PhilThib wrote:1 - Your first task will be to take the
Units.xls file in the DB, and add, for each fleet, the squadrons that you need (or modify them, like name changes - I usually used flagship or main type ship name for that part). Once this is done, send it to me or post it here for double-check and that we can prepare the csv version
Have fun
Have attached draft of amended unit.xls file for checking, correction or comments.
Changes and rationale follow:
Germany - no changes
Austria Hungary:
CA Unit
Budapest renamed CA unit
Sankt Georg containing
Sankt Georg,
Kaiser Karl VI,
Maria Theresa and
Kaiser Franz Josef
Reason - By 1914 the Wien class battleships were obsolete and saw only limited service before being consigned to harbour duties. This unit better reflects the small Austro-Hungarian armoured cruiser force.
CL Unit
Zenta now contains the three ships of this older class of cruisers,
Zenta,
Szigelvar,
Aspern
New CL unit
Saida consists of fast light cruisers
Saida,
Helgoland,
Novara and
Admiral Spaun
Reason - These four modern, fast light cruisers had a fairly busy war screening the battle fleet and other duties. Tying them to the much slower
Zenta's is unreasonable. Also Jane's shows
Salamander as a tiny ancient minelayer with 3-pounder guns and well outside the scope of the WW1G naval game.
Turkey - No changes
Italy
BB Unit
Conti-di-Cavour now includes BB
Dante Alighieri
B Unit
Margherita Emanual Filiberto replaces
D. Alighieri
New CL unit
Marsala with fast light cruisers
Marsala,
Nino Bixo and
Quarto
Reason - In firepower and speed D. Alighieri better fits with the other Italian dreadnaughts and E. Filiberto completes the St. Bon class of light battleships.
Russia - see discussion above for description of amendments and reasons.
New CA unit
Bayan for the Baltic Fleet consisting of
Bayan,
Adm. Makarov,
Pallada,
Rossiya and
Gromoboi
New CL unit
Askold for the Far East OMB detachement
New CL unit
Zhemtchuk for Singapore OMB detachment
New SS unit
Akula for Black Sea detachment
New SS unit
Narval for Baltic detachment
New DD unit
Novik for Baltic Fleet
England
Corrected spelling of the following ship names, BB
Queen Elizabeth, B
Duncan, B
Britannia, BB
Bellerpheron, BB
Erin
Increased protection of BB
Iron Duke to 8 from 7 to match her sister BB
Marlborough
CL Unit
Patrol renamed to CL unit
Juno with CL
Niobe replacing the fictional ship
Patrol
Reasons - Correcting the spelling of ship names is self evident, using Jane's as reference. Cruiser
Niobe was a
Juno type CL based in Halifax throughout the war and the first significant warship in the Royal Canadian Navy.
France - No changes
USA
Grouped all BB's together, formally
South Carolina and
Michigan were part of the B unit
South Carolina now renamed B unit
Maine
CL unit
Salem formally CL unit
Nashville and consisting of CL
Salem, CL
Chester and CL
Birmingham
CA unit
Rockhampton renamed CA unit
North Carolina and containing CA
North Carolina, CA
Seattle, CA
Memphis, CA
Huntington. CA
Montana
Firepower for
Pennsylvania Class increased to 11 vice 10 to equal
Tennessee Class also mounting 12 x 14" guns.
Reasons - The USN was undergoing considerable expansion before US entry into the war, the practice of naming all battleships after States resulted in the renaming of a number of large armoured cruisers and the new fast CL's of the
Chester Class were grouped together to act as scouts for Battle Force Atlantic and later for the 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet.
That's about it, some of these amendments are merely for flavour and should have zero impact on the execution of the naval war. The big changes are rationalizing the Russian fleet and are offered up after research and without attitude.
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