and enlisted men captured. The Dai-ichi Kantai took 61 casualties. The Fuji suffered 42 and the Kasagi suffered 19.

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