Back in episode 2 the arrogant Italian Navy nearly brought the proud nation of Brazil to its knees. Today we repay the favour by wiping out their fleet and taking their colonies! None can stand against the might of the Brazilian Battlecruisers!
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Captain of the 1st Company: Treefrog
Captain of the 2nd Company: Alerik Rahl
Lieutenants: Zaeren
Veteran Sergeants: 1st Place Onion, Rui, Welshy, Telemonian Dan, Rocket Linux
Sergeants: Charles Wright, Jackie, Twitchyknees
Veterans: Adrien Young, Sunless Sky Nova, Darth Vendar, Martti
Battle Siblings: ArtsyJohnE, Caleb Mayer, DWB001, Haytor, Jackychan97, Jeffery Labbe, Joakim B, JT Bismarck, Laszlo Szidonya, M van Dongen, nagebenfro, Patrick Connerney, Patrick Welsh, PS_Games, Tentacle Shogun, Zadrias, Good Boy 24, Jessica Rae
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I was having a design thought for the late-game: Recreate Libertad from World of Warships (6 x 2 16.5" guns centerline, 10 x 2 9.2" guns side-mounted, 8 x 1 5" guns on the superstructure, and a smattering of small AA guns).
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Why do I have a feeling the 3 BC vs 1 BC was a Hold my Beer contest? BC 1- Hey look what I did to the ship! BC 2 – Yeah, hold my beer (*pow*) See that's how it's done. BC 3 – Amateurs, hold my beer (*devestating attack*) THAT'S how you do it mates! Yep, says the others, got to say that was nice. What do we do now? Well, .. be a waste of good beer if we didn't sink the rest of the minor ships….
Portugal going back to its eastern european roots is an amazing piece of lore, you should look it up LOL, we really are just balkanites in Iberia XD
My conqueroring captain took a small, minor nation and made a empire ❤ get em captain!!
Who needs slow dreadnoughts when you have fast battleships/battlecruisers on the hunt?
Well, to be fair to the Italians they built decent ships, but they obviously didn't have any counter to the Race-Build Battle Doctrine upon which your main battle fleet operates.
Is it possible adjust the damage counters in your mod? I've always thought it was ridiculous that 0.052 damage looks much better than 52 damage until you notice the decimal place.
Looks like DiP hasn't fixed something I hate and doesn't make sense. That even on a clear day you can't even see DD's or CL until you are within range of their guns and that they can even shoot at you and you can't see them. Even worse they can pop a smoke screen and still somehow accurately shoot out of it.
I always try to use HE with capital ship guns Vs light stuff, seems to work better.
When you designed those 14 gun BC.s I did wonder why you never even tried triple turrets, say 4 triples would displace less
1:00:15 "We've been trying to reach you about your ship's extended warranty."
If that Italian BC had Krupp instead of Harvey armor, I bet it could have given you a bit of a fight.
I think i am becoming a believer of battlecruisers!!
Stealth is ruthless
Well done by the Brazilia! It also seems to me that, aside from launching at suboptimal angles, the AI is actually doing fairly competent torpedo attacks for once – the Italian DDs aren't just chilling at range, instead they're charging in and surrounding your ships, then making torpedo attacks while under smoke, which is actually quite smart.
News Briefs October 1922
Eritrea Falls. 1:04:55:
Estadão, 15 October 1922
The four month conquest of Eritrea is complete. The Fuzileiros Navais report 3688 casualties and believe the Esercito Italiano to over 5600. Rather than attempt a land invasion of Ethiopia the government in Brasila is going to negotiate for the landlocked province in a peace treaty with Rome.
Brasila Orders Blockade of the Peninsula 1:05:26:
Estadão, 23 October 1922
The fleet has been ordered into the Mediterranean to blockade the ports of the Italian Peninsula to bring Rome to the negotiating table.
Relatório: Second Tranche of the Gurupá class of Destruidores. 1:06:24:
Diretoria-Geral do Material da Marinha: Relatório da Direção: 27-Oct1922
Brief: The second tranche of the Gurupá class will consist of three Destruidores designed to a target displacement of 1900 tons and a top speed of 34 knots. These are for our new Red Sea and Indian Ocean ports. Final names are yet to be assigned.
