Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts work in progress.

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MengJiao

Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2019, 08:03:07 AM
On the new site I can see that there are a nice number of nations to play as, including China and Japan - which I was not expecting.

For pre-dreadnought, armored cruiser battles, the major contenders were Greece, Turkey, Russia, Japan and China -- in some cases using British or French constructed ships.  On remote stations, the RN and the German Empire clashed, but of course any battlecruiser could shut that down quickly (as in the Falklands in 1914).

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Playing as China in the 1890s SIno Japanese War would be epic.


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MengJiao

Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2019, 12:25:26 PM
Playing as China in the 1890s SIno Japanese War would be epic.

   And allthmoreso if your French cruisers turned up instead of disappearing mysteriously on the high seas.

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Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2019, 02:46:44 PM
'Mysteriously'

Actually, it was a French cruiser that the Japanese bought in the 1880s that disapeared without a trace -- I think.

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There is a new book out on armored cruisers in the period before Dreadnaught.
Think it is published by Naval Institute Press.  Will see if I can find it again, and if so will post the information.
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Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2019, 04:52:08 PM
Do you know the name?

  Protected Cruiser Unebi.  Launched (1886) Le Havre.  Purchased by Japan, but vanished on the way to Japan.

MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on June 03, 2019, 07:32:38 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2019, 04:52:08 PM
Do you know the name?

  Protected Cruiser Unebi.  Launched (1886) Le Havre.  Purchased by Japan, but vanished on the way to Japan.

  ル・アーヴル港を出港する日本巡洋艦「畝傍」

MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on June 03, 2019, 07:36:04 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on June 03, 2019, 07:32:38 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2019, 04:52:08 PM
Do you know the name?

  Protected Cruiser Unebi.  Launched (1886) Le Havre.  Purchased by Japan, but vanished on the way to Japan.

  ル・アーヴル港を出港する日本巡洋艦「畝傍」


   


MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on June 03, 2019, 07:37:01 PM





Apparently Emil Bertin designed and built (he was in Japan 1886-1890) most of the Japanese fleet that won the 1894 war with China.

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Fascinating stuff.  History I didn't know, and I taught the subject for 20 years.  I love it when I learn something new and I thank you for it.
 

It of course must've been aliens.
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MengJiao

Quote from: SirAndrewD on June 03, 2019, 11:18:33 PM
Fascinating stuff.  History I didn't know, and I taught the subject for 20 years.  I love it when I learn something new and I thank you for it.
 

It of course must've been aliens.

  I blame the Chinese.