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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 17:18:08 GMT -6
So I thought I'd do a campaign where I'm playing as Britain using (where possible) historically accurate ship designs.
- Very large fleets
- Harsher Peace deals - Manual Build Legacy Fleet
Ships designed will be based on ones Britain actually built or considered building, though I will obviously have to take different technologies available, and different arms limitation treaties into account.
Part of the point of this is to get a better grasp of historical RN warships.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 17:33:40 GMT -6
The Apollo and Highflyer light cruisers:
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 17:44:48 GMT -6
And now we turn to CAs. I'm building 6 Cressy-class (2x9, 12x6, 21kt) for these. Next will be battleships...
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 17:52:13 GMT -6
Canopus-class battleships.
I've up-armoured the belt from 6" to 10" because the historical Canopus used Krupp steel but these have Harvey armour.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 17:58:31 GMT -6
Desperate-class destroyers.
These are based on the historical Desperate, except I've had to reduce the speed to 26kts.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:04:50 GMT -6
I'm also building some smaller Star-class destroyers:
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:11:08 GMT -6
To round it off, 12 generic colonial minesweepers.
I've still got 238M in funds so I think it will be some more Bs and CAs...
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:16:16 GMT -6
Majestic-class Bs.
I can afford 4 of these.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:23:49 GMT -6
February 1900.
All but 2 of my CLs are on foreign stations, so my first job is to build more of them.
Then I will build destroyers and battleships, which i will need if there is a war!
I have also increased research on machinery, fire control, ship design and torpedoes.
Submarines and explosive shells are low priorities for now.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:30:26 GMT -6
March 1900
The Challenger-class are a slightly faster varient of the Highflyer CL. I am building 7 of these.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:35:41 GMT -6
April 1900.
The River-class as slow, but medium range, destroyers. I hope to build 36 of them (as happened historically).
Also, tensions are mounting with Russia. i hope i cvan build some more battleships before a war starts!
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:47:33 GMT -6
May 1900.
I can afford 2 more majestic-class Bs, the Victorious and Prince George. These will bring the class up to 6 ships in all.
Also, research is key and has been increased to 12% of total budget.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:49:27 GMT -6
November 1900.
We now have access to the better Krupp armour. This will be used in the next battleship class.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 18:52:04 GMT -6
January 1901
Now that 36 destroyers have been completed, and we have bigger docks, it's time to build some much needed battleships.
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Post by cabalamat on Sept 6, 2020 19:00:04 GMT -6
May 1901
The 3 Duncan-class Bs are a faster Canopus than can do 19 kts. They are intended to counter the Russians.
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