Peace with Italy 1:06:44:
Estadão, 23 October 1922
The government of the Repubblica Italiana has proposed they pay a war indemnity of $1,766 million. The government of Estado Novo do Brasil had explained they want to avoid a future war over Ethiopia by exchanging that Province for $403 million off the proposed indemnity, and since they now planned to establish a presence in the eastern Mediterranean Brasilia would also be interested in taking the formerly Greek Dodecanese islands, with the port of Rhodes, for another $43 million discount. Since the Marina Militare is reduced to the Pontiere class Cacciatorpediniera Audace, the sole survivor of the First Battle of Mogadishu, though they have eight ships under construction, they agreed to give up the two provinces and a reduced indemnity of $1,320 million.
Government Declares War on Crete 1:06:48:
Estadão, 23 October 1922
Brasila has pressured the Greek Government in Exile to surrender control of the island of Crete and go into retirement and end the insurgency in Greece proper. The Greek GiE has refused. With peace signed with Rome the Encrouraçdos Rapido have moved to invest Suda Bay and the capital of Heraklion.
The Crusader State of Nederland has of course also declared war on the Greek Government in Exile.
The Final Sortie 1:00:00:
Estadão, 8 October 1922
The Foguete arrived off Mogadishu to join the Louco, lead of her class, the Foguete class Invictus Cohete, and the Brazilia class Nigella, just as the port fell into the hands of the Fuzileiros Navais. Losses on land were approximately 800 for the Fuzileiros Navais and 1550 for the Esercito Italiano.
The impending fall of the port forced the six Cacciatorpediniere to sortie and face the blockading squadron, these were three Carabiniere class, the Impavido, Francesco Nullo, and Augusto Riboty, and the three Simone Schiaffino class, Adrito, Generale Antonio Chinotto, and Nembo.
The Italians had a cunning plan to get their government officials and the bullion and currency out of the province. Adrito and Francesco Nullo would break south with the goodies and Augusto Riboty, Impavido, Generale Antonio Chinotto, and Nembo would break north, and having the larger force, would draw the attention of the four Encrouraçdos Rapido. This worked for a moment.
Foguete, being fresh and undamaged, led the squadron, followed by Louco, Nigella, and Invictus Cohete. Foguete led the first pass of Augusto Riboty and the rest just out of torpedo range. Once she had pass the Italian division she turned to come around and parallel them as the crew of Augusto Riboty abandoned their ship to the raging fires on board, but only 6 of the 118 men made it off alive.
The other three Cacciatorpediniere broke formation and began to maneuver to get into torpedo range. Foguete slipped the gap in the torpedo spread from Impavido just as the Italian ship sank with 104 of her 118 man crew. Foguete turned the line back to engage Generale Antonio Chinotto and Nembo. Generale Antonio Chinotto was sunk with 133 of her 140 man crew. Nembo launched torpedoes at Foguette but she just rocketed past them. A second spread went out when Nembo sank with 120 of her 140 man crew, but Foguete had been turning in towards Nembo and dodged these easily.
The squadron then checked their location, searched around, and found the smoke of the last two Cacciatorpediniere. They went in pursuit. A few minutes later Adrito sighted Foguete closing on her, and made smoke. That hid her exact location but revealed generally where she was. Francesco Nullo’s smoke was sighted a couple of minutes later. Foguete worked her way closer.
Adrito and Francesco Nullo had chosen to turn under their smoke try to break past the Brazilians to the north-east. Francesco Nullo didn’t make it, losing 113 of her 118 man crew. Ardito went not much longer after that, losing 133 of her 140 man crew. Along with the 12 naval personnel recovered were some civilian government personnel, but their numbers have not been reported.
The four ships went back to the first part of the battle and picked up 47 survivors. Louco, Invictus Cohete, and Foguete took one casualty each.
Revolution
Republic of Italy 55:52:
Estadão, 8 September 1922
The Monarchy in Italy has fallen, the government in Rome has declared the Repubblica Italiana. The Grande ammiraglio Edoardo Masdea has been deposed and had fled the country, his horrible handling of the war against Brazil being the cause of his outster. Ammiraglio d’Armata Umberto Hazon has taken charge of the newly renamed Marina Militare.
Mop up At Mogadishu 56:05:
Estadão, 17 September 1922
The Louco, lead of her class, the Foguete class Invictus Cohete, and the Brazilia class Nigella, got a little chance to do some mop up of the Marina Militare when they stumbled on the Veloce Class Italian Incrociatore corazzato Grifona.
