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Table structure:
- FK_Belle - String
- TXT_CommissionYear - String
- TXT_Summary - Text
- TXT_ServiceDates - String
- TXT_Namesake - String
- TXT_Sisters - String
- TXT_NotableSistersList - Text
- TXT_Builder - String
- TXT_Fate - Text
- TXT_Battles - List of String, delimiter: ;
- TXT_Rescue - String
This table has 169 rows altogether.
| Page | FK Belle | TXT CommissionYear | TXT Summary | TXT ServiceDates | TXT Namesake | TXT Sisters | TXT NotableSistersList | TXT Builder | TXT Fate | TXT Battles | TXT Rescue |
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| Cargo:MoreInfo-Achilles (edit) | Achilles | 1933 | Defeated Admiral Graf Spee alongside Ajax and Exeter at the Battle of the River Plate - and played herself in the film of the same name in 1956. Sold to India and recommissioned as Delhi in 1948, in which capacity she served another thirty years. | 10.10.1933 - 6.30.1978 | Achilles | Four sisters, including Orion Three half-sisters, including Perth | Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England | Scrapped | Battle of the River Plate | My name is Achilles, Captain. I do believe that, with the two of us fighting side by side, our power will rival that of the gods. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Admiral Graf Spee (edit) | Admiral Graf Spee | 1936 | Flagship of the Kriegsmarine. Sank nine vessels during commerce raiding operations in the south Atlantic before her defeat by Ajax, Exeter, and Achilles at the Battle of the River Plate. Her captain scuttled her on 17 December 1939; three days later, he shot himself. | 1.06.1936 - 12.17.1939 | Maximilian von Spee | Two, including Deutschland | Reichmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Scuttled | Spanish Civil War non-intervention patrols • Battle of the River Plate | You conducted yourself honorably in that battle, Kapitän. My name is Admiral Graf Spee, and I believe I could serve you with confidence. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Admiral Hipper (edit) | Admiral Hipper | 1939 | Sortied with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and assisted with Operation Weserübung. Severely damaged midway through the war, her repairs were delayed by the Soviet advance until the RAF finished her off in 1945. Her bell is on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial. | 4.29.1939 - 5.03.1945 | Admiral Franz von Hipper | Four | Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany | Scuttled 1948-1952 Scrapped | Operation Weserübung • Battle of the Atlantic • Operation Rösselsprung • Operation Regenbogen • Battle of the Barents Sea | I nearly let my crew down, Kapitän... but you came to our aid at just the right time. My name is Admiral Hipper. I promise, I won't fail again. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Admiral Scheer (edit) | Admiral Scheer | 1934 | She was the most successful capital ship commerce raider of the entire war, disrupting shipping across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Arctic. She served as a training and ground support ship between 1942 and 1944, and was capsized by British bombers in April 1945 and ultimately buried. | 11.12.1934 - 4.9.1945 | Reinhard Scheer | Two, including Deutschland and Admiral Graf Spee | Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Sunk | Spanish Civil War Battle of the Atlantic Operation Wunderland | I am seldom surprised, Kapitän, and rarely pleasantly. I am Admiral Scheer, and I look forward to studying your exploits. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Akagi (edit) | Akagi | 1927 | Flagship of the Kido Butai, laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser and converted to an aircraft carrier. Destroyed Hermes and Vampire in the Indian Ocean Raid before meeting her end at Midway. | 3.25.1927 - 5.06.1942 | Mount Akagi | None | Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Japan | Scuttled | Second Sino-Japanese War • Attack on Pearl Harbor • Invasion of Rabaul • Battle of Darwin • Indian Ocean Raid • Battle of Midway | Fufufu... my sources were right about you, Kanchou. The lady Akagi pledges her service - and her loyal shinobi - to your righteous cause. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Algérie (edit) | Algérie | 1934 | Began the war as flagship of the First Cruiser Squadron. Escorted Bretagne to Canada with French gold, shelled Genoa, and later escorted Provence back to Toulon, where she was scuttled with the rest of the French fleet in 1942. | 9.15.1934 - 11.27.1942 | French Algeria | None | Brest Dock Yard Brest, France | Scuttled at Toulon | Search for Graf Spee • Scuttling at Toulon | Thank you so much for the assistance, Capitaine! My name is Algérie. I pledge my loyalty to you from this day forward. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Amerigo Vespucci (edit) | Amerigo Vespucci | 1931 | Built in a late 18th-century style as a school ship and survives to this day in that role, traveling the world and participating in tall ship races. The American carrier Independence named her "the most beautiful ship in the world" in 1962. | 5.26.1931 - 1.00.1900 | Amerigo Vespucci | One | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Naples, Italy | In service | Training and prestige functions | Prepare for adventure, Capitano! You stand before the great Amerigo Vespucci! Oh, and the chameleon's name is Soderini. He knows things. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Antoniotto Usodimare (edit) | Antoniotto Usodimare | 1929 | Her class was built to counter the French Chacal and Guépard classes. Assisted in sinking British submarine P38. Sunk by Axum's sister Alagi in a friendly fire incident in June 1942. | 11.21.1929 - 6.08.1942 | Antoniotto Usodimare | Eleven | Odera of Sestri Ponente Genoa, Italy | Sunk | I'm hardly presentable, Capitano, please don't hold it against me. But I thank you for your assistance. My name is Antoniotto Usodimare. | ||
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Aoba (edit) | Aoba | 1927 | Assisted in the invasion of Guam and convoys to Guadalcanal. Faced Boise and Salt Lake City in the Battle of Cape Esperance and survived forty shells. Sunk in an American air raid on Kure harbor in 1945. | 9.20.1927 - 7.28.1945 | Mount Aoba | One | Mitsubishi Nagatsaki Nagatsaki, Japan | Sunk 1946-1947 Scrapped | Invasion of Guam • Battle of the Coral Sea • Battle of Savo Island • Battle of Cape Esperance • Indian Ocean raid | That's some good looking gear you have there, Kanchou! The name's Aoba, and if ever you'd like to give that gear an update, I'm your girl. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Archimede (edit) | Archimede | 1939 | Replaced the previous Archimede following her transfer to the Spanish Navy. Survived an encounter with six destroyers near Gibraltar in 1942. After returning to patrol duty in the Atlantic, she was destroyed by American aircraft the following April. | 4.18.1939 - 4.15.1943 | Archimedes | Four | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto Taranto, Italy | Sunk | Patrols off East Africa • Patrols in west Mediterranean • Patrols off Brazil | What a brilliant use of physics on your part, Capitano! I'm Archimede. You don't mind if a perform an experiment or two on board, do you? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Argonaut (edit) | Argonaut | 1928 | Despite not being an attack submarine, she made the first US wartime approach on enemy naval forces following Pearl Harbor. Her sinking in 1943 remains the worst wartime loss of life for a US submarine. Her bell was given to the Submarine Memorial Chapel before this, and rings there to this day. | 4.02.1928 - 1.10.1943 | Argonauts | Eight half-sisters, including Nautilus and Narwhal | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine, USA | Sunk | Come, Captain, sit, luxuriate with me. I'm Argonaut, and if there's one thing I know, it's always best to enjoy oneself after a battle. | ||
