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StephenT said:
HMAS Australia model 2 BB
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HMAS Melbourne model 2 CA
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HMAS Sydney model 2 CA
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Would I be right in saying that because these ships were now serving with the Royal Navy and not the Royal Australian Navy as they did in 1914, that they had the prefix 'HMS', not 'HMAS'?
 
Allenby said:
Would I be right in saying that because these ships were now serving with the Royal Navy and not the Royal Australian Navy as they did in 1914, that they had the prefix 'HMS', not 'HMAS'?
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No. They were still in the RAN, just operating alongside the Royal Navy.

From www.navy.gov.au:

The Royal Australian Navy website said:
On 31 October 1916 she [HMAS Sydney] was temporarily attached to the 5th Battle Squadron at Scapa Flow. On 15 November she sailed for Rosyth and on arrival joined the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron consisting of the four sister ships, HMS SOUTHAMPTON, HMS DUBLIN, HMAS MELBOURNE and HMAS SYDNEY, attached to the 2nd Battle Squadron of which HMAS AUSTRALIA was the flagship.
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There are various similar quotes on the same website, but that one proves the point best. :)
 
libya.jpg


Libya in 1918 - it is hard to establish exactly who owned what due to the poverty of information on the subject, but I think the above is a reasonable reflection.
 
Looks good to me. Did the Ottomans have any troops there?
 
Shadow Knight said:
Looks good to me. Did the Ottomans have any troops there?
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In 1918 the Turks had 20,000 regulars in Libya, a comparable number of reservists with limited training as well as 40,000 reservists without training. These were under the command of Ishak Pasha, who was trying to forment the local tribes into the fighting the Italians. He was largely unsuccessful in this task because the tribes seemed to hate each other and the Turks more than the Italians. :)
 
The Imperial Japanese Navy

Deletions:

Tsukuba CA/1
Tango BB/0
Sagami BB/0

Additions:

Fuso BB/3
Yamashiro BB/3
Ise BB/3
Hiei BB/4
Haruna BB/4
Kirishima BB/4
Two DD/2
One DD/3
One SS/2

Under development:

Hyuga BB/3 (ready 30/4/1918)
Nagato BB/5 (ready Nov 1920)
Tatsuta CA/3 (ready Mar 1919)
Tenryu CA/3 (ready Nov 1919)

All ships should be at their 1914 locations. Put the new vessels in a "7. Sentai" in Tokyo province. (This is pure guesswork on my part. :))

Exception: the Akashi (CA/2) and Nisshin (CA/1) together with the new DD/3 unit should be at Malta in the Mediterranean. Possibly as an expeditionary force on loan to Britain?
 
I forget, did you mention the deletion of the portuguese cruiser that was beached in 1915 from the 1914 OOB? (It was the "Republica", IIRC)
 
So far I've done the British, French, US, Japanese and German naval OOBs. I haven't even got onto Italy or Austria-Hungary yet, never mind Portugal. :)

Regarding the Mutsu, I used a rule of thumb to ignore all ships completed after 1920 - which would mean they would be under construction for over two years. Since 2 years is the maximum construction time for a ship in TGW, it would be more cost-effective for the player to cancel such ships, wait a few months, then start building them again. :) For the AI, it would be an unwarranted handicap.

In reality, at least among the warring powers, such ships were basically put on hold, and completed as and when budgets allowed at a very slow pace.

Edit: plus, the Mutsu was only laid down on 1 June 1918, so shouldn't appear in the scenario anyway...
 
Various naval OOBs:

DENMARK

Add to the development pool:
Niels Iuel CA/1 Ready 3 July 1918


SWEDEN

Add:
Sverige BB/0
2:a Ubåtsflottiljen SS/0

Add to the development pool:
Drottning Victoria BB/0 Ready 1 January 1921


NETHERLANDS

Add:
one SS/1


SPAIN

Add:
Alfonso XIII BB/1

In the development pool:
Jaime I (BB/1) should still be in development; change her completion date to 1 December 1919. (Construction of this ship was severely delayed several times)


GREECE

Add:
Kilkis BB/0
Limnos BB/0


RUMANIA

Delete her entire fleet.