Louco had the lead in this sweep of their patrol, and spotted funnel smoke to the south-west. Louco soon sighted Grifona, and the spotters on Grifona sighted Louco and Invictus Cohete. The chill must have run down their spines and Louco turned south to open her ten 14” gun broadside. All three Brazilian ships’ ranging shots missed, but Locuco’s first salvo got two hit on Grifona’s main belt. As the two sides edged closer 14” shells began to punch through the armor on Grifona. Another salvo and 7.1” twin turrets began to explode off the Italian ship. Grifona sank with 402 of her 444 man crew.
The three Encrouraçdos Rapido suffered no damage in the battle, but were low on ammunition and had shortfalls in their crew complements. A draft of 26 men arrived for the squadron soon after the battle.
Sudan Captured! 58:07:
Estadão, 22 September 1922
The Italian Province of Sudan, with its critical Red Sea naval base of Port Sudan, has fallen to the Fuzileiros Navais. The overland campaigns by the French Armée de Terre were 1051 men and the Spanish Ejército de Tierra 1343. Italian losses have not been disclosed.
Foguete has been sent to the Indian Ocean to join Louco.
Second Battle of Mogadishu, Part 2 47:44:
Estadão, 23 August 1922
Veloce
Invictus Cohete could see a Veloce class to the north and turned to run her down. She turned her guns on Vettor Pisani as the Veloce appeared. Nigella was now facing six Incrociatori protetti and sank the Scipione Africano with 554 of her 616 man crew. Invictus Cohete managed to batter the Vettor Pisani until she sank with 431 of her 444 man crew. Louco was able to sink Veloce with 395 of her 444 man crew. Invictus Cohete turned to lead Louco and join Nigella. These Italians were heading north-north-east and Nigella had no problem getting ahead of their formation. Euradice was set ablaze and 51 of her 389 man crew managed to abandon ship. Nigella was able to swing around ahead of Paolo Emilio. Badly flooded, Paolo Emilio attempted to fall back with only her citadel dry, but the bulkheads breached and Paolo Emilio sank with 376 of her 389 man crew.
Invictus Cohete was now up and firing on the two lagging Incrociatori protetti, Elba and Taranto. Elba was sunk with 557 of her 616 man crew. Taranto was sunk with 376 of her 389 man crew. Nigella was engaging with Brindisi when Invictus Cohete turned to find Dogali and the other Incrociatori protetti. Nigella finished Brindisi, sinking her with 353 of her 389 man crew. Nigella joined her cousins and headed east.
They found Dogali with her sister ships Capitani Romani and Emanuele Filiberto and the Masala class Campania. Capitani Romani was leading and she was sunk with 566 of her 582 man crew. Dogali tried to hide in smoke but she was close enough to see, and was taking hits forward, flooding her bow. She tried to break to the back of the division but was sunk with 538 of her 582 man crew. Emanuele Filiberto was coming in next. She lost 542 of her 582 man crew. Campania was firing away with her 7.4” guns. She took 6” and 14” shells in return. She was soon flooded forward, lost two engines and her 2.4” magazine, was burning, and had over 100 casualties reported. She sank with 342 of her 389 man crew.
Aware that they were not to allow the three Carabiniere class, Francesco Nullo, Impavido, and Augusto Riboty, and the three Simone Schiaffino class, Adrito, Generale Antonio Chinotto, and Nembo, to escape, the Encrouraçdos Rapido attempted to pursue, but eventually lost the trail. Louco had taken 1 casualty, Invictus Cohete 19, and Nigella 48. They picked up only 813 men when they swept the expansive battlefield for Italian survivors.
Second Battle of Mogadishu, Part 1 40:00:
Estadão, 23 August 1922
Madonna
Three Encrouraçdos Rapido of the Marinha de Guerra Brasil; the Louco, lead of her class, the Foguete class Invictus Cohete, and the Brazilia class Nigella, were warned that the main fleet of the Regia Marina was in the western Indian Ocean and might try to engage them.
And that they did. Led by the Regia Marina flagship Madonna della Salute with two more Corazzate de seconda classe, the Staffetta, lead of her class, and the very old Vulcano class San Pietro Alcantar, the fleet had two Veloce class Incrociatori corazzati, the class lead Veloce and Vettor Pisani, ten Incrociatori protetti, two Scipione Africano class, the class lead Scipione Africano and the Elba, three Dogali class, the Dogali, lead of her class, Capitani Romani, and Emanuele Filiberto, and five Masala class, Paolo Emilio, Taranto, Euradice, Brindisi, and Campania, and thirteen Cacciatorpediniere, seven Carabiniere class, Carabiniere, lead of her class, Francesco Nullo, Impavido, Augusto Riboty, Guiseppe Sirtori, Impetuoso, and Strale, four Simone Schiaffino class, Adrito, Aquila, Generale Antonio Chinotto, and Nembo, and two old Pontiere class, the Palestro and Nicola Fabrizi.
