HMS Repulse leads a squadron of her half-sisters into a fight where she’s serverely outnumbered. Or rather a very target rich environment.
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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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Todays Lesson: "The Broadsides will continue until the Treaty improves"
Hey what have the Dominions been up too?
I know this would be very counter productive but could you do a build that's stupidly expensive and does extreme amount of fire power
"There's my rebuttal…" ha ha! Also, HMS Fennel and HMS Attack almost did a classic "hammer and anvil" torpedo attack. Impressive! And it's interesting to see a battle in the Black Sea. Don't see that too often (at least not since the Russian campaign). Also, those BC's of your turn on a dime. How do you improve a ship's turning radius, especially the big ones?
Secretary of the Admiralty Ricky Kopf
September 1921
Earlier in the month, both Admiral Munro and the Spanish are seeking peace with each other. However, at the same time, the latter decided on one last big battle in order to get the last laugh. This plan backfired as we have turned it into a “turkey shoot” as we obliterated their fleet. Hopefully, the Spanish will surrender on our terms. Meanwhile, the Italians are faring no better against us as our ships are constantly sinking theirs. In addition, we are in the process of removing the Italians out of East Africa by invading Eritrea.
Join us next time as we see whether the Spanish really want peace with us, and whether we occupy Eritrea.
Also, a perfectly acceptable card title for this episode:
Aggressive Spanish Negotiations!💥🕊
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It is said that the Great Madagascar massacre occurred during the peace negotiations and as the last Spanish ship sank the treaty that formally ended the British-Spanish war was signed, and its was during the peace celebrations that news of the Spanish Armada destruction was received, and a quote the British captain of HMS Repulse, "we started that day at war with the Spanish at 17:37 in the afternoon we engaged the Spanish Armada, at 17:47 the last of the Spanish fleet was sunk of the coast of Madagascar, then at 17:50 were informed were at peace, and all hostility's must seize immediately, I looked at my second i command and said i new we gave them a good flashing today but i didn't think the entirety of Spain wood surrender"
We come to negotiate peace. Here is are opening proposal … attached to these 15 inch shells. What is your response. What's that I can't hear you through the flames and screaming. We do appreciate you taking our proposal you disarm by sinking your ships but you could have waited until you got to port. LOL
At 30:20 – did the Spanish not have the fuel to make it to Scapa to scuttle?
I love when you said hello peace negotiation 🤣.
29:54 .
Found out today that there are two cities named 'Benbow' in the US, so I can have my own Benbow in my American campaign now
Okay YouTube algorithm, you can spread all the misinformation you want, cause this is truth!
Where did this game come from, and how have I never heard of it? Why has 'Black Sails' been popping up every time I search for naval warfare games?
And oh my, the negative reviews. WHY?????!!!
I'd like to imagine, for role playing reasons, the captains of those 3 ships going around like "What peace telegram? I certainly didn't receive any news about that. Wireless reception can be quite poor around these parts of Africa, you know". And then happily blasting away.
As an Australian can you find a way to repurpose HMS Australia?
The French hate us? 😯
Laughs in British 😏😂
Well thats a hell of cruiser battle.
Will be cool to take all colonial stuff from France during the campaign,maybe US to be the final boss and take all islands and maybe Alaska for Canada ;dd and how can i forget New England
Well, the BC's doing exactly what Jackie envisioned them doing…murdering cruisers with impunity ala The Falklands
19:33: For the second time you've missed showing us the port capacity damage. I understand the desire to keep the video tight, but
Iat least would like to know how things like port strike turn out, and how many of your crew you recover after a battle.We're not building anything. How can other countries respect us if we aren't building anything. Do another tranche of the County Class. IMHO
The Danger in Extending Negotiations for Honour’s Sake, Part 2
The Times: 13 September 1921
Cleaning Up Cruisers
The battlecruisers finally found the range of the Caridad Inglesa, literally “English Charity”. If this is an ironic Spanish Idiom, it’s a good one. The Caridad Inglesa started flooding fore and aft but was abandoned to the fires by her last forty-five crewmen. Santa Ana lost a casemate gun, then hull integrity in her five forward compartments, then #1 engine, but it would be a stray 15” that penetrated the main belt of the San Juan de Gargoriu that would cause her to break apart with 94 survivors in the water. Santa Ana was abandoned by her crew moments later, with only twenty-two making it off the ship. The Trinidad Valencera meanwhile was burning, 102 men getting off the ship in time.
