The Captain of the Estrella del Mar must be truly blessed by The Emperor, with the amount of luck they were having with the French BBs and then those torpedoes
The French fleet in the Adriatic: Do you yield? The Estrella Del Mar and her escorts: I do not. The French Admiral after the battle: How did we lose our BBs?
Wow..that was naval tactical malpractice by the French... and you get bonus points for using the term "ablative armor". Great stuff! :) Also, kudos to the Estrella del Mar's torpedo crews. Those guys are beasts!
Damn, what a performance by Estrella del mar in this episode! It's no wonder the French sent a suicide squad to try (and fail) to sink her in desperation.
Loved the video @BrotherMunro! Can't wait for the next video man! The Estrella del Mar has Definitely shown herself to be Quite a Capable ship within the Imperial Navy, she and her Crew Deserve to be Celebrated as Heroes for their Stand Against 6 Battleships, 7 Heavy Cruisers, 14 Light Cruisers and 8 Torpedo Boats from the French Navy. The Feldkirch's Service in spite of taking damage should also be Rewarded as well. Let me know what you think about this and I'll catch you in your next video man!
The Kriegsmarine Finally Assigns Crew 20:24: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 14 March 1904 With Grand Alessandro’s refit completed at Berbera, the KuK Kriegsmarine has finally found the 929 officers and men to send down there and crew the ship after Armada de México offered to buy her.
Another Battle of Spalato, Part 3 35:45: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 12 May 1904 Estrella With their Torpilleur attacks the French had managed to damage both Panzerschiffe. Most of the French fleet was still slower however, and the Austrian ships could have broken off the battle. Instead they formed up on Estrella del Mar and looked at the French fleet. The Croiseurs cuirassés were out of sight, whether just over the eastern horizon or bolted for Toulon they could not tell. Four Cuirassés remained, and fourteen Croiseurs protégé. However the Cuirassés were closer, with Bretagne heading the division. The destruction of the French capital ships was paramount. Even though they were crawling forward on one engine each, the Panzerschiffe blasted four 10” shells into Bretagne. One more 10” hit and the Cuirassé Bretagne rolled to starboard and sank with 132 of her 824 man crew even as her 9.2” powder magazine blew. The 692 survivors had abandoned the ship when the fire in the magazine was reported. Duquesne now led the French battle line, which was strung out with the two damaged Cuirassés lagging behind her. Without their support Duquesne had the Austrians’ whole attention even as the Admiral ordered “Kämpfe bis zur letzten Granate.” Once again with four 10” shells, one this time from Estrella del Mar, and the Duquesne was sunk with 812 of her 824 man crew. A mass of Croiseurs protégé surged forward to protect their last two Cuirassés but the Austrians kept their main battery guns on the prizes, with Estrella del Mar heading east to close on them. Three more 10” shells from Estrella del Mar and the Cuirassé Normandie sank with 745 of her 824 man crew. Miraculously (cough) Saint Louis was still afloat with her engineering spaces all awash, all three engines disabled, and only her bow and stern keeping her up. The Protet class Sfax tried to cut between Estrella del Mar and Saint Louis and got her bow blow off her effort, losing two engines. The De Grasse class Naïade also took a shell, but higher and further forward. Naïade took more hits but eventually couldn’t keep between Estrella del Mar and Saint Louis. Two 10” shells whipped past her bow, ripping off her tricolor ensign, and slammed into Saint Louis, tearing off her stern. One more hit forward and the Cuirassé Saint Louis broke up under fire losing 791 of her 824 man crew, the hulk quickly sinking beneath the waves. Her handmaiden Naïade sank with Saint Louis, losing 254 of her 275 man crew. There were four divisions of French Croiseurs protégé left in sight. Estrella del Mar turned to rejoin her escorts, but continued to engage them as the nearest attempted to close. The De Grasse class 1899 refitted Croiseur protégé Cassard was sunk with 290 of her 311 man crew. Hit by the closing Panzerschiffe, the De Grasse class Croiseur protégé Lavoisier was sunk with 248 of her 275 man crew. Then Croiseur protégé Sfax was sunk by Estrella del Mar with 204 of her 218 man crew. The Protet class Croiseur protégé Surcouf remained in range, and with flooding wasn’t able to break free. Blasted with 10” shells, the Surcouf broke up under fire losing 203 of her 218 man crew. The rest of the French fleet slipped over the horizon, leaving the Kriegsmariners to count their losses. The Viper T-18 was gone, with only 3 survivors to be found. Pythons T-8, T-11, and T-13 were gone with no survivors found. Estrella del Mar had taken 50 casualties, Feldkirch 20, and Styria 24. Viper T-15 had survived the battle and took 6 casualties. From the Marine nationale française 1021 survivors were found or washed ashore.
Another Battle of Spalato, Part 1 21:53: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 12 May 1904 Vipers and Pythons The Estella del Mar, lead of her class of Schlachtschiffe, two Ambition class Panzerschiffe, the Feldkirch * and Styria, two the Viper class Torpedoboote, Viper T-15 and Viper T-18, and three the Python class Torpedoboote, Python T-8, Python T-11, and Python T-13, sortied from the Spalato Marinestation in Croatia when the Marine nationale française sent six Démocratie class Cuirassés du 2ème rang, the class lead Démocratie, Saint Louis, Duquesne, Bretagne, Océan, and Normandie, accompanied by seven Croiseurs cuirassés of various classes, the Dupetit-Thouars, Caïman, Palestro, Jules Ferry, Tonnerre, Congrève, and Foch, fourteen Croiseurs protégé, and eight Torpilleurs to attack the station. Heavily outnumbered, they could only hope the French would French it up, expose their biggest ships, and allow the Marinestation’s forces in inflict losses sufficient to dissuade the French fleet from pressing on to the port and shelling it. Their only advantage was that the Démocratie were armed with four 9.2” guns with iron plate armor and 15.8 knot speed, and the two refits, Saint Louis and Bretagne, have been slowed dwn to 11.9 knots for no discernable benefit. The Schlachtschiff and two Panzerschiffe were better armed, better armored, and faster. As the sun rose over the Mosor Ridge Estella del Mar led her force out for what all the crews aboard feared might be their last departure. The French were coming up from the south-west as Styria led Feldkirch in following Estella del Mar in their three ship battle line while Viper T-15 led Python T-13, and Python T-11 led Python T-8 and Viper T-18 in two divisions sent out to scour and to conduct torpedo strikes one the French fleet. First sighted was six Croiseurs cuirassés, Palestro, Caïman, Foch, Tonnerre, Congrève, and Dupetit-Thouars, but soon the first of the Cuirassés appeared Normandie, and Python T-11 could report the target, lying west of the Croiseurs cuirassés. Normandie sighted Viper T-15 as Saint Louis and Démocratie came over the horizon, along with the last Croiseur cuirassés, Jules Ferry. The Croiseur protégé Naïade lay west