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Argus (edit) | Argus | 1918 | Started construction as an ocean liner, but was converted into an aircraft carrier (the first in the world with a landing deck the length of her hull) toward the end of the Great War. From the start of World War II until 1942, she conveyed aircraft to Malta; later on she took a more active role in combat operations. | 9.16.1918 - 12.5.1946 | Argus Panoptes | None | William Beardmore Dalmuir, Scotland | Sold for Scrap | Operation Hurry • Operation White • Operation Perpetual • Operation Picket I • Operation LB • Operation Harpoon • Operation Torch | It seems almost crazy to offer you my help after a triumph like that... but maybe you could use a fresh set of eyes? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Arizona (edit) | Arizona | 1916 | Recovered from her shakedown cruise just in time for the Great War. Ripped in half by bombing from Kaga and Hiryū at Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona Memorial sits at the site of her wreckage. She retains the right, in perpetuity, to fly the US flag as if she were an active, commissioned naval vessel. | 10.17.1916 - 12.07.1941 | State of Arizona | One | Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York, USA | Sunk | Attack on Pearl Harbor | Well, I'll be, Captain! If you hadn't come around when you did, I would have been in for it, huh? The name's Arizona - it's a pleasure meeting you. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Ark Royal (edit) | Ark Royal | 1938 | The first aircraft carrier whose hangars and flight deck were an integral part of her hull. She gained a reputation as a "lucky ship" and, together with Sheffield, successfully hunted down and destroyed Bismarck. She herself was sunk near Gibraltar by U-81 in November 1941. | 12.16.1938 - 11.14.1941 | Past Ark Royal Ships | None | Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England | Sunk | Search for Graf Spee • Operation DX • Operation Alphabet • Operation Collar • Battle of Cape Spartivento • Search for Scharnhorst and Gneisenau • Operation Tiger • Search for Bismarck • Operation Substance • Operation Halberd | My name is Ark Royal, Captain. Your service to me was really quite sweet. ... Speaking of sweet, how does a piece of celebratory cake sound? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Ashigara (edit) | Ashigara | 1929 | Visited the coronation of George VI, where British journalists characterized her as a "hungry wolf" - built to be deadly, not comfortable for her crew. The IJN took this as a compliment, and "the Hungry Wolf" became legend. Defeated Exeter in the Java Sea and fell to HMS Trenchant in June 1945. | 8.20.1929 - 6.08.1945 | Mount Ashigara | Nachi, Myōkō, Haguro | Kawasaki Shipyards Kobe, Japan | Sunk | Philippines Campaign • Battle of the Java Sea • Battle of Christmas Island • Battle of Leyte Gulf | You're here to put the fear of the Emperor into these damn Funayūrei, huh? I think the Hungry Wolf can help you there, Kanchou. I'm Ashigara. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Astoria (edit) | Astoria | 1934 | Repatriated Ambassador Hiroshi Saito's ashes in March 1939 - the last American warship to visit Japan before the war. Escorted Saratoga to safety after I-6's torpedo attack and defended Lexington at the Coral Sea. Ambushed and destroyed at Savo Island with sisters Vincennes and Quincy. | 4.28.1934 - 8.9.1942 | City of Astoria | Six, including New Orleans and Minneapolis | Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, Washington | Sunk | Battle of the Coral Sea • Battle of Midway • Battle of Savo Island | ||
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Atlantis (edit) | Atlantis | 1939 | Converted from cargo ship to commerce raider and went on to sink or capture 22 vessels. Captured secret documents aboard SS Automedon that proved valuable to Japan's opening moves against the West. Intercepted and destroyed by Devonshire in November 1941. | 11.30.1939 - 11.22.1941 | Atlantis | None | Bremer Vulkan AG Bremen-Vegesack, Germany | Sunk | Hunt for cargo vessels in Atlantic and Indian Ocean | Kapitän, my name is Atlantis. Thank you for your assistance. ... That is all I'm able to say. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Augusta (edit) | Augusta | 1931 | Served as a presidential flagship for both Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S Truman. Directed the Allied attack on Casablanca, took part in the invasion of Normandy, and brought Truman to the Potsdam Conference. She won three battle stars, retired in 1946, and was sold for scrap in 1959. | 1.30.1931 - 11.09.1959 | City of Augusta | Five, including Houston | Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia, USA | Scrapped | Operation Torch • Naval Battle of Casablanca • Operation Overlord • Operation Dragoon | Captain, this lady will forever be in your debt. My name is Miss Augusta, and if I can be of service to you in any way, just say the word. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Aurora (edit) | Aurora | 1903 | Survived the Battle of Tsushima, fired the first shots on the Winter Palace in the October Revolution, and contributed her guns to the defense of Leningrad. Sunk in harbor, refloated as a training ship, and survives to this day as a museum ship. | 7.16.1903 - 11.17.1948 | Aurora, Roman Dawn Goddess | Two | Admiralty Shipyard St. Petersburg, Russian Empire | Museum ship | Dogger Bank incident • Battle of Tsushima • October Revolution • Siege of Leningrad | It is not heroes that make history, Kapitan. It is history that makes heroes... and I have seen plenty of it. I am Aurora. Who will you be, I wonder? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Axum (edit) | Axum | 1936 | After seven years of close calls and uneventful patrols, scored her first hit on HMS Nigeria and sank HMS Cairo in August 1942. Spent the last months of her life escorting Allied spies into German-held territory until running aground and being scuttled at the end of 1943. | 9.27.1936 - 12.28.1943 | City of Axum | Sixteen | CRDA Monfalcone, Italy | Scuttled | Operation Coat • Operation Pedestal | What a battle, Capitano! My name is Axum, and I would be happy to brew you some coffee if you need a pick-me-up after that fight. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Béarn (edit) | Béarn | 1927 | The only completed ship of the Normandie class; her four sisters were broken up and used to finish her. Sabotaged in the French Antilles to keep her out of Vichy hands. Used as a barracks ship postwar until 1966 and scrapped a year later. She never once launched her planes in anger. | 5.27.1927 - 5.31.1967 | Béarn | None | La Seyne-sur-Mer Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | Scrapped | Search for Graf Spee • Transfer of gold from France to Halifax • Internment at Martinique | What a victory, Capitaine! I'm Béarn! I'm pretty sure I could have made it out of that scrape on my own - but I'll stick with you just to be safe. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Belfast (edit) | Belfast | 1939 | Began the war harassing German shipping alongside Hood and Edinburgh. Survived a magnetic mine and saw the Battle of North Cape, the invasion of Normandy, and the Korean War after. Remains to this day as a museum ship, moored on the River Thames near the Tower Bridge in London. | 8.05.1939 - 10.21.1971 | City of Belfast | One sister, Edinburgh Eight half-sisters, including Southampton and Sheffield | Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland | Museum Ship | Operation Leader • Battle of North Cape • Operation Tungsten • Normandy Landings • Operation Overlord • Operation Charnwood • Korean War | I can't thank you enough for your help, Captain. My name is Belfast. Don't let my youth fool you - I'm tougher than I look. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Bezbozhnik (edit) | Bezbozhnik | 1931 | Originally a British L-class submarine, she was sunk in the Baltic in 1919 during the intervention in the Russian Civil War. She was found in 1927, was raised the following year, and served as the basis for the Soviets' own L-class subs. Operated as a training vessel and was scrapped in 1960. | 8.7.1931 | Atheist | Six sisters and twenty-eight half-sisters | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan | Scrapped | Russian Civil War Training functions | You arrived just in time, though it wouldn’t have been my first sinking. My name is... Bezbozhnik. Why don't we show these witches what we know? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Blyskawica (edit) | Blyskawica | 1937 | One of the only ships capable of keeping up with Queen Mary. Pulled out of emergency refit to defend East Cowes against a 160-bomber German air raid. Survives as a museum ship in Gdynia - the world's oldest preserved destroyer. | 11.25.1937 - 1.00.1900 | Lightning | One | J. Samuel White East Cowes, England | Museum ship | Norwegian Campaign • Operation Dynamo • East Cowes Raid | You kept up with me, Kapitan? That makes you special! I'm Blyskawica - let's see them try to catch us now! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Boiky (edit) | Boiky | 1939 | Assisted against German forces during and after the Siege of Sevastopol, together with Parizhskaya Kommuna. Withdrawn from action in late 1943 after a series of setbacks and met her end as a target vessel in 1962. | 5.01.1939 - 1.01.1958 | Spry, Bold | Five sisters Ten half-sisters, including Gnevny and Gromky | Andre Marti Yard Nikolaev, USSR | Scrapped | Served in the Black Sea | One more shot from my slingshot, and I would've had her! ... Still, it's good you came along when you did. Thanks, Kapitan - the name's Boiky. