Nerorober301 - Nero Rober 301

Successful salvage by Alex Ichim https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8eyaLQ

The Italian battleships Conte di Cavour and Giulio Cesare at Napoli, 1938. On 9 July 1940 these two battleships and their escorts met with a small British fleet under the command of Admiral Cunningham. The ensuing engagement became known as the Battle of Calabria.

Initially the Italian heavy cruisers outgunned their lighter British opponents, who fell back. Cunningham in HMS Warspite, seeing his cruisers under pressure, opted to leave behind the flagging battleships Royal Sovereign and Malaya and move on the Italians alone. Though technically outnumbered, Warspite was the superior ship - and being Warspite she delivered. Opening up at long range, a 15″ shell smashed into Giulio Cesare after a near 15 mile flight (24 km). With one record setting shell fired from a range of 26,000 yards, the battle was over. The Italian fleet turned and made for Messina and under threat of land based air attack the British too went home.

As I’m currently watching Star Blazer 2199 - Space battleship Yamato I’ll give you this: 

"Space Battleship YAMATO" Themes ⚓ Japanese Navy Band

Acording to Youtube:

Also known as "Star Blazers", a Japanese animation in 1970s. 00:00 Introduction 00:33 The Infinite Universe 02:22 Space Battleship Yamato [with pronunciation subtitles] 04:51 New Cosmo Tigers 07:16 Theme of "Taiga Yamato"

Performed by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Band, Tokyo

On June 2, 2017 at Yokohama

HMS Iron Duke

So I finished grinding the Orion in World of Warships, great ship btw and I will definitely keep her. Now I’ve unlocked the next one ship of the Royal Navy battleship tree, HMS Iron Duke. As I also only needed two more elements to complete the Dunkirk Collection and I did have coal to spare, I bought a couple of containers and got Jack Dunkirk for finishing it. I already have Bert Dunkirk and use him as a commander on HMS Neptune. These unique commanders do have some traits that make them a stronger pick than the normal commanders. 

Anyway, my decision to add the British battleship line to the many lines I already grind does leave me a bit undecided what I should spend my coal for.

Thunderer the tier 10 reward ship is a pretty nifty boat and sports 457 mm main guns and got the British zombie heal, but I already own Warspite, Nelson and Hood as premiums, so do I really need her?

On the other hand there is the IJN Yoshino, she’s basically Azuma’s nastier big sister and also has torpedos which Azuma lacks.

But then I already own two other super cruisers, the USS Alaska and the KM Ägir. 

But then that’s a decision I don’t need to make right now as I’m still about 70.000 coal short for what each ship would cost. So I guess that will mean more grinding for me then!

Engagement between HMS Mediator and three French and two American Ships, by Montague Dawson (c) Christie's

HMS Mediator was a 44-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy. On 11 December 1782 she was commanded by Captain James Luttrell and waiting off Ferrol to intercept an American frigate. Luttrell found a squadron of three French and two American vessels, all heavily armed and with an aggregate of over six hundred men heading for Port au Prince. These formed a line of battle and presented a formidable appearance as the Mediator faced them.

Undaunted, Luttrell bore down on them and in a close action cut off one of the largest American privateers, the Alexander, compelling her to surrender. She subsequently captured the French Eugène and Ménagère.

The following day a desperate but unsuccessful attempt was made by the prisoner to set fire to the Mediator. The captured stores from the ships were brought safely to England. 

Good guy Amos looking out for his captain and the coffee maker.

Practicality is not a primary concern in some of our photoshoots

Marco Gorlei

Ruin by Artur Pass

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L39Zx0

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