of Démocratie to her port. Normandie committed to a turn west and Viper T-15 mirrored her. Viper T-15 ordered Python T-13 to detach and turn west as well for a follow-up strike. Viper T-15 was within half a kilometer when she launched her two strikes of two torpedoes at Normandie, then turned to clear the way for Python T-13. Only two of the four torpedoes hit, one aft, one amidships, doing serious damage. The other two headed towards a scrum of Croiseurs protégé under smoke who might miss seeing them coming. Python T-13 had a perfect line, putting both her torpedoes on Normandie amidship. Already flooded aft over four compartments, the hit opened up three more. Python T-13 wasn’t able to get clear as cleanly as Viper T-15. She sank with all 14 men onboard, too soon to see the results of their sacrifice. Python T-11 brought her division forward and decided to target the Saint Louis. She took a passing run along Saint Louis’ starboard side, getting two hits with one a dud. The other hit on the main belt. Python T-11 turned away in the face of the entire French fleet. Python T-8 came up next, and could see the huge hole blown in Saint Louis’ side. She lined up to take another launch on this ship named for a venerated French Capet king. Also taking a passing shot, both torpedoes hit and exploded, but again amidships. Viper T-8 decided to turn to starboard and match Saint Louis’ bearing. But her crew were too slow to take the shot, and the Kapitan switched targeting to the class lead Démocratie. Three of the spread were tight, a fourth veered to starboard, and Démocratie was angled as they came in and cut her engines. Still she drifted forward and though one torpedo exploded early, she got hit by three. Two proved to be duds, but on hit and exploded on Démocratie’s fore belt. The Torpedoboote had done their best, and where poor maintenance of the torpedoes wasn’t an issue had damaged three of the French Cuirassés du 2ème rang, Normandie, Saint Louis, and Démocratie. With these ships reduced in effectiveness if not totally out of the fight, the Kriegsmarine had essentially evened the odds of the capital ship battle, two Panzerschiffe and one first class Schlachtschiff being perfectly capable of taking on three undamaged second class battleships, if they were alone. Still the Torpedoboote were not away, with only Viper T-15 having gotten clear and Python T-13 already sunk, the rest of the squadron would also be lost. The Python T-11 was sunk with all of her 14 man crew. The Viper T-18 was sunk with 32 of her 35 man crew. And the Python T-8 was sunk with all of her 14 man crew. * Marksman’s Honour Cont’d
Another Battle of Spalato, Part 2 29:43: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 12 May 1904 Javelines and Piques When Python T-8 sank Estrella del Mar lost sight on the French fleet. She had to turn in to reacquire them, as did Styria. When she did she saw herself how well the Torpedoboote had done, the three damaged, burning, or listing ships, and how much more there was left to do. Estella del Mar and the Panzerschiffe closed into the teeth of the French fleet until they could take Démocratie under fire. The French were in three distinct divisions, to the east or starboard was the Croiseurs cuirassés, to the west or port many of the Croiseurs protégé. In the middle the three Cuirassés and more Croiseurs protégé. Estrella del Mar found the range and turned east. Styria turned her division west so the ships could support each other. With Démocratie closing Estrella del Mar launched her starboard torpedo and it hit, but once again with poor maintenance it was a dud. That Démocratie was still in the lead of the French battle line was remarkable. She was flooded fore and aft, with five compartments filled, she had lost a funnel, had fires burning, and nearly 80 casualties reported. What might explain her actions was that she had lost steering control, and was simply stuck going forward, as she was headed behind Estrella del Mar and not being effective with her 9.2” guns. Estrella del Mar however was getting solid 10” shell hits, and now Styria and Feldkirch were coming into range. The French however now decided to emulate the Austrian tactics, and sent in their Torpilleurs. Démocratie would have to wait and Styria and Feldkirch to turn back and support Estrella del Mar. Before the Torpilleurs could arrive however the Cuirassé du 2ème rang Démocratie, having taken more 10” hits, sank with 789 of her 824 man crew. Estrella del Mar put her 10” guns on Océan, and launched her forward torpedo, and hoped to be able to take out the incoming Torpilleurs with her limited 5” secondary. The torpedo hit on Océan’s fore belt. Even as French Croiseurs protégé closed in and peppered Estrella del Mar the Schlachtschiff continued to get hits on Océan. She also drove off a Torpilleur with a torpedo, again sadly a dud. Estrella del Mar though had to respect the Torpilleurs finally arriving, and move away from Océan. She attempted to get one more salvo in a close range even has Javeline T-8 came up abeam of Océan, taking one hit meant for Océan while Océan caught another. The Torpilleur Javeline T-8 cruised forward as if intending to torpedo Estrella del Mar from astern, than sank with 73 of her 75 man crew. Meanwhile Javeline T-7 closed right into Styria and Feldkirch, with Javeline T-7 able to get a torpedo off and take a torpedo, both fired too close to arm. The Torpilleur Javeline T-7 was sunk with 10” and 5” fire with 68 of her 75 man crew. Then the Cuirassé Océan was sunk with 775 of her 824 man crew by one last 10” shell from Estrella del Mar. The four remaining Javelines and two Piques were closing on Estrella del Mar but her escorts, Styria and Feldkirch, were closing to support her. They were able to sink Javeline T-1 with 69 of her 75 man crew. They were not in range to engage Javeline T-4 as she came up on Estrella del Mar’s starboard beam. But once again Estrella del Mar’s torpedo crews proved their worth, getting their starboard torpedo launched and hitting Javeline T-4 on her fore belt. Javeline T-4 plowed bow first into the water and sank sunk with 69 of her 75 man crew. Javeline T-2 tried to come up on Estrella del Mar the same way, knowing her starboard tube would be reloading, but Estrella del Mar had turned away and was now presenting her stern and got a torpedo off from there. The Torpilleur Javeline T-2 was sunk with all of her 75 man crew. The attack on Estrella del Mar was over. Pique T-3 has crossing ahead of Styria and was able to launch her torpedo at the Panzerschiff. Styria took it on her main belt and lost two engines, later a third, and had her citadel flooded. Her torpedo back at Pique T-3 missed and Pique T-2 was coming up fast. But with two 5” hits Torpilleur Pique T-3 was sunk with all of her 9 man crew and Feldkirch was taking Pique 2 under fire. Pique 2 turned hard to launch on Feldkirch, and again a Panzerschiff took flooding amidships while Javeline T-6 closed on her. But also once again two 5” shells sank a Torpilleur, Pique T-2 going down with all of her 9 man crew. Javeline T-6 tried to line up on Feldkirch, screaming in. Now however Estrella del Mar had rejoined the Panzerschiffe, and got a 10” shell on Javeline T-6. With four 5” hits Javeline T-6 sank with 73 of her 75 man crew. Cont’d.