Invictus Cohete had the lead when she sighted the Madonna della Salute coming from the north. Staffetta appeared behind her, and smoke was seen flanking the two Corazzate to the west. Invictus Cohete turned north-north-east with Louco and Nigella behind her. Nigella was still 33 men short of a full crew complement, Invictus Cohete just 1. Invictus Cohete and Louco carred 6” secondaries to supplement their 14” guns, Nigella carried 4”. As usual Louco with her advanced coincidence range finders opened fire first, Invictus Cohete firing second with just the improved coincidence range finders.
The Corazzate had fallen back, only Incrociatori protetti and Cacciatorpediniere were visible until a gap in the smoke screens showed Madonna della Salute. She was the main batteries’ target. Invictus Cohete ended in as Madonna della Salute dropped 15.2” shells short of her. More Italian ships appeared and it was clear Invictus Cohete was turning into a target rich environment.
The 822 ton Palestro was the first ship sunk, losing 63 of her 65 man crew. The smoke then cleared for a moment and Madonna della Salute was hit with a salvo of 14” guns, two right on her forward gun, destroying it. Her 1.9” shells magazines also exploded and Madonna della Salute was burning from bow to stern. The smallest Italian ship, the 811 ton Nicola Fabrizi sank with 58 of her 65 man crew moments before the biggest ship, the 20,915 ton Madonna della Salute blew up, losing 1555 of her 1622 man crew. Then the Aquila sank with 122 of her 140 man crew. The whole complexion of the battle had changed.
The 14” guns now trained to target the Staffetta. Staffetta managed a 15.2” hit on Nigella. Staffetta was taking more hits, and began to flood aft, one funnel destroyed along with her secondary tower. Soon the flooding had taken 70% o fthe ship, with the compartments under the main tower dry. Her bulkheads breached and Staffetta sank with 1376 of her 1546 man crew. Fire was put on the San Pietro Alcantar, named for the 16th century Franciscan. Invictus Cohete was now leading the battle line south. She could see Italians to her north and west. Nigella detached and went north to engage the ships there.
Even against just two Encrouraçdos Rapido San Pietro Alcantar couldn’t take the heat. The older Corazzata snapped and sank with 864 of her 944 man crew.
Impetuoso was leading a division of Cacciatorpediniere and for some reason did not turn to conduct a mass torpedo run. She was sunk with 101 of her 118 man crew. Guiseppe Sirtori was the next ship up. She took a massive hit, reeled out of line, and sank with 112 of her 118 man crew. Strale also tried to turn out of line when she took hits, but managed to fall back in formation. Carabiniere came forward and took a massive hit into her citadel and one on her main tower. She sank with 116 of her 118 man crew as she finally tried a torpedo run. Strale was sunk with 115 of her 118 man crew, and the division was gone.
Nigella had found three Incrociatori protetti and was engaging them when Louco and Invictus Cohete turned to hunt the Incrociatori corazzati.
Second Battle of Massaua, Part 2 30:59:
Estadão, 16 August 1922
Chase
Brazilia was now in the middle of an empty ocean, with just funnel smoke to the north-west to guide her to more targets. Looking for the Incrociatori corazzati, she found the Ippolito Nievo and Fulmine first. The main battery was ordered to hold fire and let the 4” guns have these. Fulmine was sunk with 126 of her 140 man crew. Ippolito Nievo was tougher but still took a shell magazine fire, losing both her forward 4.1” guns with the center gun following. With 4” shells it took a while but Ippolito Nievo sank with 109 of her 118 man crew.
Brazilia turned to chase more funnel smoke, hopeful as this was higher and thicker, and eventually found the three Incrociatori corazzati. This time the main battery was allowed to engage. Now found, Giuseppe Garibaldi led them back towards her. The first full salvo from Brazilia blew off her B turret. Giuseppe Garibaldi rotated out and Farnese came up next. Lead of her class, she carried her six 8.3” twin turrets fore, aft, and in wing turrets two per side, giving her a broadside of eight and a chase armament of six. When Brazilia got ahead of them she switched to her limited supply of HE shells. Farnese was ripped open from bow to behind her main tower, the ship quickly flooding there. An AP shell then opened her up aft. Farnese sank with 681 of her 792 man crew.