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Boise (edit) | Boise | 1938 | Survived heavy fire at Cape Esperance, supported the Allied invasion of Italy, and returned to the Pacific to liberate New Guinea and the Philippines. Sold to Argentina 11 January 1951, where she served as Nueve de Julio until 1978. She was scrapped in Texas in 1983. | 8.12.1938 - 1.01.1983 | City of Boise | Six, including Nashville | Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia, USA | Scrapped | Battle of Cape Esperance • Battle of Gela • Battle of Surigao Strait | Gosh, Captain, you're something else! Of course, I could've handled the situation with a little more time, but thanks all the same. The name's Boise! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Bolzano (edit) | Bolzano | 1933 | Hosted Mussolini several times and took part in fleet reviews for Hitler and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. Close shaves with the Royal Navy culminated in an ultimately fatal encounter with HMS Unbroken in August 1942; she was towed to La Spezia but sunk in June 1944. | 8.19.1933 - 6.21.1944 | City of Bolzano | None | Gio. Ansaldo & C. Genoa, Italy | Sunk | Battle of Balabria • Raid on Taranto • Battle of Cape Teulada • Battle of Cape Matapan | I thought I was fast enough to outpace the Morganas... clearly, I was wrong. I can't thank you enough for your help, Capitano! My name is Bolzano. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Bulldog (edit) | Bulldog | 1931 | Enforced the embargo on Spain during the Civil War, guarded Ark Royal and Glorious, and joined the latter on a hunt in the Indian Ocean. Captured an Enigma machine in May 1941, helping the cracking of German naval codes. Served faithfully in the Atlantic and sold for scrap as 1945 drew to a close. | 4.08.1931 - 12.22.1945 | Bulldog | Eight sisters Eleven half-sisters, including Saguenay | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England | Scrapped | Operation Cycle • Operation Torch • Liberation of the Channel Islands | Captain, I'm Bulldog. I hope you don't mind the press. With me by your side, reporters will never be too far away. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Camicia Nera (edit) | Camicia Nera | 1938 | Served tirelessly in the Mediterranean to intercept British convoys, with mixed results. Renamed Artigliere in July 1943, after her sister of that name was sunk the preceding April. Given as war prize to the Soviets and renamed Lovky until her sinking as a target ship in 1954. | 6.30.1938 - 1.01.1960 | "Blackshirt", a member of the all-volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy | Eleven sisters Seven half-sisters | Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando Livorno, Italy | Scrapped | Battle of Skerki Bank | Damn Morgana made me drop my cigarette. Though, I suppose things could have gone far worse if you hadn't shown up, Capitano. Call me Camicia Nera. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Canarias (edit) | Canarias | 1936 | Flagship of the Nationalist Navy. Sank 34 ships while in service. Participated in the search for survivors after Bismarck was destroyed. Scrapped in 1977 after failed attempts to convert her into a museum ship. One of her propellers survives in a public park in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. | 9.01.1936 - 1.01.1977 | Canary Islands | None, but half-sister to the Royal Navy's thirteen County-class ships, including Shropshire. | SECN Ferrol, Spain | Scrapped | Spanish Civil War • Battle of Cape Espartel • Battle of Cape Machichaco | Rarely am I surprised, Capitán, but your strength caught me off guard. My name is Canarias. The two of us? We're going to work well together. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Carabiniere (edit) | Carabiniere | 1938 | Led the XII Destroyer Squadron in convoys, interceptions, and bombardments from the outbreak of war until the armistice of 1943. Assisted the Royal Navy thereafter in escort and recovery missions as far as Ceylon. Served in testing and training roles until she was demolished in 1973. | 12.20.1938 - 3.1.1978 | Carabinieri | Eleven sisters, including Camicia Nera Seven half-sisters | Cantiere Navali del Tirreno Riuniti Riva Trigoso, Italy | Scrapped | Battle of Punta Stilo • Battle of Cape Teulada • Operation Grog • Battle of Cape Matapan • First Battle of Sirte | Capitano! You'll be pleased to find the bandits in custody... the few we didn't sink, that is. Another successful arrest by Carabiniere! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Chervona Ukraina (edit) | Chervona Ukraina | 1927 | Served in the Siege of Sevastopol and was sunk two weeks in. Raised 3 November 1947 and used as a training ship and later as a target ship. Served as a fixed target from 1952 onward. By 1980, there was nothing left of her above water. | 3.21.1927 - 11.13.1941 | Red Ukraine | One, Krasny Kavkaz | Andre Marti Yard Nikolayev, USSR | Sunk 1952 Used as a target | Siege of Odessa • Siege of Sevastopol | I almost let Ukraine down... but you came to my aid, and restored my hope in the future, Kapitan. My name is Chervona Ukraina, and I thank you. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Chikuma (edit) | Chikuma | 1939 | One of the last two heavy cruisers completed for the IJN. Provided reconnaissance for the Pearl Harbor raid, destroyed Hermes and Vampire with the Indian Ocean Task Force, and guided I-168 to its sinking of Yorktown. American carriers returned the favor at the Battle off Samar. | 5.20.1939 - 10.25.1944 | Chikuma River | One | Mitsubishi Nagatsaki Nagatsaki, Japan | Scuttled | Battle of Wake Island • Battle of the Java Sea • Indian Ocean raids • Battle of Midway • Battle of the Eastern Solomons • Battle of Santa Cruz • Battle of the Philippine Sea • Battle of Leyte Gulf | Kanchou, I really was impressed by your knowledge of naval tactics. My name is Chikuma, and I'd really like to learn from you. Would you mind? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Chiyoda (edit) | Chiyoda | 1938 | Converted into a light aircraft carrier following the Battle of Midway. Served in the Battle of the Philippine Sea with Yamato, Kongou, and Takao. Franklin and Lexington crippled her near Cape Engaño, and gunfire from Wichita, New Orleans, and others finished her off. | 12.15.1938 - 10.25.1944 | Thousandth-Generation Field | One | Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Japan | Sunk | Second Sino-Japanese War • Battle of Midway • Battle of Leyte Gulf | I was seconds away from needing a mulligan when you showed up, Kanchou! My name is Chiyoda, and I can't thank you enough! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Conte di Cavour (edit) | Conte di Cavour | 1915 | Escorted both King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini. Severely damaged by Illustrious at Taranto and was still under repair at the time of the Italian surrender. Though briefly refloated, she was ultimately scrapped in 1946. | 4.01.1915 - 1.01.1946 | Count Camillo Benso di Cavour | Two, including Giulio Cesare | La Spezia Arsenale La Spezia, Italy | Scrapped | Corfu Incident • Invasion of Albania • Battle of Punta Stilo • Raid on Taranto | Don't mistake me for a distressed damsel, Capitano... but I appreciate the assistance. I'm Conte di Cavour. Tell me, how politically-minded are you? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Cossack (edit) | Cossack | 1938 | Rescued 299 British prisoners - originally captured by Admiral Graf Spee - in the Altmark Incident. Hunted German raiders with Hood and Edinburgh. She and Zulu harassed Bismarck ahead of the final battle, losing an antenna for her trouble. Broken by a torpedo from U-563 and sunk in October 1941. | 6.07.1938 - 10.24.1941 | The Cossack people | Fifteen sisters, including Nubian and Zulu Eleven half-sisters | Vickers Armstrong Newcastle, England | Sunk | Second Battle of Narvik • Search for Bismarck | I was willing to fight those Morganas to the death... fortunately, your presence made that unnecessary. Captain, I'm Cossack. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-De Ruyter (edit) | De Ruyter | 1936 | Served in the Dutch East Indies against the IJN before being torpedoed by the IJN cruiser Haguro in the Battle of the Java Sea. Her wreckage was discovered in 2002, and her bells recovered. One is on display at the Kloosterkerk in The Hague. | 10.03.1936 - 2.28.1942 | Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter | None | Wilton-Fijenoord Dockyard Schiedam, Netherlands | Sunk | Battle of Bali Sea • Battle of Badung Strait • Battle of the Java Sea | Thank God you came when you did, Kapitein. I am De Ruyter. You're not the fearful sort, are you? I can appreciate that. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Delhi (edit) | Delhi | 1919 | Came under heavy fire from Canarias during refugee operations in the Spanish Civil War. Accompanied Rawalpindi on her fateful final patrol. Fought Axis forces in North Africa and assisted Allied landings in the region. Debuted new fire control systems, but deemed obsolete and broken up in 1948. | 6.01.1919 - 1.22.1948 | City of Delhi | Seven | Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd Newcastle-on-Tyne, England | Scrapped | Russian Civil War • Carib War • Spanish Civil War • Operation Menace • Battle of Dakar • Operation Dragoon | The enemy is relentless, and only a cunning mind can stop them. Captain, I'm Delhi, and I'd very much like to learn a thing or two from you. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Deutschland (edit) | Deutschland | 1933 | Conducted non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War and survived Republican bombing. Rerated and renamed Lützow in 1940. Teamed up with Admiral Hipper during the Battle of the Barents Sea, but ultimately restricted to the Baltic, where the RAF sank her in 1945. | 4.01.1933 - 7.22.1947 | Deutschland | Two, including Admiral Graf Spee | Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany | Sunk as a target | Spanish Civil War non-intervention patrols • Operation Weserübung • Battle of Drøbak Sound • Operation Rösselsprung • Operation Regenbogen • Battle of the Barents Sea | Well done, Kapitän - the Führer would have been most displeased had I lost. My name is Deutschland. If you need a flagship, I'm your girl! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Diether von Roeder (edit) | Diether von Roeder | 1938 | Fought alongside Hans Lüdemann and sisters in the Skagerrak and near Norway. Ran Cossack aground in April 1940 and sustained fire from Warspite. Out of ammunition and out of position, she herself was run aground and blown up by her last three men. | 8.29.1938 - 4.13.1940 | Diether von Roeder | Five, including Hans Lüdemann | AG Weser Bremen, Germany | Scuttled | Operation Weserübung • First Naval Battle of Narvik • Second Naval Battle of Narvik | How virtuous you seem, Kapitän. My name is Diether von Roeder, and I would be pleased to serve alongside a Kapitän as esteemed as yourself. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Duilio (edit) | Duilio | 1915 | Hunted HMS Valiant and Force H, though failed to encounter either. Dealt a grievous blow by HMS Illustrious at Taranto and fought back fiercely against Ark Royal while under repair at Genoa. Movement halted in 1943 by a fuel shortage. Ended active service in 1953 and scrapped three years later. | 5.10.1915 - 9.15.1956 | Gaius Duilius | One | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Naples, Italy | Scrapped | Corfu Incident • Battle of Taranto | The Morganas will be back, and with better tactics for sure. Rest well, Capitano. A war is not won by the weary. So says Duilio! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Dunkerque (edit) | Dunkerque | 1937 | Designed to counter the Deutschland-Class cruisers. Teamed up with Hood to catch Scharnhorst and Gneisenau after Rawalpindi's death, but failed to track them down. Hood would later strike her down at Mers-el-Kébir, with Ark Royal's planes landing the killing blow. | 5.01.1937 - 11.27.1942 | City of Dunkerque | One | Arsenal de Brest Brest, France | Scuttled at Toulon | Mers-el-Kébir Battle • Scuttling at Toulon | What a daring rescue, Capitaine! I'm Dunkerque. Staying with you seems as if it would be quite the adventure... and I do love adventures. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Edinburgh (edit) | Edinburgh | 1939 | Hunted Scharnhorst after Rawalpindi's death and Bismarck later on, together with Hood and Cossack. Escorted convoys to the Middle East and Malta. Sunk by U-456 in May 1942. The gold she then carried - payment from the USSR for aid - was largely recovered in the 1980s, worth over £40,000,000. | 7.06.1939 - 5.02.1942 | City of Edinburgh | One sister, Belfast Eight half-sisters, including Southampton and Sheffield | Swan Hunter Newcastle, England | Scuttled | Operation Claymore • Search for Bismarck • Operation Substance • Operation Halberd | Captain, Captain, what wonderful work! My name is Edinburgh, and... I appear to have lost one of my books. Mind helping me find it? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta (edit) | Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta | 1935 | A "lucky ship," she was never damaged in any naval actions or by any air or submarine attack. Fuel shortages kept her mostly out of action in 1943 until the armistice. She was given as a war prize to the Soviet Union, renamed Stalingrad, then renamed Kerch until her retirement in the 1960s. | 7.13.1935 - 1.01.1960 | Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta | One sister, Eugenio di Savoia Ten half-sisters, including Giuseppe Garibaldi | OTO, Livorno Livorno, Italy | Scrapped | Battle of Punta Stilo • First Battle of Sirte | I can't thank you enough for the service you've done both myself and the House of Savoy, Capitano. My name is Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Emden (edit) | Emden | 1925 | First large German warship built post-WW1. Visited ports in the Indian Ocean, east Asia, and the Americas. She spent the majority of her career as a training ship until being damaged in April 1945 and destroyed the following month. Her bow ornament remains on display in the Deutsches Museum. | 10.15.1925 - 5.03.1945 | Town of Emden | None | Reichmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Scuttled 1949 Scrapped | Operation Weserübung | I learned a few things there, Kapitän. My name is Emden, and I think I might remain with you - education is of the utmost importance to me. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Émile Bertin (edit) | Émile Bertin | 1935 | First French warship to use triple mountings. Evacuated the Polish gold reserves to Lebanon. Initially under Vichy control, she switched sides in 1943 and went on to support the Allies in Operation Dragoon. She survived the war and served the rest of her days as a training ship until her end in 1961. | 1.28.1935 - 1.01.1961 | Louis-Émile Bertin | None | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire, France | Scrapped | Allied Norwegian Campaign | Capitaine! Oh, Capitaine, I can't thank you enough. I'm Émile Bertin. Just allow me to get my research together, and I promise I'll be along shortly! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Enterprise (edit) | Enterprise | 1938 | First US vessel to sustain casualties during the Pacific War and first to sink an enemy warship. Downed over 900 enemy planes and seventy ships. With twenty battle stars, she was the most decorated American ship of the war. Scrapped by 1960, her bell survives at the U.S. Naval Academy. | 5.12.1938 - 1.01.1958 | Past Enterprise ships | Two | Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia, USA | Scrapped | Attack on Pearl Harbor • Battle of Midway • Battle of the Eastern Solomons • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands • Guadalcanal Campaign • Battle of the Philippine Sea • Battle of Leyte Gulf | Captain, I'm Enterprise. I think we both got lucky finding each other today - with your leadership and my planes, we'll be unstoppable. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Espero (edit) | Espero | 1928 | After the 1932 Shanghai Incident, she and Trento protected Italian colonial interests in China, where she stayed for a year. Seventeen days after Italy's entry into the war, she was sunk by the HMAS Sydney off Tobruk in Italy's first engagement with Allied forces. The battle bears her name. | 4.30.1928 - 6.28.1940 | The Western Wind | Seven | Gio. Ansaldo & C. Genoa, Italy | Sunk | Battle of the Espero Convoy | You know, you're tougher than you look, Capitano. I can respect that. Call me Espero. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Ettore Fieramosca (edit) | Ettore Fieramosca | 1931 | Shelled Barcelona and saw unsuccessful action against Republican Spain. Best known for her mechanical shortcomings and enormous cost, which made her the sole ship of her class. Surcouf inspired her design. Don't let her hear you say it. | 12.15.1931 - 1.01.1941 | Ettore Fieramosca | None | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto Taranto, Italy | Scrapped | Operational patrols | You know, you could have come along a bit sooner - a little timeliness wouldn't kill you! I'm Ettore Fieramosca, by the way. ... Thanks. