A departure from my modern stuff back to the interwar period... I've been pondering about older ships for some time and somewhere either on the old boards or here I did have a go at it but I gave up to concentrate on the newer stuff but I digress, however I've decided I might as well delve into the older ships too.
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The 'D' class light cruisers were designed and built during the rearmament of Atlantia after the Great War, they were heavily influenced by the British 'C' and 'D' class light cruisers of the period being of a similar size and role. They had a top speed of 31 knots and a range of 10,000km. Complement stood at 330 officers and men.
Armament as built was 6x 6"/45 guns 4x 12pdr AA guns and 6x 2pdr AA guns. The class differed from their British counterparts in not having a torpedo armament.
The armament was reduced by 2 guns to 4x 6"/45 guns in the 1930s to reduce top weight amid concerns of stability with the fitting of new fire control systems.
Daeadalus and Dreadnought saw action against the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the English Channel during their famous dash, Daeadalus took 3 direct hits from the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen and had to withdraw, Dreadnought shadowed the ships for several hours before having to withdraw due to a U-Boat sighting.
The class were generally employed on convoy escort duties due to their obsolescence compared to the newer Towns and the more heavily armed but similar vintage 'B' class cruisers.
The class was updated in 1943 receiving 5"/12 guns in place of their 6" guns as well as replacing their 2pdr and 12pdr AA guns with 20mm Oerlikons and 40mm/60 Bofors. Daedalus and Dogstar did not receive this update as they were already being repaired and upgraded at the time of the order being issued due to attrition in the North Atlantic.
Daedalus was sent out in late 1943 with 4x single 5"/38s, 8 single and 6 twin 20mm Oerlikon mounts and 4x single 40mm mounts.
Dreadnought sent out in early 1944 was equipped with 3x 5"/38s in two twin mounts, 4x 40mm/60 in single mounts and 4x in two twin mounts, she had 8 single and 5 twin 20mm mounts.
Driver and Diver became wartime casualties to U-Boat action and mining respectively. The remaining 4 vessels served until the end of the war Dogstar being damaged by a mine in 1945 was stricken off charge and broken up soon afterwards. The remaining 3 vessels served into the early 50s to see action in Korea before being struck and scrapped.
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ORBAT of the as then Royal Atlantian Navy follows.
ORBAT June 1940:
Aircraft Carriers:
HMAtS Poseidon (1929)
HMAtS Artemis (1938)
Battleships:
HMAtS Wessex (1920)
HMAtS Mercia (1925)
HMAtS Cambria (1933)
HMAtS Siluria (1935)
Battlecruisers:
HMAtS Heracles (1922)
Heavy Cruisers:
HMAtS Samson (1929)
HMAtS Addax (1930)
HMAtS Blackbuck (1933)
HMAtS Oryx (1936)
Light Cruisers:
'D' Class
HMAtS Dreadnought (1923)
HMAtS Daedalus (1923)
HMAtS Devestation (1924)
HMAtS Driver (1926)
HMAtS Diver (1927)
HMAtS Dogstar (1927)
'B' Class
HMAtS Black Rock (1924)
HMAtS Black Eagle (1924)
HMAtS Black Dog (1926)
HMAtS Buzzard (1926)
HMAtS Borderer (1928)
HMAtS Bouncer (1929)
Town Class
HMAtS Lilihelm (1927)
HMAtS Dunkirk (1929)
HMAtS Minehead (1931)
HMAtS Eriea (1933)
HMAtS Goose Bay (1934)
HMAtS Blue Ridge (1934)
Destroyers:
D1 Class
D300 (1927)
D301 (1927)
D302 (1927)
D303 (1928)
D304 (1928)
D305 (1928)
D2 Class
D350 (1930)
D351 (1930)
D352 (1931)
D353 (1931)
D354 (1931)
D355 (1932)
D356 (1932)
D357 (1932)
D358 (1933)
D359 (1933)
E1 Class
E400 (1935)
E401 (1935)
E402 (1935)
E403 (1936)
E404 (1936)
E405 (1936)
E406 (1936)
E407 (1937)
Submarines, frigates and auxiliaries yet to be worked out.