Star of the Seas 12:08: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 15 February 1904 Fresh off recommissioning after her refit as a ship of the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, the Estrella del Mar, or Stern des Meeres, was joined by the Cardinal class Gepanzerkreuzer Emperor' Glory, from the Limassol Seearsenal in Cyprus, the Enforcer class Leichter Kreuzer Beliator the Inceptor from the Cattaro Marinestation in Croatia, and the Viper class Torpedoboot Viper T-14, from the Cattaro Marinestation in Croatia, on a patrol between Tunisia and Crete. They were found by two Suffren class Croiseurs cuirassés, the class lead Suffren and the Imprenable, both larger than Estrella del Mar, and two Arbalète class Torpilleurs, the Arbalète T-4 and Arbalète T-6. The French came in from the north-west. Estrella del Mar turned to close on them and sighted Suffren and Imprenable. Suffren opened up first, and Estrella del Mar turned to bring all four of her 10” guns to bear against Suffren’s two 11.1” guns. But it was Estrella del Mar that got the first hit and decided her to detach Viper T-14 to try a torpedo run at the Imprenable. The French Torpilleurs were to the east as Viper T-14 swung in from the west. Suffren and Imprenable were focused on the hits they were getting on Estella del Mar. Finally Imprenable noticed the danger and attempted to hit Viper T-14 with her secondary and anti- Torpilleur guns, even splashing the water ahead of Viper T-14 with an 11.1” shells, which for a 590 ton boat is not a non-consequential miss. Viper T-14 continued to close however, coming up on Imprenable’s starboard quarter and matching her course. Imprenable launched her torpedoes but misgauged Viper T-14’s turn. Viper T-14 launched two crossing strikes of two each. One exploded short but three hit, one aft and two amidships. Imprenable was damaged and flooding in four compartments, but still battle capable. Viper T-14 withdrew to reload, taking a 5.3” shell as she left. Hoping to emulate Viper T-14, Arbalète T-4 and Arbalète T-6 closed in as Estrella del Mar turned back to match the heading of Suffren and Imprenable. Estrella del Mar caught Arbalète T-4 with a 5” secondary and Emperor' Glory with two 4” secondary shells. Arbalète T-4 was driven off with damage, and then sank with 47 of her 52 man crew. Arbalète T-6 tried to take on Beliator the Inceptor, matching her heading as the Leichter Kreuzer attempted to follow Emperor' Glory in her turn. Beliator the Inceptor then turned hard to close on Arbalète T-6 and Arbalète T-6 turned to match her. Arbalète T-6 was driven off with damage as Beliator the Inceptor resumed her formation keeping. Estella del Mar had now closed on Suffren and Imprenable and took Suffren under fire. Suffren got an 11.1” hit on Estella del Mar that banged on her main belt. The two 10” shells Estella del Mar sent in reply both blew through her main belt. Suffren took heavy flooding and sank with 764 of her 791 man crew just as her shell magazine exploded. Arbalète T-6 was back, trying to torpedo Beliator the Inceptor and barely missing. Beliator the Inceptor took Arbalète T-6 under fire and poured shells into her, with help from Emperor' Glory. Arbalète T-6 sank with 47 of her 52 man crew. Flooded fore and aft but with her guns operational, Imprenable headed towards Estella del Mar and Emperor' Glory. Losing control, Imprenable road right over the sinking wreck of Suffren, losing speed as she dragged her keel over Suffren’s upper works. Estrella del Mar hit her with a torpedo but Emperor' Glory missed. But with only two compartments unflooded Imprenable lost buoyancy and sank with 733 of her 791 man crew. Estella del Mar had taken 28 casualties, Emperor' Glory just three, Beliator the Inceptor only one, and Viper T-14 took 4. They picked up 95 survivors of the Marine nationale française.
French Block the Otranto Strait 19:52: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 7 March 1904 The French have put a stopper in the Adriatic Sea and blockaded the Croatian and Montenegrin coasts. The KuK Kriegsmarine is gathering a task force to drive off the French. At the same time they have left the port of Tunis undefended and it has been attacked by the Toaster and company. One transport was sunk at anchor and nearly 30 thousand tons of port capacity destroyed or damaged.
Battle of Massaua 08:43: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 3 February 1904 The Python class Torpedoboot Python T-17, assigned to the Massaua Marinestation in Eritrea on the Red Sea, was given a convoy of nine Gamma class 17 thousand ton 73 manned unarmed transports to protect. Before they could get moving the Marine nationale française’s Croiseur protégé Bugeaud, lead ship of her class, attacked the port of Massaua. Python T-17 had one chance, get the convoy moving immediately while she tried to cripple Bugeaud so the French ship couldn’t catch the 14 knot transports. Python T-17 closed while Bugeaud opened fire on the transports, and turned for her torpedo strike, which caused Bugeaud’s to miss. Bugeaud did catch Python T-17 with a 6” shell however as the Torpedoboot lined up her launch. Both torpedoes hit but the strike had been tight, and all the damage was concentrated under the aft funnel and secondary tower. Bugeaud was damaged but not sinking. She was also still hitting Python T-11. Python T-11 was trying to break away and reload her torpedoes, but the #1 launcher was struck and its crew wiped out. Python T-11 was flooding fore and aft and had two engines disabled, cutting her speed. A few more hits and Python T-11 sank, leaving the nine transports under the fire of Bugeaud, who kept close enough to take them all out before they could break away. With at boat the size of the Python T-11, sinking often takes all the crew. The Marine nationale Française has not reported taking any survivors from T-11 or the transports. The Austrian Merchant Marine lost 15 thousand gross registered tons of shipping capacity and 657 officers and seamen.
20:25 You can cheese the un-mothballing and avoid a recommissioning delay. Set the crew of the mothballed ship to a low number ("low crew"), confirm, set the crew to full, confirm, sail the ship immediately. The crew will obviously only be cadets or whatever your crew pool is, but meh. The vanilla game has allowed this for at least two years (1.08 when I bought the game)? I *think* I raised it as a bug back then.