The third division was in full flight, the Crístóbal Colón, Princessa de Asturias, San Salvador, and Maria Juan. Admiral commanded full speed and don’t spare the turbines. Convinced they couldn’t outrun the Royal Navy battlecruisers, the last division turned back to engage their enemies, having squandered the opportunity to attack while the battlecrusiers were engaged with other targets.
We’re just pruning the Spanish Navy of Aristocratic deadwood.
The Princessa de Asturias took fire first, getting two hits and losing nine crew. The Capitános de Frigata became so panicked they started ramming each other, the Maria Juan getting entangled with the Crístóbal Colón trying to avoid hitting the Princessa de Asturias. Missing the opportunity to plaster three ships at the same time, the battlecruisers turned their guns on the San Salvador, taking out her main tower and killing or wounding 144 men. Only damaged amidships, the San Salvador continued to close on the battlecruisers. Then she took a flooding hit forward with four compartments total compromised. Flooding broke through to the engineering spaces, and her engines were in danger. The San Salvador sank when a 15” shell went in and out her aft section, damaging her rudder and opening the rest of the ship to the sea. The crew abandoned ship with one hundred nineteen survivors.
In response to a torpedo warning the HMS Repulse pulled the battlecruisers into a tight turn. When they came out they had already hit the Maria Juan and Crístóbal Colón multiple times. The Crístóbal Colón was abandoned by her one hundred and eleven living crew as the fires swept through the ship. Maria Juan lost her main tower, and with it damage control coordination. With fires across ninety percent of the ship and flooding already in six compartments and starting in forward magazine, the Maria Juan took three more hits before being abandoned. Seventy men got off the ship.
With flooding forward the Princessa de Asturias was still trying to close and get hits. In fact she, Maria Juan, and Crístóbal Colón were the only Spanish ships to get hits on the battlecruisers. But as the HMS Repulse took the battlecruisers in another 180 degrees turn to avoid torpedoes, Princessa de Asturias continued to take hits. The Princessa de Asturias was abandoned after a massive hit destroyed her main tower and another one of her main guns, convincing the surviving senior officer that the ship would lose her magazine any moment. Twenty-six men made it off the ship.
The HMS Furious took nine casualties. The HMS Repulse took three. The HMS Glorious took only two.
The Danger in Extending Negotiations for Honour’s Sake
The Times: 13 September 1921
An immediate cessation of hostilities might have avoided this.
In their task of sweeping the coasts of the African Continent free of the Republic of Spain Navy’s ships, the 15” armed battlecruisers HMS Furious and HMS Glorious, both Courageous class, and the Renown class HMS Repulse were always intent on finding the Spanish Fleet led by the Gusana class battlecruiser Astrea Santa Bárbara. They did, east of Dar es Salaam. One Spanish battlecruiser, and a dozen Santiago el Mayor armoured cruisers.
With negotiations in the offer the Admiralty had sent a warning to all commanders to be aware of the situation but proceed as they thought best.
The Rear Admiral commanding the battlecruiser squadron thought it best to whittle down the Spanish Navy. He set the battle order as HMS Repulse, HMS Glorious, and HMS Furious, putting oldest ship in the lead, though all ships had been refitted in 1920. Order of the day, “Sink the Astrea Santa Bárbara first. Once having sighted the enemy, make your speed 16 knots and steer a course to open your broadsides.” The first hit killed or wounded thirty-one men and set the Astrea Santa Bárbara on fire. The second 15” hit penetrated the aft belt and damaged the rudder while killing or wounding twenty-six men. The third hit penetrated the main belt and jammed the just repaired rudder, killing or wounding thirty-one. The Astrea Santa Bárbara sank with all but ninety-seven of her crew.
With the Astrea Santa Bárbara the battlecruisers were free to choose their targets. The San Juan became the first target, she sank with seventy survivors. The Encoronada and Infanta Maria Teresa took fire next. The Encoronada sank with ninety-four survivors. HMS Furious’ 5” guns were now hitting the Santa Ana. HMS Repulse was hitting the Navarra. Navarra sank with sixty-two survivors. Infanta Maria Teresa took a main belt penetration from the HMS Repulse and exploded, leaving sixty-three survivors dazed and confused in the floating debris.
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Republic of Spain Accepts Peace Negotiations
The Times: 4 September 1921
The Congress of Deputies has authorized the government of the Republic of Spain to offer terms to obtain peace with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Empire of Greater India. The Cabinet has recommended pursuing their offer.
In other international news, the Republic of Germany has declared war on the Russian Federation. The Foreign Ministry has publically denounced this action. The only nations supporting the Republic are their ally the Kingdom of Italy and the Republic of China.