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Eugenio di Savoia (edit) | Eugenio di Savoia | 1936 | She and d'Aosta departed on round-the-world trip in 1938, but had to return early as the war drew nearer. From 1943 she served as a training ship. She was given as a war prize to Greece in 1950 and renamed Elli, served another fifteen years, and auctioned for scrap in 1973. | 1.16.1936 - 1.01.1973 | Prince Eugene of Savoy | One sister, d'Aosta Ten half-sisters, including Giuseppe Garibaldi | Gio. Ansaldo & C. Genoa, Italy | Scrapped | Spanish Civil War • Battle of Punta Stilo • Operation Harpoon • Operation Pedastal | What a respectable showing, Capitano! My name is Eugenio di Savoia. Now, why don't I regale you with some of my stories about South America? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Exeter (edit) | Exeter | 1931 | The efforts of Exeter and Achilles led to the sinking of Admiral Graf Spee at the River Plate. Repaired and assigned to defend the Dutch East Indies. Slain by Ashigara and Myōkō in the Java Sea in March 1942. Her wreck, though declared a war grave, was destroyed by illegal salvage by 2016. | 7.27.1931 - 3.01.1942 | City of Exeter | One | Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England | Sunk | Abyssinian Crisis • Battle of the River Plate • First Battle of the Java Sea • Second Battle of the Java Sea | How courageous of you, coming to my aid! Captain, my name is Exeter, and I'll freely admit my admiration for those unafraid to take action. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Fubuki (edit) | Fubuki | 1928 | When commissioned, she was the most powerful destroyer in the world. Operated with Kumano in the East Indies and faced Vampire at Endau. Encountered Houston and Perth at the Sunda Strait and outlived both. Fought a steady retreat against American forces until her demise at Cape Esperance. | 8.10.1928 - 10.11.1942 | Blizzard | Nine sisters Fourteen half-sisters, including Ikazuchi | Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Japan | Sunk | Battle of Endau • Operation L • Operation J • Battle of Sunda Strait • Operation T • Operation D • Indian Ocean raids • Battle of Midway • Battle of Edson's Ridge • Battle of Cape Esperance | I was prepared to meet my sister Miyuki in death... but it appears fate had other plans in store. Kanchou, I am Fubuki. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Fusō (edit) | Fusō | 1915 | Assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. Sortied with Nagato and Hosho in support of the Pearl Harbor raid. One of Enterprise's bombers crippled her at the Surigao Strait on 24 October 1944; six hours later, she was torpedoed and destroyed. Her wreck was discovered in 2017. | 11.08.1915 - 10.25.1944 | Classical Name for Japan | One | Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Japan | Sunk | Operation Shō-Gō • Battle of Leyte Gulf • Battle of Surigao Strait | Ouch! Those Morganas nearly showed me this time. It's a good thing you showed up, Kanchou! Ha ha! ... Oh yes, and my name's Fusō. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Giulio Cesare (edit) | Giulio Cesare | 1914 | Damaged by Warspite in July 1940, but returned to service the following month. Later survived a raid from Illustrious and interned at Malta and then Taranto post-armistice. A Soviet war prize, she was renamed Novorossiysk until her destruction in 1955, probably by an old German mine. | 6.07.1914 - 5.04.1957 | Julius Caesar | Two, including Conte di Cavour | Gio. Ansaldo & C. Genoa, Italy | Scrapped | Corfu Incident • Invasion of Albania • Battle of Punta Stilo • Raid on Taranto | Capitano! God brought you to me - I just know it. My name is Giulio Cesare, and if I can help you in any way, please, just let me know! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Giuseppe Garibaldi (edit) | Giuseppe Garibaldi | 1937 | One of the last and most advanced of her class. Harassed Maltese convoys until the armistice, after which she patrolled the south Atlantic for German commerce raiders. Alterations after the war made her the first missile cruiser in Europe, boasting four Polaris launchers until her 1971 decommission. | 12.01.1937 - 1.01.1971 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | One sister Ten half-sisters, including d'Aosta and Eugenio di Savoia | CRDA Monfalcone, Italy | Scrapped | Battle of Punta Stilo • Raid on Taranto • Battle of Cape Matapan | What a passionate display of force, Capitano! I'm Giuseppe Garibaldi. You don't mind having a revolutionary amongst your fleet, do you? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Glorious (edit) | Glorious | 1917 | Served in the Great War and presided over the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet. Converted from battlecruiser to aircraft carrier under the 1922 treaty. Hunted Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean and supported British forces in Norway. Slain by Scharnhorst on 8 June 1940 in Operation Juno. | 1.1.1917 - 6.8.1940 | Glorious | Two | Harland & Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland | Sunk | Second Battle of Heligoland Bight • Norwegian Campaign | Captain! I meant to do that. And... that. But thank you for your help. The name's Glorious. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Gneisenau (edit) | Gneisenau | 1938 | Operated extensively with Scharnhorst, with whom she sank Rawalpindi and later Glorious. Captured or sank 13 ships during Operation Berlin. Conversion and repairs were halted in 1943, and she was sunk as a blockship two years later. Her bell is in the collection of the Museum of the Polish Army. | 5.21.1938 - 3.23.1945 | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau | One, Scharnhorst | Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany | Sunk as a blockship | Operation Weserübung • Operation Berlin • Operation Cerberus | I found the strategy you employed intriguing, Kapitän. My name is Gneisenau... I wonder if I might study your techniques in the future? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Gnevny (edit) | Gnevny | 1939 | Took part in bombardment and minelaying during the Winter War. Lost her bow to German mines in the opening days of Operation Barbarossa, and her life to German bombers three days later. | 1.31.1939 - 6.23.1941 | Wrathful | Nine sisters, including Gromky Six half-sisters, including Boiky | Zhdanov Yard Leningrad, USSR | Sunk | Winter War • Operation Barbarossa | Next time the Morganas pull a stunt like that, I'LL PULL THEM LIMB FROM LIMB! YOU HEAR ME?! Anyway, thanks for the assist, Kapitan. I'm Gnevny. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Gromky (edit) | Gromky | 1939 | First assigned to the Baltic Fleet, she was transferred to the Northern Fleet and spent much of her service escorting the Arctic Convoys. She survived the war and was destroyed in a nuclear test in 1957. | 2.23.1939 - 1.01.1960 | Loud | Nine sisters, including Gnevny Six half-sisters, including Boiky | Zhdanov Yard Leningrad, USSR | Scrapped | Arctic Campaign • Shelling of Vardø, Finland | Whoops! I very nearly lost it all out there, didn't I? How fortunate you showed up when you did, Kapitan? My name's Gromky, by the way. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hans Lody (edit) | Hans Lody | 1938 | Escorted Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper during Operation Juno, and later Bismarck and Lützow (formerly Deutschland) on sorties into the North Atlantic. Captured by the Royal Navy in 1945 and broken up four years later. | 9.13.1938 - 1.01.1949 | Carl Hans Lody | Eleven, including Theodor Riedel | Germaniawerft Kiel, Germany | Scrapped | Operation Sealion • Operation Rösselsprung • Operation Zitronella | I've heard talk of you, Kapitän, but the rumors didn't do you justice. My name is Hans Lody. Care to hear what I've overheard? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hans Lüdemann (edit) | Hans Lüdemann | 1938 | Named for a German sailor who died saving several others from a boiler room explosion in 1913. Faced Warspite in the Second Naval Battle of Narvik before being disabled and run aground. Finding nothing valuable aboard, the British finished her off. | 10.08.1938 - 4.13.1940 | Hans Lüdemann | Five, including Diether von Roeder | AG Weser Bremen, Germany | Scuttled | Operation Weserübung • First Naval Battle of Narvik • Second Naval Battle of Narvik | Whew, I have a few repairs in my future after that battle! But I can't thank you enough for your help, Kapitän. The name is Hans Lüdemann. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Henley (edit) | Henley | 1937 | A lucky mistake allowed Henley to fire the first destroyer shots during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She went on to convoy and anti-submarine patrol in the Pacific War, earning four battle stars before being torpedoed and sunk in October 1943. | 8.14.1937 - 10.03.1943 | Captain Robert Henley | Seven | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California, USA | Sunk | Attack on Pearl Harbor | I'm Henley, Captain. What would I have done without you, in that last battle? Here, sit, wait just a moment. I'll make us some sandwiches. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hermes (edit) | Hermes | 1924 | The world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier. Began the war in the Atlantic, patrolling for German raiders and once fighting Richelieu near Vichy Senegal. Assisted in the East African Campaign and ran patrols from Ceylon, where a Japanese raid slew her and Vampire in April 1942. | 2.18.1924 - 4.09.1942 | Hermes | None | Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd Walker, England | Sunk | Operation Ironclad | Captain, what a battle! I must pass word of it along to the other Royal Navy Belles. The rescue of Hermes will be the talk of the town! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hiei (edit) | Hiei | 1914 | Received significant upgrades on the eve of war, some of which influenced Yamato's design. Accompanied the Kido Butai to Pearl Harbor and Trincomalee. Survived Midway and dealt a mortal blow to Atlanta at Guadalcanal, but American bombers sealed her fate later that day. | 8.04.1914 - 11.14.1942 | Mount Hiei | Three, including Kongou | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Japan | Sunk | Siege of Tsingtao • Attack on Pearl Harbor • Indian Ocean raid • Battle of Midway • Battle of the Eastern Solomons • Battle of the the Santa Cruz Islands • Naval Battle of Guadalcanal | It is evident that I am in further need of training. My name is Hiei, Kanchou. Might you be able to facilitate said training? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hiryū (edit) | Hiryū | 1939 | Cut her teeth supporting the invasion of French Indochina in 1940. Her career saw extensive action in raids and invasions from Trincomalee to Darwin to Pearl Harbor. She was the last Japanese carrier to fall at Midway; Yorktown, though crippled, rallied alongside Enterprise and Hornet to slay the dragon. | 7.05.1939 - 6.05.1942 | Flying Dragon | None | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka, Japan | Scuttled | Invasion of French Indochina • Attack on Pearl Harbor • Battle of Ambon • Battle of Borneo • Invasion of Java • Indian Ocean raid • Attack on Trincomalee • Battle of Midway | What a victory, Kanchou! My name is Hiryū. Might I immortalize this success in poetry? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hood (edit) | Hood | 1920 | The last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy and the largest warship anywhere for 20 years. Hunted German commerce raiders at the outset of war. She and Ark Royal laid waste to the French fleet, including Dunkerque, at Mers-el-Kébir. Broken by Bismarck in May 1941, with only three survivors. | 5.15.1920 - 5.24.1941 | Admiral Samuel Hood | Three | John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland | Sunk | Operation Catapult • Battle of the Denmark Strait | Captain, you've done the whole of the British Empire a great service by saving the Mighty Hood today. Thank you for your courageous actions. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hōshō (edit) | Hōshō | 1922 | Japan's - and the world's - first commissioned ship built as a carrier. Supported the IJA in China. Covered friendlies at Pearl Harbor and at Midway, where her aircraft captured pictures of the sinking Hiryū. Surrendered to the Allies at war's end, conducted repatriations, and scrapped in 1946. | 12.27.1922 - 9.2.1946 | Phoenix Flying | None | Asano Shipbuilding Company Yokohama, Japan | Scrapped | Shanghai Incident • Second Sino-Japanese War • Attack on Pearl Harbor • Battle of Midway | The clouds have parted, Kanchou... for now. I am Hōshō, and my work is not finished. Not yet. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Houston (edit) | Houston | 1930 | Shot down four planes in the Makassar Strait. While retreating from the Java Sea, she and Perth were surrounded in the Sunda Strait and died fighting early on 1 March 1942. The full events were not known until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war. | 6.17.1930 - 3.01.1942 | City of Houston | Five, including Augusta | Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia, USA | Sunk | Battle of Makassar Strait • Battle of the Java Sea • Battle of Sunda Strait | Well, Captain, you really know how to teach those Morganas a lesson, don't you? The name's Houston, and I think we'll get along real well. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Hull (edit) | Hull | 1935 | Joined Enterprise to escort her into Pearl Harbor the day after the raid and screened Lexington's airstrikes on the Solomon Islands. Served in the Aleutians and the south Pacific, including during the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. Caught in Typhoon Cobra and foundered in December 1944. | 1.11.1935 - 12.18.1944 | Isaac Hull | Seven | Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York, USA | Sunk | Attack on Pearl Harbor • Great Marianas Turkey Shoot | Captain, you really are the reliable sort, aren't you? I can't thank you enough. My name is Hull. I'm glad to be in the fleet of someone I can trust. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-I-7 (edit) | I-7 | 1937 | Patrolled during and after the Pearl Harbor attack, including a hunt for Lexington. Assisted invasion of the Dutch East Indies and scouted for the Indian Ocean Raid and Guadalcanal. Caught near Kiska in June 1943 by USS Monaghan, she was driven aground and scuttled after their duel. | 3.31.1937 - 6.22.1943 | None | Seven, including I-8 | Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Japan | Wrecked | Attack on Pearl Harbor • Indian Ocean Raid • Guadalcanal Campaign • Aleutian Islands Campaign | Brilliantly fought, Kanchou! You have won the support of yours truly, I-7. My fellow submarines will have a fine example in the two of us. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-I-8 (edit) | I-8 | 1938 | The only Japanese submarine to successfully make a wartime voyage to Europe, engaging in technology swaps with Germany. Infamous for heinous crimes against Allied POWs. Two American destroyers struck her down in March 1945; one of the gun crew was her sole survivor. | 12.05.1938 - 3.31.1945 | None | Seven, including I-7 | Kawasaki Shipyards Kobe, Japan | Sunk | Trans-oceanic voyage | How shameful, that any Morgana might come so close to defeating me. Kanchou, my name is I-8. Please do not hold this lapse against me. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Ikazuchi (edit) | Ikazuchi | 1932 | Along with her sister Inazuma, rescued 442 US and UK survivors following the Second Battle of Java Sea, despite putting themselves at significant risk. Fought beside Hiei at Guadalcanal. Torpedoed and sunk by the submarine Harder with no survivors in April 1944. | 8.15.1932 - 4.13.1944 | Thunder | Three sisters Twenty half-sisters, including Fubuki | Uraga Dock Company Uraga, Japan | Sunk | Second Sino-Japanese War • Invasion of Hong Kong • Battle of Ambon • Battle of Timor • Naval Battle of Guadalcanal • Battle of the Komandorski Islands | You're quite the competitor, Kanchou! I'm Ikazuchi, gymnast extraordinaire. If the two of us were to train together, we could make quite the team! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Jeanne d'Arc (edit) | Jeanne d'Arc | 1931 | Together with Émile Bertin, evacuated the gold reserves of the Bank of France to Halifax. Toured the world as a prestige ship before the war and as a school cruiser after, circling the globe twenty-seven times until her scrapping in 1964. | 10.01.1931 - 1.01.1964 | Joan of Arc | None | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire, France | Scrapped | German cargo blockade • Operation Dragoon | This is but the first of many battles, Capitaine, and we will see them all through. Call it faith. And call me Jeanne d'Arc. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kaga (edit) | Kaga | 1929 | Wreaked havoc on Chinese infrastructure and participated in the Panay Incident, the Battle of Darwin, and the Pearl Harbor raid, during which she scored hits on Nevada and Arizona, among others. Breathed her last at Midway, courtesy of Enterprise. | 11.30.1929 - 6.04.1942 | Kaga Province | None | Kawasaki and Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Kobe and Yokosuka, Japan | Scuttled | Second Sino-Japanese War • Pearl Harbor • Invasion of Rabaul • Marshalls-Gilberts raids • Battle of Midway | You're a force to be reckoned with, Kanchou, but I think you could use my planes on your side. The name's Kaga... what do you think? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kamikaze (edit) | Kamikaze | 1922 | Patrolled in the Aleutians and the Kurils until 1945. Escorted Ashigara in June 1945 and rescued 1,253 personnel after the cruiser was torpedoed. She worked as a repatriation vessel after the war, bringing Japanese military personnel back to their home islands, until wrecking in June 1946. | 12.19.1922 - 6.07.1946 | Divine Wind | Eight | Mitsubishi Nagatsaki Nagatsaki, Japan | Ran aground 1947 Scrapped | Operation AL • Aleutian Islands Campaign • Operation Kita • Operation Dukedom | You honored me by coming to my aid, Kanchou. My name is Kamikaze. I will serve you with the same loyalty I serve the Empire. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kasumi (edit) | Kasumi | 1939 | An improvement on the Shiratsuyu-class, built after withdrawal from the London Naval Treaty. Supported carrier operations against Darwin and Ceylon and conducted escorts with Kumano, Chiyoda, Ashigara, and others. Accompanied Yamato during Operation Ten-Go, which saw both destroyed. | 6.28.1939 - 4.07.1945 | Haze | Nine | Uraga Dock Company Uraga, Japan | Sunk | Darwin air raid • Indian Ocean raid • Battle of Midway • Battle of Leyte Gulf • Battle of Surigao Strait • Operation Kita | I'm used to shielding others... it's not often that others shield me. I can't thank you enough, Kanchou. My name is Kasumi. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kirov (edit) | Kirov | 1938 | Bombarded Finnish defenses during the Winter War, but was driven off. Later fought a retreat from Tallinn to Leningrad and spent much of the war supporting the defenders during the German siege. After her decommissioning, two of her turrets were installed as a monument in the city she defended. | 9.23.1938 - 12.01.1974 | Sergei Kirov | 1 sister 4 half-sisters | Ordzhonikidze Yard Leningrad, USSR | Scrapped | Winter War • Operation Barbarossa • Evacuation of Tallinn • Siege of Leningrad • Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive | Well, hellooooooo, Kapitan! You cut quite the heroic figure, you know that? The name's Kirov... I'll make sure it's a name you remember. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kitakami (edit) | Kitakami | 1921 | An enlarged, improved version of the Tenryū-class cruisers. Served in training and troop transport duties throughout much of the war. Escaped the March 1945 raid on the Kure Naval Arsenal without damage. Assigned to repatriation and repair missions at war's end and scrapped the following year. | 4.15.1921 - 8.10.1946 | Kitakami River | Four | Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo, Japan | Scrapped | Second Sino-Japanese War | I haven't met many who are tougher than I am, Kanchou... but I think you might just be! The name's Kitakami - it's a pleasure. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Köln (edit) | Köln | 1930 | Joined Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Nürnberg for sorties and minelaying in the north Atlantic and supported troops in Operation Weserübung. Bombed and sunk by the USAAF in March 1945, but her guns remained above water. She continued as an artillery battery until the end of the war. | 1.15.1930 - 1.01.1956 | City of Köln | Two | Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany | Scrapped | Spanish Civil War non-intervention patrols • Operation Weserübung | How heroic you were, Kapitän - like something out of a story! My name is Köln, and I do believe such heroics call for a celebration! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kongou (edit) | Kongou | 1913 | The last Japanese capital ship constructed outside of Japan, and the only one sunk by a submarine. Covered air attacks and invasions throughout the Dutch East Indies and the Indian Ocean. Narrowly survived the Battle of Leyte Gulf, only to fall in the Strait of Formosa the following month. | 8.16.1913 - 11.21.1944 | Mount Kongou | Three, including Hiei | Vickers Barrow-in-Furness, England | Sunk | Second Sino-Japanese War • Battle of Singapore • Battle of Midway • Guadalcanal Campaign • Battle of the Philippine Sea • Battle of Leyte Gulf • Battle of the Sibuyen Sea • Battle off Samar | My dear Kanchou, how heroic of you to come to my aid. I am Kongou. Allow me to help you make your way in society. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Krasny Kavkaz (edit) | Krasny Kavkaz | 1932 | Protected Sevastopol and Odessa during Operation Barbarossa, later receiving two Minizini mounts salvaged from Chervona Ukraina. Survived seventeen artillery hits and won guard ship status for her service. Her active role ended in 1943, and a missile test broke her in half in 1952. | 1.25.1932 - 11.21.1952 | Red Caucasus | Chervona Ukraina | Andre Marti Yard Nikolayev, USSR | Sunk as a target | Siege of Odessa • Siege of Sevastopol • Kerch-Feodosiya Operation | I appreciate your help, Kapitan. My name is Krasny Kavkaz. I do hope you run a tight ship - I expect everyone on board to do their work competently. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Kumano (edit) | Kumano | 1937 | Supported the Japanese invasions of Indochina and Malaya. Gained a reputation for cheating death after several narrow escapes. American submarines caught and disabled her on 6 November 1944 near Luzon, where aircraft from Ticonderoga finished her off nineteen days later. | 10.31.1937 - 11.25.1944 | Kumano River | Three | Kawasaki Shipyards Kobe, Japan | Sunk | Invasion of French Indochina • Invasion of Malaya • Invasion of Sarawak • Indian Ocean raid • Invasion of Burma • Battle of the easter Solomons • Battle of Santa Cruz • Battle of the Philippine Sea • Battle off Samar | Aren't you the clever one, Kanchou? I'm Kumano. I'll stick with you for a while... I'd like to get a better idea of how your mind works. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-L-3 (edit) | L-3 | 1931 | Operated in the Baltic and sank at least eleven vessels by mine and torpedo - including the German transport Goya, which with over six thousand casualties still stands as one of the worst maritime disasters. Her conning tower is on display at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. | 8.08.1931 - 2.15.1971 | None | Five sisters Nineteen half-sisters | Ordzhonikidze Yard Leningrad, USSR | Scrapped | Served in the Baltic | I thought I'd stumbled into a fight too dangerous even for the likes of me. I'm L-3, and I won't forget the service you've done my crew, Kapitan. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-L'Audacieux (edit) | L'Audacieux | 1936 | Hunted and escorted with the Force de Raid before declaring for Vichy France. Crippled by HMS Australia at Dakar and later sunk during the evacuation of Bizerte, she was stripped for parts for three of her sisters - including Le Triomphant - and ultimately scrapped in 1947. | 8.08.1936 - 5.07.1943 | The Bold | Five, including Triomphant | Arsenal de Lorient Lorient, France | Sunk | Search for Graf Spee • Operation Dynamo • Mers-el-Kébir Battle • Battle of Dakar | Well, you're quite capable, aren't you, Capitaine? I'm L'Audacieux. Between the two of us, I don't think the Morganas will stand a chance. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-La Motte-Picquet (edit) | La Motte-Picquet | 1927 | Though she scored a decisive victory over the Thai Navy at Ko Chang, the Japanese mediated a swift end to the Franco-Thai War and negated her gains. She served as a training hulk until American aircraft destroyed her in 1945. | 3.05.1927 - 1.12.1945 | Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte | Two | Arsenal de Lorient Lorient, France | Sunk | South China Sea raid | Thank you, Capitaine. I'm La Motte-Picquet, and rest assured, I'll never forget what you've done for me today. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Lampo (edit) | Lampo | 1932 | Lost her bow in 1938 when she was accidentally rammed by Pola. An encounter with a British convoy that included Nubian ran her aground, but she was salvaged and returned to action until her sinking in 1943. | 8.13.1932 - 4.30.1943 | Lightning | Three | OC Partenopei, Naples Naples, Italy | Sunk | Battle of the Tarigo Convoy | Watching you battle, Capitano, sparked ideas for no less than six technological innovations. My name is Lampo, and I'll show you what I'm capable of. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Le Terrible (edit) | Le Terrible | 1935 | Swept the Atlantic for Germans from 1939, capturing SS Santa Fé and escorting Hermes, Algérie, and Dunkerque. Exchanged fire with the British at Mers-el-Kébir. Reclaimed for Free France after Operation Torch and assisted in the invasions of Italy and southern France. Scrapped in 1963. | 4.15.1935 - 6.29.1962 | The Terrible | Five, including L'Audacieux and Le Triomphant | Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville-sur-Orne, France/Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France | Scrapped | Mers-el-Kébir Battle • Operation Avalanche • Operation Dragoon | ||
