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18 EABin Hussar Naval ActionsMontpelier almost made it to the cover of the squall but here hard to starboard turn placed her in the torpedo arc of DesRon 10 0321 Both sides recoil from this horrific encounter. Of the USN’s CruDiv 12 only Denver survives an... |
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17 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0318 IJN CA’s attempt to extricate themselves from a very deadly space by making a port turn. Unfortunately their speed at this point is only between 10-15 kts so they don’t get very far. The USN commander with a similar though... |
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16 EABin Hussar Naval ActionsView of DesRon 10 opening up on Montpelier |
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15 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0315 More point blank gunnery from both sides with damage accumulating on Columbia, Cleveland Haguro and Myoko. Agano and the rest of DesRon 10 smother Montpelier with 6” and 5” fire yet score no hits! |
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14 EABin Hussar Naval ActionsHaguro’s spread of 4 Type 93s intersect Denver’s course resulting in 1 hit resulting in catastrophic hull and engineering damage. As a result she is slowed to 10 kts |
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13 EABin Hussar Naval Actions
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12 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0315 In an attempt to avoid collision the IJN cruisers make turn to starboard. This causes the Haguro cutting through the USN line resulting in a glancing impact with Cleveland. This caused minimal hull damage to both ships as... |
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11 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0312 IJN torpedoes have hit and a close range gun fire ensues. None of the shooting was over 4000 yards and it was rapid firing 6” vs IJN 8” with opposing formations on collision course. Haguro targets Cleveland, while Myoko ta... |
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10 EABin Hussar Naval ActionsWider view of Desron 3 torpedo attack. Also visible is a disastrous collision of force about to unfold as the IJN appears out of the squall line at point blank range. One of the DDs in DesDiv 46 manages to get 10 torpedoes off... |
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09 EABin Hussar Naval ActionsDesron 3 after launching torpedoes turns away under the cover of smoke. The wreck of Sendai and their torpedo launch points visible astern. |
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08 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0312 USN CruDiv 12 counter marches with a turn in succession and the IJN torpedoes lance through the formation after a run of approx. 8000 yards. Columbia and Cleveland (still not visually acquired) each obligingly take a Type... |
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07 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0303-0306 Sendai makes a hard port turn but is pummeled by 17 6” hits resulting in her rapid demise. She does manage to get off a spread of 2 Type 90’s at the USN cruiser formation at a range of 9000 yards. At 0309 her consorts... |
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06 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0300 Montpelier of CruDiv 12 opens fire on the northern most IJN formation targeting the lead ship Sendai (flag of DesRon3) |
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05 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0257 Closer view of IJN approach to the squall line. The column of 2 is Haguro and Myoko and have already been detected by DesDiv 45. The column of 4 lead by Agano (flag DesRon 10) has so far remained undetected. |
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04EABin Hussar Naval Actions0257 DesDiv 45 in the lead followed by CruDiv 12 and lead ship of DesDiv 46 just entering. DesDiv 45 has contact with 2 IJN formations but the approaching squall line is making it difficult to contact the 3rd IJN formations. T... |
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03EABin Hussar Naval Actions0248 A snooper closes for a closer look and pays the price |
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02 EABin Hussar Naval ActionsView from the IJN perspective |
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01 EABin Hussar Naval Actions0245 Local DesDiv 45 steaming at 20 kts on course 340. In the distance approx. at approx. 15 Kyds is a heavy squall line. Beyond the squall at just over 30 Kyds 3 IJN formations approach. IJN snooper skirting the storms but tra... |
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Mac3in Hussar Ships
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Mac2in Hussar Ships
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Mac1in Hussar Ships
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Brockin Healey36 miscFirst Battlecruiser Squadron, 1/6000 Figurehead on homemade bases. |
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Bruceys Garden cin Healey36 miscTorpedo attack! |
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Bruceys Garden bin Healey36 miscGadeke's battleships make their turn to the southwest converge on Bradford's Wobbly-Four. |
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Bruceys Garden ain Healey36 miscHMS King Edward VII under fire. |
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