Carlo III, also the lead of her class, carried 11.2” guns in two triple turrets fore and aft, and twenty triple 3.2” gun mounts as her secondary. She got a massive hit on Brazilia, damaging the ship just below her main tower. In reply Brazilia used a few of her HE shells to massively damage Carlo III. The Capitaó de Man e Guerra nearly had an apoplexy when the gun crews tried to switch fire to Giuseppe Garibaldi. Screaming at the, he ordered a switch back to Carlo III and AP shells, which finally found the target and shattered Carlo III, sinking her with 1151 of her 1370 man crew.
Now Giuseppe Garibaldi could be targeted. With her 7.1” guns she was not a threat. With her light armor the AP shells were blowing right through her. The Capitaó authorized HE shells. These damaged her main tower, conning tower, and fire control. Finally three 14” HE shells penetrated the citadel and Giuseppe Garibaldi blew up, losing 410 of her 444 man crew.
One ship remained, the Cacciatorpediniera Turbine. But cognizant of orders, Brazilia went hunting. After a long chase Brazilia closed in. Realizing she was caught, Turbine made smoke, swung around, and tried to get into torpedo range. Brazilia pulled away to hold open the range and managed to avoid the spread of torpedoes while sinking Turbine with 108 of her 118 man crew.
Brazilia had taken 68 casualties. She did a sweep of the battle area and found 349 Italian personnel. The Italians reported another 349 managed to make it to shore and join the defenders of Massaua.
Second Battle of Massaua, Part 1 16:55:
Estadão, 16 August 1922
Battle
The Brazilia, lead of her class of Encrouraçdos Rapido, got to try her guns on a rather heftier target, the Madonna della Salute Class Corazzate de seconda classe Principe Amedeo. This four 15.2” armed ship was escorted by three Incrociatori corazzati, the six 11.2” armed Carlo III, lead of her class, the eighteen 7.1” armed Veloce class Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the twelve 8.3” armed Farnese, lead of her class, three Incrociatori protetti, the two 7.1” armed Dogali class Basilicata and two two 7.4” armed Marsala class, the Regioni and Alberto di Giussano, the escapees from First Massuau, three Carabiniere class Cacciatorpediniere; Sparviero, Ippolito Nievo, and Turbine, and one Lince class Torpediniera, the Alcione, along with two Simone Schiaffino class Cacciatorpediniere; Sirtori and Fulmine.
Outnumbered, Brazilia remembered that when you’re alone, no one disputes who gets the credit. She headed in until her 14” guns had the range. Then she sighted the Principe Amedeo, who carried her 15.2” twin turrets fore and aft and six twin 8.2” turrets wing mounted three per side. Brazilia would have to allow Principe Amedeo into range with her main battery but needed to stay out of range of the 8.2”s. Brazilia turned to port to open her broadside while Principe Amedeo fired shells over her. Principe Amedeo’s escorts were coming in but they would have to be handled by the 4” secondary which was already opening up. Sparviero was coming in first and peppering away with 4.1” guns.
Brazilia finally got a 14” shell on Principe Amedeo. The hit seemed to just impact the hull, but somehow the 15.2” shell magazine exploded as the Picric Acid charge on the heavy shells ignited, with the outmoded protections against a flash fire failing, launching the forward turret into the sky more than the length of the ship.
With Principe Amedeo out for the moment, Brazilia took a moment to swat Sparviero. Sparviero took shells right through her, but this was enough to get her flooding across her length, and tack out her B turret. She sank with 108 of her 118 man crew.
While Brazilia circled to get back into range of Principe Amedeo she fired on the Basilicata, hitting the Incrociatore protetto and taking out her 3.7” shell magazine. Turning her main battery on Principe Amedeo again, Brazilia had the Incrociatori corazzati coming up from the north side of the Italian formation and three Cacciatorpediniere and one Torpediniera coming up from the south side of the formation. In her next salvo Brazilia put five 14” shells into Principe Amedeo, flooding the ship forward to the mid line. The escorts failed to close on Brazilia and distract her again.