The Republic of Germany, offended by the Austro-Hungarian Republic’s communiques, has also decided to declare war them. Italy, China, and the United States have supported them.
Peace Offer to Republic of Spain
The Times: 30 August 1921
The Foreign Ministry, with the public concurrence of the Admiralty, the War Ministry, and the Colonial Ministry, has proposed peace negotiations between the Republic of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Empire of Greater India.
The United Kingdom announces they have no further territorial concessions to demand of the Republic of Spain.
Chased down in the Black Sea
The Times: 29 August 1921
Daring Passage of the Bosporus
The Russian Federation’s Black Sea Fleet seemed unable to run down the Piemonte class protected cruiser Immacolata Concezione, which is just a blasphemous name for a warship, and the Montbello class protected cruiser Cornelio Silla. So at the urging of His Hellenic Majesty, who likes to maintain good relations with Saint Petersburg as does the Romanian Republic, the HMS Daring led a destroyer squadron of allied ships past Istanbul to find the two Italian ships. With her was her sister D-class destroyer, HMS Defender, the Royal Hellenic Navy’s C-class destroyer HHMS Undine, as well as the A-Class destroyer HMS Advantage. When in the Black Sea they rendezvoused with the Romanian Republic Navy’s B-class destroyers RRS Colne, RRS Basilisk, and RRS Cherwell
The allied destroyers found the two Regia Marina cruiser skulking just west of Sinop on the Black Sea coast of the Turkish peninsula. The HMS Advantage led the HMS Daring, RRS Cherwell, and HMS Defender while the RRS Basilisk led the HHMS Undine and RRS Colne, putting the 3” armed ships first so they could get in range sooner. As they closed in the Italians disappeared behind smoke, but they were soon spotted again. The HMS Advantage got the first hit but the enemy attempted to torpedo the RRS Basilisk. The RRS Basilisk dodged the first ship’s torpedoes only to find one of the second ship’s torpedoes verging toward her. The RRS Basilisk dodged a third spread and continued to close on the now fleeing cruisers, peppering the ships with 3” fire and setting the IC on fire. With perfect timing the HMS Advantage launched her four torpedo spread, a capability provided by her ’20 refit, at the IC getting two hits killing or wounding fifty-two, causing flooding in nine compartments and disabling #3 engine. The IC sank with only 75 of her crew as her magazine exploded.
The Cornelio Silla meanwhile tried another torpedo strike on the RRS Basilisk, finally getting a torpedo hit on a destroyer. RRS Basilisk fell back giving the lead to HHMS Undine. But allied torpedoes where heading towards the Cornelio Silla from HMS Advantage’s division and HHMS Undine was leading her division in right into them. Fortunately the Cornelio Silla took one torpedo from HMS Daring and the fourth torpedo from HMS Advantage, giving her a 100% hit rate. RRS Colne, following HHMS Undine, fired two torpedoes point blank into Cornelio Silla just as she took her first two hits, losing twenty-seven crew and hull integrity. One of RRS Colne’ torpedoes missed across the bow but the other struck clean on amidships. The Cornelio Silla sank with 368 of her 403 man crew.
The Royal Hellenic Navy’s ship HHMS Undine suffered six casualties. The Romanian Republic Navy’s ship RRS Basilisk suffered four casualties from the torpedo she took from the Cornelio Silla. The HMS Advantage took three casualties.
The Hawk Flies Again
The Times: 27 August 1921
But the Myrtles bag the Game
The HMS Sparrowhawk, and Interceptor class fast protected cruiser, and three Myrtle class gun light cruisers, the HMS Intrepid, HMS Hobart, and HMS Hotspur, chased down three Regia Marina Piemonte class protected cruisers near Malta; the Falco, Generale Antonio Cantore, and the Quatro.
On sighting the enemy smoke the four cruisers closed at best speed, sailing at 29.5 knots, with HMS Sparrowhawk on port, then HMS Intrepid, HMS Hobart, and HMS Hotspur. On sighting the enemy all four ships opened fire and turned to port, putting HMS Hotspur closest to the enemy. The first hit on the enemy was from a 3” gun from the HMS Sparrowhawk. The HMS Hotspur detected the first torpedo launch just as the first 6” shell struck the Generale Antonio Cantore. The HMS Hotspur avoided the torpedo spread as the other ships continued forward, HMS Hobart now closest to the enemy. The Quartro launched her torpedoes at the HMS Hotspur but the Royal Navy cruiser just continued her turn to bring herself back around. The volume of fire finally broke the Generale Antonio Cantore, and she left three men floating in her wreckage.