Battle off Barcelona 00:00: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 23 January 1904 Now forward based, the Cardinal class Gepanzerkreuzer Voralberg, from the Gibraltar Port Seearsenal at Gibraltar Territory, two Super Enforcer class Leichter Kreuzer, the Körös from the Cagliari Marinestation in Sardinia, and the Hallein from the Olbia Marinestation in Sardinia, and the Python class Torpedoboot Python T-10, from the Mallorca Marinestation on the Baleares, were ordered to conduct a patrol “from the Baleares to points west”. Perhaps they took this a little too liberally when they skirted Spanish water off Barcelona and found the Jules Ferry Class Croiseur Cuirassés Montcalm, two De Grasse Class Croiseurs protégé, the Forbin and Dupleix, and the Arbalète Class Torpilleur Arbalète T-11. Spotting funnel smoke of some three or four ships to the north-east, Voralberg headed that way with her squadron following behind. The first ship sighted was the Arbalète T-11, which Voralberg turned to north-west to greet with her full broadside. Once turned Voralberg launched her starboard torpedoes. Arbalète T-11 simply turned slightly to avoid them. This however threw Arbalète T-11’s torpedo off and Voralberg was able to dodge them in turn. Arbalète T-11 was caught in the middle of the Austrian ships and sunk with all but one of her 52 man crew. Montcalm came over the horizon, with two smoke screens to her starboard, obviously two Croiseurs protégé. She was armed with three single 10.3” guns turrets, one forward and a pair super firing aft. She had ten 5.2” guns in single turrets, five per side, a smattering of secondaries, and six torpedo tubes fore, aft, and two per side. At a design 5,255 tons, she was overweight at 5,493. A green crew of 334 men rode the ship with a 15.6 knot top speed. Armor only reached 4.2” thick on the main belt. Four funnels gave her a distinctive look. (Actually it looks like it inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s battleships from Howl’s Moving Castle) Voralberg turned to close with Montcalm until she was again in range with her 7” guns. Montcalm would have the advantage of range but could not control it, being slower than Voralberg’s 18 knots. Voralberg however turned north-west again to engage with Dupleix, again launching torpedoes from her starboard launchers to keep Dupleix at range, keeping her eleven 6” guns away, there being a tandem pair aft and a centerline mount forward, along with her four underwater tubes firing short range torpedoes, two per side. The torpedo strike from Voralberg did drive Dupleix back and 7”, 4” and 3” hits soon had Dupleix flooding fore and aft. With just her engineering spaces and steering compartment keeping her afloat, Dupleix tried to turn away. Forbin was closing on the end of the Austrian line, and Python T-10 was ordered to break from the formation, go to her top speed, and swing around the Kreuzer, keeping them between her and Forbin. With a 17 knot top speed Forbin wasn’t going to catch her. Dupleix’s green crew, though they had 100 casualties from a complement of 275, was fighting the flooding aft and pumping out the compartments. Her forward compartments were totally awash and the hatches sealed, with the forward magazine flooded. Dupleix had lost many of her 6” guns. Finally Dupleix sank with all but two of her 275 man crew. This allowed Python T-10 to turn directly at Montcalm, having gotten well ahead of Forbin and moving at nearly her top speed. Montcalm and Voralberg were exchanging main battery fire, which kept Montcalm focused for the moment while Python T-10 closed. Python T-10 wanted to come up on Montcalm’s port side heading on the same course to give the torpedo crews the best chance of hitting. That of course would be a two-edged sword. Python T-10’s chances increased enormously when Montcalm lost her 10.3” powder magazine in a flash fire, popping off her super firing turret. Her forward turret followed. Torpedo crews however are not bothered by the loss of gunnery crews, and the port side torpedo crews on Montcalm timed their launch perfectly. Python T-10 got hers two off jus seconds before she took two herself. One struck slightly ahead of her tower, and one slightly aft, ripping the boat open across most of her length and disabling one engine. But both of Python T-10’s torpedoes struck as well, and this finished the flooding on Montcalm, her citadel finally awash. Montcalm lost all but ten of her 334 man crew. Python T-10 took just 3 casualties from her crew of 14 and managed to stay afloat until she could be taken under tow. Though slow, Forbin had managed to slip away. She was reported to have taken 39 casualties. Körös had taken 5 in exchanges with her. Voralberg lost 2 to Montcalm. Undamaged, Hallein picked up the 13 French survivors.
@@tagtip Gah, all the Google/Wikipedia research I do to set up and I get that one wrong? It's because I think the name in my head backwards, like vine and not ven. Thanks, not going back but I've fixed it going forward.
France Losing Allies! 11:30: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 8 February 1904 The Republic of Indonesia has broken their alliance with Paris, upset with France’s warmongering.
I don't run any mods as I don't have the skills to confidently start modifying the game One recent problem I have reported is torpedoes, I have been turning them off until needed only to be shocked when the game turned them back on by itself and even fires them through my own lines sometimes hitting ships in front of them I can be a massive problem in large scale battles which can be a pain
Libya Unchastised 20:10: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 12 March 1904 Wein had decided it does not have the time or resources to take Cyrenaica from the terrorist Emirate of Libya.
Hey munroe, i think its time you start adopting weapons that are inspired by the lore like macrocannons, lance batteries and nova cannons. Im kind of thinking the nova cannons should be large caliber short barrel and lance batteries should be some kind of hyper velocity secondary weapon?
@BrotherMunro oh it doesn't have to be true to scale But having a pair of twin short barrel 16-20s to augment your normal primary battery might do might make a fair representation of the nova cannons lmao
Fall of Djibouti 45:49: Die Presse: Wein MCMIV, 8 August 1904 The French province in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti, also the name of the main city and port, has fallen to the Kaiserlich und Königliche Armee. They defeated the Armée de France métropolitaine after a long campaign, inflicting nearly 16 thousand casualties on the French but taking nearly 28 thousand themselves. Expensive, but this rounds out Austria’s hold on this portion of Africa and controls the southern mouth of the Red Sea.
The Captain of the Estrella del Mar must be truly blessed by The Emperor, with the amount of luck they were having with the French BBs and then those torpedoes
Viper T-15’s crew deserve a star too. They rode head first for the Emperor and never questioned orders.
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Commodore: "Python! you're retreating the wrong damn way!"
Captain of the Python T-13: "Sir! Permission to retreat into enemy lines! Sir!"
The French fleet in the Adriatic: Do you yield?
The Estrella Del Mar and her escorts: I do not.
The French Admiral after the battle: How did we lose our BBs?
IT IS BETTER TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR THAN LIVE FOR YOURSELF!
Dang. Those bubble turrets are really trying to prove how good they are to avoid getting replaced.
The Estrella del mar needs a star of valor after this episode maybe even two
I also like how the most effective imperial ships are ones from foreign yards
BrotherMunro: "Oh, that's a lot of torpedo boats..."
*turns towards the torpedo boats*
Wow..that was naval tactical malpractice by the French... and you get bonus points for using the term "ablative armor". Great stuff! :) Also, kudos to the Estrella del Mar's torpedo crews. Those guys are beasts!
Enemy powers seem to have ablative ships at this rate!
Their turrets don't have paper armour, they have touchpowder armour!
Damn, what a performance by Estrella del mar in this episode! It's no wonder the French sent a suicide squad to try (and fail) to sink her in desperation.
Estrella del Mar, Feldkirch, Styria, the TB squadron and their crews were absolute champions. Especially Estrella del Mar.
An amazing feat indeed. Estrella del Mar and her escorts deserve their medals for such actions.