As Principe Amedeo took more hits the flooding spread to a sixth compartment. As Brazilia circled she got on Principe Amedeo’s broadside, and Brazilia switched to AP rounds as Principe Amedeo began to pump out her sixth compartment. With the additional damage the repair teams failed, and Principe Amedeo lost the use of two boiler rooms. Her aft turret was down to 14 shells and the list was making it inoperable everywhere except directly aft. Her 8.2” guns were also unable to train. The last shell in Brazilia’s next salvo hit far enough aft on Principe Amedeo to open the rest of the ship. Principe Amedeo sank with 1427 of her 1622 man crew.
Brazilia now had Incrociatori corazzati to the east and Cacciatorpediniere to the south. She turned to move through the gap. Unfettered by their need to escort Principe Amedeo, Sirtori charged in and nearly torpedoed Brazilia. For her brazen conduct Sirtori was sunk with 2 survivors of her 140 man crew.
Brazilia now had the damage Basilicata coming in from her starboard bow and Alcione from her starboard quarter. Basilicata was sunk with 558 of her 582 man crew. The 4” shells picked Alcione apart while the 14” shells simpy passed through her. Alcione sank with 60 of her 64 man crew.
Brazilia found Regioni and Alberto di Giussano next. They were trying to break free, but suffered a nine knot deficit in speed. Regioni was sunk with 370 of her 389 man crew. With her HE shells running low Brazilia tried to open up Alberto di Giussano with AP rounds to flood her out. When she switche back to a salvo of HE rounds the crew of Alberto di Giussano abandoned the ship, losing all but 45 of her 389 man crew.
Battle of Mogadishu 06:46:
Estadão, 13 July 1922
Three Encrouraçdos Rapido, the Louco, lead of her class, the Foguete class Invictus Cohete, and the Brazilia class Nigella, were assigned to cover the invasion of Italian Somaliland at Mogadishu. The Regia Marina sent their idea of an Incrociatore da battaglia, the three twin turrets, one mounted forward and two aft super firing with 12.6” guns, 24.9 knot fast, 20 thouand ton Bastrada, lead of her class. She was escorted by three Incrociatori corazzati, two Veloce class, Ferdinando II and Capitana, which carried nine 7.1” guns turrets, a super firing pair forward, one on the center line aft, and six wing turrets three per side with the fore deck reaching back along the ship with cut outs allowing the wing turrets to seat neatly along the hull, and the Carlo III class San Bonaventura, which carried two triple 11.2” turrets fore and aft, but didn’t utilize the same hull form for wing turrets at all, and four Cacciatorpediniere, the Carabiniere class Irrequieto, the Simone Schiaffino class Alessandro Poerio and Garibaldino, and the older Pontiere class Audace.
Nigella had the lead of the squadron this patrol, and spotted the enemy smoke to the north-west. Louco and Invictus Cohete were following. Louco opened fire first, but Nigella sent out her own ranging shot next.
Bastrada was moving her force south, holding the Brazilian ships at the end of her range. Since her escorts were behind her this meant they were out of range. Bastrada took the first hit, minor damage to her main tower. Bastrada replied with a hit on Nigella. Bastrada was getting more hits until Nigella punched a 14” shell through her main belt. More hits and Bastrada simply blew up, taking 1163 of her 1184 man crew down with her.
Meanwhile Irrequieto had been edging into torpedo range, and was sunk with 6” secondary fire, losing 110 if her 118 man crew. San Bonaventura, Ferdinando II, and Capitana saw the Bastrada blow up and turned north, having no desire to tangle with the Encrouraçdos Rapido. The remaining Cacciatorpediniere burned smoke and disappeared. Nigella turned to chase and targeted the most distant but also most powerful Incrociatori, San Bonaventura. As they closed the Cacciatorpediniere were sighted again.
The two lines began to converge, and San Bonaventura began firing 11.2 shells across Nigella’s bow. San Bonaventura was taking hits, but they were blowing right through the ship until Louco put two into the citadel, doing massive damage. San Bonaventura’s aft powder magazine exploded and launched the triple turret into the sky. San Bonaventura was now flooded aft and amidships, had three engines and her steering disabled, was burning, had lost her 3.2” magazine and had limited ammunition for her forward triple, and had 210 casualties reported. One more salvo from Louco and Nigella and San Bonaventura blew up, taking 1192 of her 1370 man crew with her.