Now the Quatro started taking the 6” shells as she sent ouf 3.6” in return, firing on the HMS Hotspur and ignoring the ships closer to her. The Falco launched her port torpedoes at the HMS Hotspur as well, much too far away to have any chance of hitting. HMS Intrepid took 7.2” and 7.3” hits from Falco and Quatro. HMS Intrepid dodged a torpedo just as Quarto sunk with all but twenty-two of her crew.
Alone now, the Falco takes a penetration of her main belt, losing a secondary gun and 20 crewmen with #2 and #3 engines disabled and flooding started. Now slowed, Falco rams into Quarto, and comes almost to a stop as shells rain down on her. Flooding rapidly spreads through the ship as she slowly disentangles herself from the wreckage of the Quarto. But the flooding has won, and the Falco sinks with 431 of her 442 man crew.
The HMS Intrepid has taken two casualties. The HMS Hotspur has taken seven and drawn the fire of the enemy at the worst time for them.
Port Strike on Barcelona
The Times: 25 August 1921
The F-class destroyer HMS Fennel led her sister ship HMS Fareham along with the deadly pair of D-class destroyers HSM Duke and HMS Duchess, five C-class destroyers, HMS Concord, HMS Caribbean, HMS Constant, HMS Clacton, and the Royal Hellenic Navy’s HHMS Steadfast along with the A-class destroyer HMS Attack on an attack on the port facilities of Barcelona. Their only distraction, the Santiago el Mayor class armoured cruiser, the Regina Maria Cristina.
Formed in three divisions, The HMS Fennel led the port division, the HMS Duchess led the center, and HMS Caribbean led the starboard. They all closed on the enemy smoke in lines astern. The HMS Fennel sighted the enemy warship running from English smoke. The commodore flying his pennant on the HMS Fennel committed the force to close on the enemy cruiser and engage. Eleven minutes later the destroyers were in range of their 5” guns and preparing for their torpedo attacks, each now operating as an individual unit.
Taking multiple 5” hits that wore away her crew and her hull, the Regina Maria Cristina launched torpedoes to drive off her attackers. Aimed at the HHMS Steadfast, the Greek ship merely turned a few degrees to dodge them. The HMS Fennel, still leading, swung to port to parallel the Spanish cruiser and launched four torpedoes just as HMS Attack launched her torpedo spread. The Regina Maria Cristina slipped the slot of the HMS Attack’s spread but took one dud aft and two live torpedoes forward from the HMS Fennel. Now flooding fore and aft from torpedo hits and 5” shells, the Regina Maria Cristina had already lost 280 of her crew. HMS Caribbean launched her torpedoes as Regina Maria Cristina’s own torpedo magazine is destroyed. HMS Clacton and HHMS Steadfast launch their torpedoes as a dud from the HMS Caribbean hits. Now however the Regina Maria Cristina is flooding in seven compartments and doesn’t have the anti-floodings to control it. She succumbs to the rising water, losing 787 of her 853 man crew. In return the Regina Maria Cristina has scratched the paint of the HMS Fennel.
Cruisers Crushed in the Central Med
The Times: 22 August 1921
The Iron Duke class dreadnought HMS Benbow, escorted by the D-class destroyer HMS Dephinium, the C-class Greek destroyer HHMS Moorsom, and the A-class destroyer HMS Acanthus found four Regia Marina protected cruisers in the Central Mediterranean near Tripolitania, two Piemonte class, Taranto and Ottaviano Augusto, and two Montbello class, the Giovanni Bausan and Coatit.
The HMS Benbow closed at best speed with the destroyers racing ahead to scout the enemy. Sighting the enemy which immediately generated smoke, the destroyers had to close more to spot the fall of shot for the HMS Benbow. HMS Acanthus, leading the destroyer division, dodged the first torpedo launch, then the second. This she did by leading the division closer to the enemy. The HMS Acanthus launched her four torpedo spread against the Taranto, which dodged them. Two 13.5” shells from the HMS Benbow found the Ottaviano Augusto, wounding or killing fifty-five men. The Taranto ran into a spread of torpedoes from the HMS Delphinium, one which missed, two that were duds, and one live hit that struck the forward belt, started the ship flooding, and killed or wounded 31 men.
The enemy’s next torpedo nearly launch struck the HHMS Moorsom on the bow while the Greek destroyer’s one hit was a dud. The trailing Italian cruiser launches her torpedoes on the closing dreadnought. Overwhelmed by her loss of 194 men, the Ottaviano Augusto surrendered. The Coatit, the target of the destroyer line, took a 5” through her main belt that disabled #2 and #3 engines, then another that destroyed a casemate gun and killed or wounded fifty-one men, and a third that took out a secondary gun. The Coatit finally sank with nineteen survivors.
