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[CV10]

The gun barrels mounted very close together and the big fat stack make it look Italian but it is Dutch, the light cruiser Tromp I think. The pic makes her look very large but in fact they weighed in at about 3500 tons.

You are correct! Its the Tromp, the picture of her is from her commissioning in 1937, and the angle of the picture distorts her just a bit. I have an odd affection for her, wonderful figure and one the the 1st warships to mount dual 40mm Bofors Gun

Well, this is not it.. But i see similarities i think... Could this ship have been build under licence by a commonwealth member?

Due to their location and relations with the British, I wouldn't put it outside the realm of possibility that the Dutch may have adapted some aspects of RN warship design to suit their own purposes. Once the war broke out and the Dutch Navy forced into exile, she began to look a bit more like a RN Ship, with a few changes to her armaments and a camouflaged coat of paint

Intriguing . There weren't too many non-major navies with modern light cruiser/destroyer leaders built in the 1930s, but I'm still perplexed. The closest I can find having a gander at Conways is the Alfonso/Almirante Cervera class, but I'm not very confident, but may as well put it out there .

The Dutch were trying to build up a respectable fleet (they actually were planning on building a few Scharnhorst-type ships but the war broke out) but domestic politics and a few pacifist governments managed to defeat the Naval Acts put forth in their parliament. Excellent example of the country that possessed a respectable colonial empire but not the military wherewithal to defend it. The Spanish were also up there in trying to build a larger navy as much of their fleet was starting to show its age,but then there was the Civil War and all that.

 

[Axe99]

Cheers @CV10, that was a great ship .

Here's another, and this one's a bit of a curly one - it'll probably be in HoI4, because it was in HoI3, but I'd argue it shouldn't actually be there if we're being strict about which ships are and aren't included (and that should be well clue enough ).

 

[Naimen]

Cheers @CV10, that was a great ship .

Here's another, and this one's a bit of a curly one - it'll probably be in HoI4, because it was in HoI3, but I'd argue it shouldn't actually be there if we're being strict about which ships are and aren't included (and that should be well clue enough ).

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Seems Japanese, my guess is Tachibana

 

[Axe99]

Seems Japanese, my guess is Tachibana

It's not Japanese, but it's not a bad guess .

 

[PhroX]

It does look about right for an destroyer escort / frigate type ship, and the Matsu / Tachibana class(es) would've been my first guess too. Doesn't quite match up with my (admittedly vague) memories of any of the American or British craft of that type. It's not an F-Boat is it?

 

[Axe99]

It does look about right for an destroyer escort / frigate type ship, and the Matsu / Tachibana class(es) would've been my first guess too. Doesn't quite match up with my (admittedly vague) memories of any of the American or British craft of that type. It's not an F-Boat is it?

It's not an F-Boat, but you're definitely getting warmer .

 

[gunterdb]

Cheers @CV10, that was a great ship .

Here's another, and this one's a bit of a curly one - it'll probably be in HoI4, because it was in HoI3, but I'd argue it shouldn't actually be there if we're being strict about which ships are and aren't included (and that should be well clue enough ).

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Is it a German Type 24 torpedo boat?

 

[Axe99]

Is it a German Type 24 torpedo boat?

It's not, but you're now so close you're boiling .

 

[gunterdb]

It's not, but you're now so close you're boiling .

Hmm ... A Type 23 torpedo boat then?

 

[Axe99]

Hmm ... A Type 23 torpedo boat then?

That's it, nice work - that's the Greif in the early 1930s. It was in HoI3, so it'll probably be in HoI4, but I don't expect the vast majority of torpedo boats of the time (Japanese, Swedish, Italian and the like) to make the game.