Alessandro Poerio was curling in for a torpedo run on Nigella, and Nigella was trying to take her out with her 4” secondary guns and targeting Ferdinando II with her 14” main battery guns while turning away to avoid Alessandro Poerio’s torpedoes. Alessandro Poerio was already flooded forward and desperate to get into range with her two dual torpedo launchers and do some damage. Ferdinando II sank with 377 of her 444 man crew while Alessandro Poerio’s opportunity hung before her, just out of reach. But Louco, attempting to keep station with Nigella but, because of her greater size, having a shallower turning radius, had veered into Alessandro Poerio’s range, and Alessandro Poerio launched four torpedoes at Louco. Louco broke hard to starboard and managed to avoid the spread as Alessandro Poerio sank with 130 of her 140 man crew.
Garibaldino was coming up next, closing on Louco and Invictus Cohete. Using her main aft guns Invictus Cohete pumped a 14” shell into Garibaldino. With some 6” hits added in Garibaldino sank with 119 of her 140 man crew.
Nigella pulled her division around, the Louco and Invictus Cohete cutting cords to get into formation, and targeted Capitana, who was struggling to get into range with her 7.1” guns. But the range favored the Brazilians, and with their formation reformed, Capitana was heading into twenty-six 14” guns. She was sunk with 433 of her 444 man crew.
Nigella took 29 casualties, Invictus Cohete 1, and Louco secured the 316 Italian prisoners.
When Brazilia reported that she had not pursed the light Italian ships and Louco reported Audace got away, the Comandante da Marinha de Guerra Brasil, at the direction of the government, ordered all ships engaged with the Italians to pursue all enemy ships until sunk or forced to surrender.
Battle of Massaua 00:00:
Estadão, 8 July 1922
The Brazilia, lead of her class of Encrouraçdos Rapido, was told off to cover the port of Massaua as the Marinha de Guerra Brasil deployed their Fuzileiros Navais along with troops of the Exército Brasileiro to invade all the coastal provinces of Italian occupied East Africa; Sudan, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland. Once these were secured Ethiopia would be taken by force or by peace treaty.
But in war the other side gets a say, and the Regia Marina said they wanted to challenge the Brazilia, bringing two Dogali class Incrociatori protetti; Duca d'Aosta and Seatta, three Carabiniere class Cacciatorpediniere; Sparviero, Ippolito Nievo, and Turbine, and one Lince class Torpediniera, the Alcione.
The Italians came out from the south-west, and Brazilia moved to close on them. When she sighted Duca d'Aosta and Seatta she turned north-west to open her broadside. With her first ranging shot Brazilia punched a 14” shell through the main belt of Duca d'Aosta. More hits came in, ripping up the front of Duca d'Aosta and flooding her amidships. Duca d'Aosta fell back and Brazilia targeted Seatta. Brazilia switched to AP shells and in two salvoes drove Seatta back.
Turbine, Sparviero, Ippolito Nievo, and Alcione all appeared, but Brazilia kept her fire on Seatta. Seatta had lost her conning tower, and engine, was flooded under her main tower and behind her aft funnel. She had over 80 casualties reported.
Brazilia turned to cut between Seatta and Duca d'Aosta so she could engage them both. Seatta took a solid 14” hit and sank with 555 of her 582 man crew. Duca d'Aosta took more damage, and sank with 565 of her 582 of her crew. Brazilia had taken 3 casualties and picked up 44 Italian survivors.
Your comment about taking Italy's last destroyer.. probably should have… with a small overall shipyard capacity, you can't build hulls fast enough to match need to protect all the territory you're gaining… claiming ex-enemy ships as war prizes and then refitting the hulls is a lot quicker than constructing new hulls, and would help you grow your fleet quicker than if you build everything from scratch. Supplementing your fleet numbers with refitted war prizes of destroyers and light cruisers, which are low-cost and no biggie if lost in defense actions, would help you focus shipyard capacity moreso on new builds of heavier ships, making more-efficient use of those few shipyards than if you clog them up building all of your new light ships as well. You're still at the 70k-ton overall shipyard capacity of your home provinces despite taking Argentina, Chile, Panama, and several coastal provinces around Africa; while Africa may not have home province ports, you at least should be having the former Argentinian and Chilean shipyards contributing to your overall shipyard capacity, which would put you on par with your upcoming opponents, US, Spain, France, Italy, British, Germans, and the Dutch: you'll likely have a hell of a time trying to come up with enough invasion tonnage to invade their home territories, perhaps even if you start claiming lots of ships as war prizes.
Omg the Portuguese migration to Dalmatia is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