The Giovanni Bausan loses a 1.8” gun and its three man crew then a 5.2” gun with its nine man crew. The Giovanni Bausan make an attempt to sink the HMS Delphinium with a torpedo launch but misses. Burning and flooding, Giovanni Bausan loses a 1.6” casemate gun and another fourteen crew. Giovanni Bausan makes another torpedo launch as flooding takes hold fore and aft. With six compartment fully flooded the Giovanni Bausan attempted to withdraw, turning her stern to the destroyers and her starboard aft quarter to the HMS Benbow, finally losing her 7.3” gun and five of its crew. 5” shells pound the cruiser and 13.5 batter her. She now as 289 men answering to duty out of a crew of 403. Her torpedo tubes once again loaded, the Giovanni Bausan launches them at the HMS Acanthus but the Italian ship is done, sinking with only twelve survivors.
The HMS Acanthus took five casualties. The other destroyers have not been touched, and the HMS Benbow never needed to get in range of the enemy’s fire.
Convoy Raid Deep in the Adriatic
The Times: 19 August 1921
HMS Indefatigable, lead ship of her battlecruiser class, led the C-class destroyer HMS Cameron into the Adriatic Sea to hunt for Italian transports. They found a convoy of twelve Granito class 3 thousand ton 14 man crewed armed transports. And no we did not mess up the stats, these aren’t 8 thousand ton transports with 41 man crews. The Kingdom of Italy is building extremely small armed transports to operate in the enclosed waters of the Adriatic. They were escorted by one Piemonte class protected cruiser, the Dogali, and two Montebello class protected cruisers, the Aquila and Umbria.
The Royal Navy ships closed on the sign of smoke trails until they could sight the enemy warships and then their transports. The HMS Indefatigable towards the transports and the HMS Cameron closed towards the cruisers, which had generated smoke to hide themselves, in the hope of drawing out their torpedo launches. This worked as the HMS Cameron was nearly past the cruiser’s battle line when the first torpedoes went out. By turning back to parallel the cruisers course the HMS Cameron drew out a second torpedo launch from the Aquila. The HMS Indefatigable turned to avoid the second torpedo spread. 5” shells from the HMS Indefatigable and the HMS Cameron began to hit the cruisers with the HMS Cameron sending her first two torpedoes against the Aquila. One hit on the citadel disabling #3 engine, causing flooding, and wounding thirty.
The HMS Indefatigable had been using its port side secondary guns to fire on the convoy, and the first ship sunk, the Uarsciek II, with no survivors. The Aquila took a 13.5” hit through her main belt that destroyed a secondary gun and wounded 34 crew. She immediately broke up, leaving only 33 of her 403 man crew floating with the wreckage. The Umbria took the next 13.5” hit through her fore belt, losing her forward turret and suffering 42 casualties. She was flooding and on fire over the forward half of the ship. The HMS Cameron took two 4.4” hits from the Dogali and began flooding. She was heading towards the transports, of which the Marea finally sank from flooding with two survivors. HMS Indefatigable hit Umbria, now fully flooded in the forward five compartments, again with a 13.5” shell through her main belt and another through her aft belt that began the ship flooding aft. She lost 21 crew from this salvo and sank from flooding, with only sity-four survivors.
The Dogali tried to catch the HMS Indefatigable in a turn with her torpedoes, but the battlecruiser proved handier than expected. The HMS Indefatigable hit the Dogali with two 13.5” shells, on through the main belt that jammed the rudder and destroyed a secondary gun, the other that destroyed the secondary tower and disabled #2 engine. The Dogali took seventy-five casualties from these two hits and was abandoned by her remaining fifty-three crew to the fires that had spread across the ship.
With the HMS Indefatigable freed up to fire her 13.5” shells against the convoy, the transports were now facing HMS Cameron’s 5” shells and torpedoes and the fire from the battlecruiser. The HMS Cameron sank the Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia with no survivors as her 4” shell magazine exploded. HMS Indefatigable sank the Porfido leaving two survivors. HMS Cameron sunk the Corona II with all hands lost. The Leonardo da Vinci finally sunk from flooding with no survivors.
The Granito, leading the transport column, sunk with one survivor. The Conte di Cavour followed suit, flooding out with one survivor. HMS Indefatigable sank the Acciaio with no survivors then took out the Barillo and the Enrico Toti leaving two survivors on the latter. The Lince was sunk last with two survivors.
HMS Cameron took three casualties from the two hits by the Dogali.