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Le Triomphant (edit) | Le Triomphant | 1936 | Escaped the German advance and fought for the Free French. Later assisted in the British reconquest of Singapore, together with Richelieu. Reclassed as a light cruiser in 1943. Supported French forces in Indochina after the war and scrapped in 1957. | 5.25.1936 - 1.01.1960 | The Triumphant | Five, including L'Audacieux | Ateliers et Chantiers de France Dunkerque, France | Scrapped | Operation Catapult | What brilliant work, Capitaine! My name is Triomphant, and you'll find me ready and able to defend the world from the Morgana threat. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Leberecht Maass (edit) | Leberecht Maass | 1937 | First destroyer built in Germany following WWI. Battled Wicher in the opening days of the war, but was forced to retreat. Later assisted Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Admiral Hipper in the North Sea. Blasted in half and sunk by a friendly bomber due to a miscommunication. | 1.14.1937 - 2.22.1940 | Leberecht Maass | Three | Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany | Sunk | Operation Wikinger | Goodness, Kapitän - I thought what little luck I possessed had finally run out... but then you saved the day! I'm Leberecht Maass. Thank you. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Leningrad (edit) | Leningrad | 1936 | Designed to be a large, fast, independent destroyer after the then-current French model. Repairs to Winter War ice damage bogged her down until May 1941. Escaped the Germans at Tallinn and went on to help lift the siege of her namesake. Survived the war and fell to a missile test in 1963. | 12.05.1936 - 5.01.1963 | Leningrad | Two sisters, including Moskva Three half-sisters | Zhdanov Yard Leningrad, USSR | Sunk as a target | Operation Barbarossa • Evacuation of Tallinn • Siege of Leningrad | Ho ho, Kapitan... you have the glint of greatness in your eyes. I'm Leningrad - you wouldn't mind helping me topple a few governments, would you? | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Léopard (edit) | Léopard | 1927 | Fired the last shots of the Battle of Boulogne and went on to serve with the Free French, ferrying troops to seize La Réunion. Ran aground in 1943 after supporting convoys to Malta. Refloatation attempts failed, leaving the ship broken in two. | 11.15.1927 - 5.27.1943 | Leopard | Five | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire, France | Ran aground | Dunkirk evacuation • Operation Catapult • La Réunion liberation | The Morganas think they're the big cats of the seas, but they don't frighten you, do they? I'm Léopard, and I would be pleased to hunt alongside you. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Lexington (edit) | Lexington | 1927 | Originally designated a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the US Navy's first aircraft carriers. Received two battle stars before suffering a fatal Japanese air attack in the Coral Sea, where she was scuttled in May 1942. Another carrier under construction, Cabot, was renamed in her honor. | 12.14.1927 - 5.08.1942 | Battle of Lexington | One | Fore River Ship and Engine Building Co. Quincy, Massachusetts, USA | Sunk | Battle of the Coral Sea | Captain, you remind me of the protagonist in one of my stories. In a good way! I promise. The name's Lexington - it's a pleasure meeting you! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Maestrale (edit) | Maestrale | 1943 | Escorted Italian volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. Survived the Battle of the Duisburg Convoy, though none of the merchant ships she protected did. Scuttled in September 1943 in response to the Italian armistice while in Genoa. | 9.02.1943 - 9.09.1943 | Mistral | Three | CT Riva Trigoso Riva Trigoso, Italy | Scuttled | Damaged by British ship Upholder in Ionian Sea • minor skirmish | What flair, what style you put on display, Capitano! I am Maestrale, an aficionado of such things. How I look forward to watching you in the future. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Mahan (edit) | Mahan | 1936 | Pioneered several advances over previous destroyers. She won five battle stars in the Pacific and was commended for her screening of Enterprise and Hornet at the Santa Cruz Islands. Three years to the day after the Pearl Harbor raid, she was mortally wounded by a kamikaze attack and sunk. | 9.18.1936 - 12.07.1944 | Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan | Eighteen | United Dry Docks Inc. Staten Island, New York, USA | Sunk | Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands • Amphibious landings at Salamaua, Lae, and Finschhafen • Landings at Arawe and Borgen Bay | Captain... well, you saved the lives of everyone on board. I can't thank you enough. You and I? I think we're going to make a good team. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Maillé Brézé (edit) | Maillé Brézé | 1933 | Escorted cargo and aircraft to Casablanca and gold to Halifax. Sunk in 1940 by a torpedo tube malfunction near Greenock, Scotland. | 4.06.1933 - 4.30.1940 | Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, Duc of Fronsac | Five | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët Saint-Nazaire, France | Accidental Explosion | Hunt for raiders in South Atlantic • Escort run from Toulon to Dakar | You saved my life, Capitaine. In my eyes, that makes you family. And Maillé Brézé never turns her back on family. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Manchester (edit) | Manchester | 1938 | Crippled the Italian destroyer Lanciere at Spartivento before taking fire from Vittorio Veneto. Famous for overheating her cannons during the battle to the point of self-firing. An attack by Italian torpedo boats during Operation Pedestal led to her scuttling in August 1942. | 8.04.1938 - 8.13.1942 | City of Manchester | Two sisters, Liverpool and Gloucester Seven half-sisters, including Southampton, Sheffield, Belfast, and Edinburgh | Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn, England | Scuttled | Norwegian Campaign • Battle of Cape Spartivento • Operation Substance • Operation Pedestal | These Morganas have no sense of humour or class consciousness! Let's give 'em what for, Captain, or my name isn't Manchester! | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Marat (edit) | Marat | 1915 | Renamed after the Kronstadt Rebellion, though reverted to Petropavlovsk in May 1943. Briefly sunk by Luftwaffe bombers in September 1941, partially refloated, and used as a stationary battery, in which capacity she served in defense of Leningrad and for training until her breakup in 1953. | 1.05.1915 - 9.01.1953 | Jean-Paul Marat | Three, including Parizhskaya Kommuna | Baltic Works Saint Petersburg, Russia | Scrapped | The Ice Voyage • Kronstadt Rebellion • Winter War | Kapitan, my name is Marat. I have work I must attend to in the sick bay, but I thank you for your help, and look forward to discussing tactics later. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Marseillaise (edit) | Marseillaise | 1937 | Served with the 3rd Cruiser Division in the Mediterranean and north Atlantic from the beginning of the war until the fall of France. Her captain and crew sabotaged her at Toulon to prevent her from falling into German hands. She burned for seven days. | 10.10.1937 - 11.27.1942 | La Marseillaise | Five | AC Loire Nantes, Frances | Scuttled at Toulon | Scuttling at Toulon | My name is Marseillaise, Capitaine. By saving me, you gained the support of the nation of France. We won't let you down. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-Maury (edit) | Maury | 1938 | Reached the fastest speed ever achieved by an American destroyer in her trials. Received the Presidential Unit Citation and sixteen battle stars, making her one of the most decorated US ships of the war. Decommissioned a month after war's end and scrapped the following year. | 8.05.1938 - 6.13.1946 | Matthew Fontaine Maury | Three | Union Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco, California, USA | Scrapped | Battle of the Coral Sea • Battle of Midway • Battle of the Eastern Solomons • Battle of Vella Gulf • Battle of the Philippine Sea | Captain, I was taking notes during that battle. I would very much like to review them with you, when you have the chance. Oh! And my name is Maury. | |
| Cargo:MoreInfo-McDougal (edit) | McDougal | 1936 | Assisted Augusta in transporting Franklin Roosevelt to meet Winston Churchill. Spent the war at convoy escort and patrol duties in the south Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. Worked as a training vessel for the Naval Reserve after the war and was sold for scrap in August 1949. | 12.23.1936 - 9.22.1949 | Rear Admiral David McDougal | Seven | New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey, USA | Scrapped | Hahaha! You showed them! Every Morgana deserves that sort of beatdown, if you ask me. The name's McDougal, by the way. |