In keeping with the highest traditions of the Imperial Navy you torpedoed all the things!
This video really proving how quirky French ships looked during this era and why France should be the next no scrap campaign.
Loved the video @BrotherMunro! Can't wait for the next video man! The Estrella del Mar has Definitely shown herself to be Quite a Capable ship within the Imperial Navy, she and her Crew Deserve to be Celebrated as Heroes for their Stand Against 6 Battleships, 7 Heavy Cruisers, 14 Light Cruisers and 8 Torpedo Boats from the French Navy. The Feldkirch's Service in spite of taking damage should also be Rewarded as well.
Let me know what you think about this and I'll catch you in your next video man!
The Estrella del Mar had time warp quality - nearly 40% chance to hit at 3km? amazing!
You should give her love and all the neat new tech until she becomes useless when the dreadnaughts arrive
I thought you upgraded the guns on those Spanish BBs?
I did it’s related to the TAF issue I’ve been having with refits, I think if I refit them again it will fix it now TAF has been updated
Spanish galleon humiliates the Marine Nationale - 1904 colorized.
Regular and Seasoned crews against Green battleship crews and they went down screaming lol
The Kriegsmarine Finally Assigns Crew 20:24:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 14 March 1904
With Grand Alessandro’s refit completed at Berbera, the KuK Kriegsmarine has finally found the 929 officers and men to send down there and crew the ship after Armada de México offered to buy her.
Another Battle of Spalato, Part 3 35:45:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 12 May 1904
Estrella
With their Torpilleur attacks the French had managed to damage both Panzerschiffe. Most of the French fleet was still slower however, and the Austrian ships could have broken off the battle. Instead they formed up on Estrella del Mar and looked at the French fleet. The Croiseurs cuirassés were out of sight, whether just over the eastern horizon or bolted for Toulon they could not tell. Four Cuirassés remained, and fourteen Croiseurs protégé. However the Cuirassés were closer, with Bretagne heading the division. The destruction of the French capital ships was paramount.
Even though they were crawling forward on one engine each, the Panzerschiffe blasted four 10” shells into Bretagne. One more 10” hit and the Cuirassé Bretagne rolled to starboard and sank with 132 of her 824 man crew even as her 9.2” powder magazine blew. The 692 survivors had abandoned the ship when the fire in the magazine was reported.
Duquesne now led the French battle line, which was strung out with the two damaged Cuirassés lagging behind her. Without their support Duquesne had the Austrians’ whole attention even as the Admiral ordered “Kämpfe bis zur letzten Granate.” Once again with four 10” shells, one this time from Estrella del Mar, and the Duquesne was sunk with 812 of her 824 man crew.
A mass of Croiseurs protégé surged forward to protect their last two Cuirassés but the Austrians kept their main battery guns on the prizes, with Estrella del Mar heading east to close on them. Three more 10” shells from Estrella del Mar and the Cuirassé Normandie sank with 745 of her 824 man crew.
Miraculously (cough) Saint Louis was still afloat with her engineering spaces all awash, all three engines disabled, and only her bow and stern keeping her up. The Protet class Sfax tried to cut between Estrella del Mar and Saint Louis and got her bow blow off her effort, losing two engines. The De Grasse class Naïade also took a shell, but higher and further forward. Naïade took more hits but eventually couldn’t keep between Estrella del Mar and Saint Louis. Two 10” shells whipped past her bow, ripping off her tricolor ensign, and slammed into Saint Louis, tearing off her stern. One more hit forward and the Cuirassé Saint Louis broke up under fire losing 791 of her 824 man crew, the hulk quickly sinking beneath the waves. Her handmaiden Naïade sank with Saint Louis, losing 254 of her 275 man crew.
There were four divisions of French Croiseurs protégé left in sight. Estrella del Mar turned to rejoin her escorts, but continued to engage them as the nearest attempted to close. The De Grasse class 1899 refitted Croiseur protégé Cassard was sunk with 290 of her 311 man crew. Hit by the closing Panzerschiffe, the De Grasse class Croiseur protégé Lavoisier was sunk with 248 of her 275 man crew. Then Croiseur protégé Sfax was sunk by Estrella del Mar with 204 of her 218 man crew. The Protet class Croiseur protégé Surcouf remained in range, and with flooding wasn’t able to break free. Blasted with 10” shells, the Surcouf broke up under fire losing 203 of her 218 man crew.
The rest of the French fleet slipped over the horizon, leaving the Kriegsmariners to count their losses. The Viper T-18 was gone, with only 3 survivors to be found. Pythons T-8, T-11, and T-13 were gone with no survivors found. Estrella del Mar had taken 50 casualties, Feldkirch 20, and Styria 24. Viper T-15 had survived the battle and took 6 casualties. From the Marine nationale française 1021 survivors were found or washed ashore.
Estrella del Mar has probably the highest number of torpedo hits scored of any ship in the fleet... mostly against torpedo boats lmao
Another Battle of Spalato, Part 1 21:53:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 12 May 1904
Vipers and Pythons
The Estella del Mar, lead of her class of Schlachtschiffe, two Ambition class Panzerschiffe, the Feldkirch * and Styria, two the Viper class Torpedoboote, Viper T-15 and Viper T-18, and three the Python class Torpedoboote, Python T-8, Python T-11, and Python T-13, sortied from the Spalato Marinestation in Croatia when the Marine nationale française sent six Démocratie class Cuirassés du 2ème rang, the class lead Démocratie, Saint Louis, Duquesne, Bretagne, Océan, and Normandie, accompanied by seven Croiseurs cuirassés of various classes, the Dupetit-Thouars, Caïman, Palestro, Jules Ferry, Tonnerre, Congrève, and Foch, fourteen Croiseurs protégé, and eight Torpilleurs to attack the station. Heavily outnumbered, they could only hope the French would French it up, expose their biggest ships, and allow the Marinestation’s forces in inflict losses sufficient to dissuade the French fleet from pressing on to the port and shelling it. Their only advantage was that the Démocratie were armed with four 9.2” guns with iron plate armor and 15.8 knot speed, and the two refits, Saint Louis and Bretagne, have been slowed dwn to 11.9 knots for no discernable benefit. The Schlachtschiff and two Panzerschiffe were better armed, better armored, and faster.
As the sun rose over the Mosor Ridge Estella del Mar led her force out for what all the crews aboard feared might be their last departure. The French were coming up from the south-west as Styria led Feldkirch in following Estella del Mar in their three ship battle line while Viper T-15 led Python T-13, and Python T-11 led Python T-8 and Viper T-18 in two divisions sent out to scour and to conduct torpedo strikes one the French fleet.
