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MetalBeowulf89 β Destroyer Siroco
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Published: 2019-08-01 11:00:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 236; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 4
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A destroyer of the Bourrasque-class (torpilleur d'escadre) that had a decisive impact on development of the type within the French Navy, these ships differed from their counterparts in other fleets with their 130 mm guns and 550 mm torpedo tubes. Siroco participated in the Dunkerque evacuation operation.Related content
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I have just started adding this series to my fleet - I HATE their perma-cammo.
And a low tier DD without smoke - ridiculous!Β
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I've not quite figured out how best to use smokescreens, myself. Point taken, tho.
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Lol that bow ornament, a lot bigger than I'd expect was normal. Makes me wonder if it make the ship any more noticeable too. Still, a nice shot here.
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Yeah those were all the rage back in the Age of Sail, probably with the idea that they were good luck or something.. Then again with some seafaring cultures like the Vikings the idea was probably more to scare people, dem dragon heads. Thanks!
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Yeah though back then the ranges of engagement were far closer, and the ships were slower... Also the damage dealing capability was far smaller. Lol scare people.
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Back in the days whe hailing another ship literally meant sailing close enough for them to hear you say "Ahoy!" But yeah development of naval artillery was one of the reasons the Spanish Armada failed, as I recall.. They seemed to think they could engage the English on their terms, in single combat and boarding actions, but the English just picked em off with cannon fire when they even fought the Spanish at all. "God sent his winds and they were scattered" and all that.
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Lol Ahoy. Well that, and fie ships lol. The fire ships did massive damage to them. Lol scattered them.
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I understand that term was in common use by sailors long before it was popularized in many well-known shanties. 
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Ah. Gotcha yeah, I have similar mental "ticks" with things that make me get reminded of something else too. And lol derelict, yeah they were just loaded with explosives/fiery stuff, then shoved off in the direction of the foe in this case. Oh?
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Yeah this one here, the Latin phrase on the edge:Β upload.wikimedia.org/wikipediaβ¦
Because however skilled the English mariners might have been, everyone knows luck plays a huge role when you're up against sheer numbers like they were there. So when they won there it was only fitting they show proper reverence to God above and Poseidon below!
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Nice coin.
And yeah, so the English essentially said the same thing about the weather ruining the Armada that the Japanese did about the Mongols. The God(s) sending storms to scatter them.
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Essentially yeah, as in this case it was a "Protestant Wind" that dashed Spain's hopes there. Since Phillip II had the intention of enforcing his own claim to the English throne over his "heretic" sister-in-law Queen Elizabeth and reestablishing the Catholic Church, but when the Armada failed it became something all the other European Protestants could laugh at him about, too.
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Lol Protestant Wind, yeah. Yeah naturally, leading into the further "European wars of Religion".
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Pretty much. Also:Β www.ranker.com/list/history-ofβ¦
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Ah yeah classic grizzly tales.
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