SIAM

Delete:
Maha Chakri CA/0


ARGENTINA

Add:
Rivadavia BB/1
Moreno BB/1


BRAZIL

Delete:
Almirante Tamandare CA/0


The navies of Austria-Hungary, Italy and the Former Tsarist Empire are still to do. All other countries - no change from 1914.
 
The final remaining navies.

ITALY

Delete:
Regina Margerhita BB/0
Benedetto Brin BB/0
Vettor Pisani CA/1
Amalfi CA/1
Carlo Alberto CA/1

Add:
Conte di Cavour BB/3
Giulio Cesare BB/3
Caio Duilio BB/3
Andrea Doria BB/3
Campania CA/2
Basilicata CA/2
Two DD/1 flotillas
Two SS/1 flotillas

Building: one DD/2 flotilla ready December 1918


AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Delete:
Wien BB/0
Zenta CA/0
Kaiserin Elisabeth CA/0

Add:
Prinz Eugen BB/1
Szent István BB/1
Two DD/1 flotillas
Two SS/1 flotillas

Building: one SS/2 flotilla due June 1918


SOVIET RUSSIA

In Leningrad (Kronstadt Naval Base):

"Active Squadron"
Petropavlovsk BB/1
Andrei Pervozvanny BB/0
Oleg CA/2
Aurora CA/2
Orlitsa CV/0
One DD/2

"Reserve Fleet"
Gangut BB/1
Poltava BB/1
Sevastopol BB/1
Respublika BB/0
Rurik CA/1
(These ships should be at strength=1; they were effectively useless due to lack of maintenance at this time)

In Archangel:
"Arctic Squadron"
Chesma BB/0 (at strength=50)
Askold CA/0

At sea in the Black Sea:
"Soviet Black Sea Fleet"
Svobodnaya Rossiya BB/1


UKRAINE

The situation of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was extremely confused during this time. Based at Sevastopol, the Soviet government ordered it to sail to Novorossisk, but most ships hoisted the Ukrainian flag instead in Spring 1918. The Germans, when they made Ukraine their vassal in summer 1918, confiscated most of these ships. After Germany surrendered, the ships passed to the Entente, who gave many of them to Wrangel's White Army in 1919, scrapping the others. I'd make them Ukrainian in this scenario, but that means they'll have to be at Odessa since we're making Crimea a White province.

Volya BB/1
Georgi Pobiedonosets BB/0
Tri Svititelia BB/0
Rostislav BB/0
Borets za Svobodu BB/0
Evstafi BB/0
Ioann Zlatoust BB/0
Ochakov CA/2
Pamiat Merkuria CA/2
Prut CA/2
Respublikanets CV/0
Aviator CV/0
Two DD/2
One SS/1
 
Were you thinking of posting which ministers should be in power for various states? Those for the former Russian Empire would be useful, as my information sources are not as comprehensive as I would like them to be in that area.

Apart from that, I will probably sort through the relevant ministers myself as I compile the country.inc files, although assistance would be very welcome. :)
 
Very well. :) I think we are fortunate that most of the minister files in question here refer to Black Shadow ministers as opposed to people in particular, as it saves us from the difficulty of completing (or starting) lists for Byelorussia, Armenia and so on.
 
Oh, lord.

I´d better pick out my whip and get to work.

Remind me tomorrow.
 
Wilhelm VI said:
Could we see a screenshot of the political situation of Europe as of March,1918 ?
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Certainly. :)

march1918.jpg


As you may have guessed, I have not worked extensively on this scenario.

I shall, however, concentrate on it a bit more, shortly.
 
Allenby...dear sweet God I didn't know you were such a talented artist. Whatever you are doing you need to stop now and start your career as a realist painter. :D

But why is Spain under water though? Some type of interpretation?

Anywho, do any those Blue Shadow ministers have any special talents (i.e. Guns and Butter Doctrine, etc.), or all of them just crappy generic ministers?
 
OK, OK, I get the hint.

I´ll have those splinter russian states up by afternoon today.

Right now I am about to miss P.E...
 
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