First sighted was six Croiseurs cuirassés, Palestro, Caïman, Foch, Tonnerre, Congrève, and Dupetit-Thouars, but soon the first of the Cuirassés appeared Normandie, and Python T-11 could report the target, lying west of the Croiseurs cuirassés. Normandie sighted Viper T-15 as Saint Louis and Démocratie came over the horizon, along with the last Croiseur cuirassés, Jules Ferry. The Croiseur protégé Naïade lay west of Démocratie to her port. Normandie committed to a turn west and Viper T-15 mirrored her. Viper T-15 ordered Python T-13 to detach and turn west as well for a follow-up strike. Viper T-15 was within half a kilometer when she launched her two strikes of two torpedoes at Normandie, then turned to clear the way for Python T-13. Only two of the four torpedoes hit, one aft, one amidships, doing serious damage. The other two headed towards a scrum of Croiseurs protégé under smoke who might miss seeing them coming.
Python T-13 had a perfect line, putting both her torpedoes on Normandie amidship. Already flooded aft over four compartments, the hit opened up three more. Python T-13 wasn’t able to get clear as cleanly as Viper T-15. She sank with all 14 men onboard, too soon to see the results of their sacrifice.
Python T-11 brought her division forward and decided to target the Saint Louis. She took a passing run along Saint Louis’ starboard side, getting two hits with one a dud. The other hit on the main belt. Python T-11 turned away in the face of the entire French fleet.
Python T-8 came up next, and could see the huge hole blown in Saint Louis’ side. She lined up to take another launch on this ship named for a venerated French Capet king. Also taking a passing shot, both torpedoes hit and exploded, but again amidships.
Viper T-8 decided to turn to starboard and match Saint Louis’ bearing. But her crew were too slow to take the shot, and the Kapitan switched targeting to the class lead Démocratie. Three of the spread were tight, a fourth veered to starboard, and Démocratie was angled as they came in and cut her engines. Still she drifted forward and though one torpedo exploded early, she got hit by three. Two proved to be duds, but on hit and exploded on Démocratie’s fore belt.
The Torpedoboote had done their best, and where poor maintenance of the torpedoes wasn’t an issue had damaged three of the French Cuirassés du 2ème rang, Normandie, Saint Louis, and Démocratie. With these ships reduced in effectiveness if not totally out of the fight, the Kriegsmarine had essentially evened the odds of the capital ship battle, two Panzerschiffe and one first class Schlachtschiff being perfectly capable of taking on three undamaged second class battleships, if they were alone.
Still the Torpedoboote were not away, with only Viper T-15 having gotten clear and Python T-13 already sunk, the rest of the squadron would also be lost. The Python T-11 was sunk with all of her 14 man crew. The Viper T-18 was sunk with 32 of her 35 man crew. And the Python T-8 was sunk with all of her 14 man crew.
* Marksman’s Honour
Cont’d
Another Battle of Spalato, Part 2 29:43:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 12 May 1904
Javelines and Piques
When Python T-8 sank Estrella del Mar lost sight on the French fleet. She had to turn in to reacquire them, as did Styria. When she did she saw herself how well the Torpedoboote had done, the three damaged, burning, or listing ships, and how much more there was left to do. Estella del Mar and the Panzerschiffe closed into the teeth of the French fleet until they could take Démocratie under fire.
The French were in three distinct divisions, to the east or starboard was the Croiseurs cuirassés, to the west or port many of the Croiseurs protégé. In the middle the three Cuirassés and more Croiseurs protégé. Estrella del Mar found the range and turned east. Styria turned her division west so the ships could support each other. With Démocratie closing Estrella del Mar launched her starboard torpedo and it hit, but once again with poor maintenance it was a dud.
That Démocratie was still in the lead of the French battle line was remarkable. She was flooded fore and aft, with five compartments filled, she had lost a funnel, had fires burning, and nearly 80 casualties reported. What might explain her actions was that she had lost steering control, and was simply stuck going forward, as she was headed behind Estrella del Mar and not being effective with her 9.2” guns. Estrella del Mar however was getting solid 10” shell hits, and now Styria and Feldkirch were coming into range.
The French however now decided to emulate the Austrian tactics, and sent in their Torpilleurs. Démocratie would have to wait and Styria and Feldkirch to turn back and support Estrella del Mar. Before the Torpilleurs could arrive however the Cuirassé du 2ème rang Démocratie, having taken more 10” hits, sank with 789 of her 824 man crew. Estrella del Mar put her 10” guns on Océan, and launched her forward torpedo, and hoped to be able to take out the incoming Torpilleurs with her limited 5” secondary. The torpedo hit on Océan’s fore belt. Even as French Croiseurs protégé closed in and peppered Estrella del Mar the Schlachtschiff continued to get hits on Océan. She also drove off a Torpilleur with a torpedo, again sadly a dud. Estrella del Mar though had to respect the Torpilleurs finally arriving, and move away from Océan. She attempted to get one more salvo in a close range even has Javeline T-8 came up abeam of Océan, taking one hit meant for Océan while Océan caught another. The Torpilleur Javeline T-8 cruised forward as if intending to torpedo Estrella del Mar from astern, than sank with 73 of her 75 man crew.
Meanwhile Javeline T-7 closed right into Styria and Feldkirch, with Javeline T-7 able to get a torpedo off and take a torpedo, both fired too close to arm. The Torpilleur Javeline T-7 was sunk with 10” and 5” fire with 68 of her 75 man crew. Then the Cuirassé Océan was sunk with 775 of her 824 man crew by one last 10” shell from Estrella del Mar.
The four remaining Javelines and two Piques were closing on Estrella del Mar but her escorts, Styria and Feldkirch, were closing to support her. They were able to sink Javeline T-1 with 69 of her 75 man crew. They were not in range to engage Javeline T-4 as she came up on Estrella del Mar’s starboard beam. But once again Estrella del Mar’s torpedo crews proved their worth, getting their starboard torpedo launched and hitting Javeline T-4 on her fore belt. Javeline T-4 plowed bow first into the water and sank sunk with 69 of her 75 man crew.
Javeline T-2 tried to come up on Estrella del Mar the same way, knowing her starboard tube would be reloading, but Estrella del Mar had turned away and was now presenting her stern and got a torpedo off from there. The Torpilleur Javeline T-2 was sunk with all of her 75 man crew. The attack on Estrella del Mar was over.
Pique T-3 has crossing ahead of Styria and was able to launch her torpedo at the Panzerschiff. Styria took it on her main belt and lost two engines, later a third, and had her citadel flooded. Her torpedo back at Pique T-3 missed and Pique T-2 was coming up fast. But with two 5” hits Torpilleur Pique T-3 was sunk with all of her 9 man crew and Feldkirch was taking Pique 2 under fire. Pique 2 turned hard to launch on Feldkirch, and again a Panzerschiff took flooding amidships while Javeline T-6 closed on her. But also once again two 5” shells sank a Torpilleur, Pique T-2 going down with all of her 9 man crew.
Javeline T-6 tried to line up on Feldkirch, screaming in. Now however Estrella del Mar had rejoined the Panzerschiffe, and got a 10” shell on Javeline T-6. With four 5” hits Javeline T-6 sank with 73 of her 75 man crew.
Cont’d.
Star of the Seas 12:08:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 15 February 1904
Fresh off recommissioning after her refit as a ship of the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, the Estrella del Mar, or Stern des Meeres, was joined by the Cardinal class Gepanzerkreuzer Emperor' Glory, from the Limassol Seearsenal in Cyprus, the Enforcer class Leichter Kreuzer Beliator the Inceptor from the Cattaro Marinestation in Croatia, and the Viper class Torpedoboot Viper T-14, from the Cattaro Marinestation in Croatia, on a patrol between Tunisia and Crete. They were found by two Suffren class Croiseurs cuirassés, the class lead Suffren and the Imprenable, both larger than Estrella del Mar, and two Arbalète class Torpilleurs, the Arbalète T-4 and Arbalète T-6.
The French came in from the north-west. Estrella del Mar turned to close on them and sighted Suffren and Imprenable. Suffren opened up first, and Estrella del Mar turned to bring all four of her 10” guns to bear against Suffren’s two 11.1” guns. But it was Estrella del Mar that got the first hit and decided her to detach Viper T-14 to try a torpedo run at the Imprenable. The French Torpilleurs were to the east as Viper T-14 swung in from the west. Suffren and Imprenable were focused on the hits they were getting on Estella del Mar. Finally Imprenable noticed the danger and attempted to hit Viper T-14 with her secondary and anti- Torpilleur guns, even splashing the water ahead of Viper T-14 with an 11.1” shells, which for a 590 ton boat is not a non-consequential miss. Viper T-14 continued to close however, coming up on Imprenable’s starboard quarter and matching her course. Imprenable launched her torpedoes but misgauged Viper T-14’s turn. Viper T-14 launched two crossing strikes of two each. One exploded short but three hit, one aft and two amidships. Imprenable was damaged and flooding in four compartments, but still battle capable. Viper T-14 withdrew to reload, taking a 5.3” shell as she left.
Hoping to emulate Viper T-14, Arbalète T-4 and Arbalète T-6 closed in as Estrella del Mar turned back to match the heading of Suffren and Imprenable. Estrella del Mar caught Arbalète T-4 with a 5” secondary and Emperor' Glory with two 4” secondary shells. Arbalète T-4 was driven off with damage, and then sank with 47 of her 52 man crew.
Arbalète T-6 tried to take on Beliator the Inceptor, matching her heading as the Leichter Kreuzer attempted to follow Emperor' Glory in her turn. Beliator the Inceptor then turned hard to close on Arbalète T-6 and Arbalète T-6 turned to match her. Arbalète T-6 was driven off with damage as Beliator the Inceptor resumed her formation keeping.
Estella del Mar had now closed on Suffren and Imprenable and took Suffren under fire. Suffren got an 11.1” hit on Estella del Mar that banged on her main belt. The two 10” shells Estella del Mar sent in reply both blew through her main belt. Suffren took heavy flooding and sank with 764 of her 791 man crew just as her shell magazine exploded.
Arbalète T-6 was back, trying to torpedo Beliator the Inceptor and barely missing. Beliator the Inceptor took Arbalète T-6 under fire and poured shells into her, with help from Emperor' Glory. Arbalète T-6 sank with 47 of her 52 man crew.
Flooded fore and aft but with her guns operational, Imprenable headed towards Estella del Mar and Emperor' Glory. Losing control, Imprenable road right over the sinking wreck of Suffren, losing speed as she dragged her keel over Suffren’s upper works. Estrella del Mar hit her with a torpedo but Emperor' Glory missed. But with only two compartments unflooded Imprenable lost buoyancy and sank with 733 of her 791 man crew.
Estella del Mar had taken 28 casualties, Emperor' Glory just three, Beliator the Inceptor only one, and Viper T-14 took 4. They picked up 95 survivors of the Marine nationale française.
French Block the Otranto Strait 19:52:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 7 March 1904
The French have put a stopper in the Adriatic Sea and blockaded the Croatian and Montenegrin coasts. The KuK Kriegsmarine is gathering a task force to drive off the French.
At the same time they have left the port of Tunis undefended and it has been attacked by the Toaster and company. One transport was sunk at anchor and nearly 30 thousand tons of port capacity destroyed or damaged.
Always 😍 thanks...
43:33: The French have three classes of torpedo boats, Arbalète, Javeline '00, and Pique. Not surprisingly they don’t all have the same torpedoes.
Battle of Massaua 08:43:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 3 February 1904
The Python class Torpedoboot Python T-17, assigned to the Massaua Marinestation in Eritrea on the Red Sea, was given a convoy of nine Gamma class 17 thousand ton 73 manned unarmed transports to protect. Before they could get moving the Marine nationale française’s Croiseur protégé Bugeaud, lead ship of her class, attacked the port of Massaua.
Python T-17 had one chance, get the convoy moving immediately while she tried to cripple Bugeaud so the French ship couldn’t catch the 14 knot transports.
Python T-17 closed while Bugeaud opened fire on the transports, and turned for her torpedo strike, which caused Bugeaud’s to miss. Bugeaud did catch Python T-17 with a 6” shell however as the Torpedoboot lined up her launch. Both torpedoes hit but the strike had been tight, and all the damage was concentrated under the aft funnel and secondary tower. Bugeaud was damaged but not sinking. She was also still hitting Python T-11. Python T-11 was trying to break away and reload her torpedoes, but the #1 launcher was struck and its crew wiped out. Python T-11 was flooding fore and aft and had two engines disabled, cutting her speed. A few more hits and Python T-11 sank, leaving the nine transports under the fire of Bugeaud, who kept close enough to take them all out before they could break away.
With at boat the size of the Python T-11, sinking often takes all the crew. The Marine nationale Française has not reported taking any survivors from T-11 or the transports. The Austrian Merchant Marine lost 15 thousand gross registered tons of shipping capacity and 657 officers and seamen.
20:25 You can cheese the un-mothballing and avoid a recommissioning delay. Set the crew of the mothballed ship to a low number ("low crew"), confirm, set the crew to full, confirm, sail the ship immediately. The crew will obviously only be cadets or whatever your crew pool is, but meh.
The vanilla game has allowed this for at least two years (1.08 when I bought the game)? I *think* I raised it as a bug back then.
Does the water running over the deck of a tumblehome act as ablative armor?
Once the enemy ship has about 5 metres of water over the whole hull, it's quite immune to shellfire. 😛
Battle off Barcelona 00:00:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 23 January 1904
Now forward based, the Cardinal class Gepanzerkreuzer Voralberg, from the Gibraltar Port Seearsenal at Gibraltar Territory, two Super Enforcer class Leichter Kreuzer, the Körös from the Cagliari Marinestation in Sardinia, and the Hallein from the Olbia Marinestation in Sardinia, and the Python class Torpedoboot Python T-10, from the Mallorca Marinestation on the Baleares, were ordered to conduct a patrol “from the Baleares to points west”. Perhaps they took this a little too liberally when they skirted Spanish water off Barcelona and found the Jules Ferry Class Croiseur Cuirassés Montcalm, two De Grasse Class Croiseurs protégé, the Forbin and Dupleix, and the Arbalète Class Torpilleur Arbalète T-11.
Spotting funnel smoke of some three or four ships to the north-east, Voralberg headed that way with her squadron following behind. The first ship sighted was the Arbalète T-11, which Voralberg turned to north-west to greet with her full broadside. Once turned Voralberg launched her starboard torpedoes. Arbalète T-11 simply turned slightly to avoid them. This however threw Arbalète T-11’s torpedo off and Voralberg was able to dodge them in turn. Arbalète T-11 was caught in the middle of the Austrian ships and sunk with all but one of her 52 man crew.
Montcalm came over the horizon, with two smoke screens to her starboard, obviously two Croiseurs protégé. She was armed with three single 10.3” guns turrets, one forward and a pair super firing aft. She had ten 5.2” guns in single turrets, five per side, a smattering of secondaries, and six torpedo tubes fore, aft, and two per side. At a design 5,255 tons, she was overweight at 5,493. A green crew of 334 men rode the ship with a 15.6 knot top speed. Armor only reached 4.2” thick on the main belt. Four funnels gave her a distinctive look. (Actually it looks like it inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s battleships from Howl’s Moving Castle)
Voralberg turned to close with Montcalm until she was again in range with her 7” guns. Montcalm would have the advantage of range but could not control it, being slower than Voralberg’s 18 knots. Voralberg however turned north-west again to engage with Dupleix, again launching torpedoes from her starboard launchers to keep Dupleix at range, keeping her eleven 6” guns away, there being a tandem pair aft and a centerline mount forward, along with her four underwater tubes firing short range torpedoes, two per side. The torpedo strike from Voralberg did drive Dupleix back and 7”, 4” and 3” hits soon had Dupleix flooding fore and aft. With just her engineering spaces and steering compartment keeping her afloat, Dupleix tried to turn away. Forbin was closing on the end of the Austrian line, and Python T-10 was ordered to break from the formation, go to her top speed, and swing around the Kreuzer, keeping them between her and Forbin. With a 17 knot top speed Forbin wasn’t going to catch her.
Dupleix’s green crew, though they had 100 casualties from a complement of 275, was fighting the flooding aft and pumping out the compartments. Her forward compartments were totally awash and the hatches sealed, with the forward magazine flooded. Dupleix had lost many of her 6” guns. Finally Dupleix sank with all but two of her 275 man crew.
This allowed Python T-10 to turn directly at Montcalm, having gotten well ahead of Forbin and moving at nearly her top speed. Montcalm and Voralberg were exchanging main battery fire, which kept Montcalm focused for the moment while Python T-10 closed. Python T-10 wanted to come up on Montcalm’s port side heading on the same course to give the torpedo crews the best chance of hitting. That of course would be a two-edged sword. Python T-10’s chances increased enormously when Montcalm lost her 10.3” powder magazine in a flash fire, popping off her super firing turret. Her forward turret followed. Torpedo crews however are not bothered by the loss of gunnery crews, and the port side torpedo crews on Montcalm timed their launch perfectly. Python T-10 got hers two off jus seconds before she took two herself. One struck slightly ahead of her tower, and one slightly aft, ripping the boat open across most of her length and disabling one engine. But both of Python T-10’s torpedoes struck as well, and this finished the flooding on Montcalm, her citadel finally awash. Montcalm lost all but ten of her 334 man crew. Python T-10 took just 3 casualties from her crew of 14 and managed to stay afloat until she could be taken under tow.
Though slow, Forbin had managed to slip away. She was reported to have taken 39 casualties. Körös had taken 5 in exchanges with her. Voralberg lost 2 to Montcalm. Undamaged, Hallein picked up the 13 French survivors.
Probably mentioned already but it's Wien (=Vienna), not Wein. That said, fun reads!
@@tagtip Gah, all the Google/Wikipedia research I do to set up and I get that one wrong? It's because I think the name in my head backwards, like vine and not ven.
Thanks, not going back but I've fixed it going forward.
France Losing Allies! 11:30:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 8 February 1904
The Republic of Indonesia has broken their alliance with Paris, upset with France’s warmongering.
I don't run any mods as I don't have the skills to confidently start modifying the game
One recent problem I have reported is torpedoes, I have been turning them off until needed only to be shocked when the game turned them back on by itself and even fires them through my own lines sometimes hitting ships in front of them
I can be a massive problem in large scale battles which can be a pain
Yeah that sounds like the exact opposite of the ‘fire the torpedoes now’ button I’ve long wished for - no thank you!
All this use of "acquired" ships makes me want to play a campaign where I can only Yoink ships off other countries.
You have a ship with dual fore torpedo launchers, and you turn the ship away?! The Codex Astartes does Not Support this action, brother!
Well fought battles, even though the AI is being annoying in every possible way.
Libya Unchastised 20:10:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 12 March 1904
Wein had decided it does not have the time or resources to take Cyrenaica from the terrorist Emirate of Libya.
Comments for the comment god
Hey munroe, i think its time you start adopting weapons that are inspired by the lore like macrocannons, lance batteries and nova cannons. Im kind of thinking the nova cannons should be large caliber short barrel and lance batteries should be some kind of hyper velocity secondary weapon?
Hmmm… I’ll try but sadly the Age of Steel lacks the insane scale and destructive power as the Grim Darkness of the Far Future 😅
@BrotherMunro oh it doesn't have to be true to scale
But having a pair of twin short barrel 16-20s to augment your normal primary battery might do might make a fair representation of the nova cannons lmao
Day 64 of posting a obligatory comment
Sorry I don't have the time to watch these right now my grandfather is in the hospital l
Hope he gets better soon!
@@BrotherMunro unlikely
@@NOTRTGAME ☹️
@@BrotherMunro he's dead
@@NOTRTGAME very sorry to hear that, my condolences
Fall of Djibouti 45:49:
Die Presse: Wein
MCMIV, 8 August 1904
The French province in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti, also the name of the main city and port, has fallen to the Kaiserlich und Königliche Armee. They defeated the Armée de France métropolitaine after a long campaign, inflicting nearly 16 thousand casualties on the French but taking nearly 28 thousand themselves. Expensive, but this rounds out Austria’s hold on this portion of Africa and controls the southern mouth of the Red Sea.