Samurai of the Seas - Episode 1 - Dreadnought Improvement Project Japanese Campaign
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- Testing a mod you wrote while also recording it for CZcams mught be risky but the Admiralty of the Japanese Empire are certainly not fans of risk. They like traditional, tried and tested design. Join me as I start a new campaign and design a delightfully retro fleet!
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Captain of the 1st Company: Treefrog
Veteran Sergeants: 1stplaceonion, LCG Canyon, Welshy, Rui
Sergeants: Jackie, Twitchyknees
Veterans: Telemonian Dan, Sunless Sky Nova, Threadoflength, Darth Vendar.
Battle Siblings: Jacky Chan, nagebenfro, scurvekano, Cpt Graftin, Icd, Iroey, Zadrias, JT Bismarck, Documentleaker. - Hry
I would definitely keep one Kitakami throughout the game as the Emperor’s Yacht.
That kitakami is a thing of beauty, I hope it has a long LONG service life
I love how much fun you have with designing those outdated hulls 😂
You can do some crazy stuff with the predreadnaught hulls like superfiring French tumble home ships or 30 knot Austrian battleships
I wish he would start a campaign in 1890 some time lol
@@jjcclay9494 Don't hold your breath, he'll never play 1890, if up to him, he probably would get rid of everything before 1910 if he could.
@@Dragontalon486 Because it's very boring
@@GeneralKenobi669I love 1890 starts, I love the close range melee of the old ships. And the super terrible torpedoes that either miss or are duds are fun. Also the early French and some American hulls look so old and very silly 😂
Kitakami class:
"Your eyes are full of hate 41, that's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength...So row well, and live."
"You know that a fleet of Russian Cruisers has been raiding Japanese commerce. The Emperor has honored us with the task of seeking out and destroying them."
Strike Oars!
Battle Speed Quartermaster!
Attack Speed!
Ramming Speed!
Rest!
Pity Brother Munro can't research Greek fire
The sound you made about the belted 3-mast cruiser was so funny. Sounds like it’s either a dreadful or fun hull. Lol
18:03
Probably the thickness is so low because the tower is so small lmao
Also I love all the goofy new early hulls, singular good thing about 1.4 so far. They're even somewhat historically accurate, your armoured cruisers are very close to the IRL Kasuga class armoured cruisers which Japan actually acquired from Italy originally
As a 7" and 7.5" gun and pre-dreadnought fanboy, the Kanko pleases me greatly. 😀
I love how the kitakami is basically a the naval version of a drive by car
AAAAA you're finally doing japan again
The little CA was a italian desing. Another countrys, like Spain, her Cristobal Colón,
in the spanish-amrican war of 1898.
31:32: I'm screaming in my head: "It's not a torpedo boat! You need a secondary tower!"
That Belted three master looks like it's just one step removed from HMS Warrior.
I liked how happy u were building the ships .its nice to see u finally have fun again.this is always my favorite part of the game .making thr ships.thanks for bringing a new campaign so fast.👍🙂💯
20:00 that is a military mast, they were on ships up to the 50s and beyond
Good start! The Japanese hulls are definitely interesting.
That Giuseppe Garibaldi hull with the central tower is fantastic.
Kinda late but the idea of the russian pacific fleet seeing what it thinks are japanese sailboats charging at them before getting curbstomped is extremely funny
If you want to use a few calibres related to the historical Japanese guns you can always look into 140mm(5.5 inch) guns as well as things like 12.1 inch guns, since the Japanese did have a tendency to do that with their Battleship calibre weaponry.
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 2 November 1900
First Foreign Orders for Japanese Warships
The Principality of Bulgaria, recently allied to the Empire of Japan, has placed orders for two Shimakaze class destroyers, with construction names of Tsubaki and Isokaze, to be built at Matsuyama in the Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku.
17:53 the japanese brick! 👍
I really like the looks of this fleet!
Those designs are so goofy, I love them!
So happy you made some of those 3 masted ships, they are so iconic of the era.
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 8 September 1898
The Newest Battleships of the Imperial Navy
The Kaigun Kensetsu-Kyoku (Naval Construction Bureau) of the Kaigun-shō (Navy Ministry) has announced the specifications for the newest class of battleship for the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun (Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire or Imperial Japanese Navy).
The Kankō class will consist of three ships, the Kankō, Sōryū, and Kanrin, all to be built out of Sasebo in the Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyūshū. Designed to a target displacement of 17,000 tons and a top speed of 18 knots, the class has triple expansion steam engines powered by steam from induced boilers burning coal vented through two funnels. They generate a total of 13,223 indicated horse power to turn two screws to obtain the required 18 knot speed with a range of 7000 nautical miles. Hydraulic power turns the balanced rudder.
The main armament is two twin 12”/38 mark 2 gun turrets mounted fore and aft. These fire a balanced magazine of standard sized base fuze high explosive shells and armor piercing capped shells using white powder as the propellant and guncotton as the bursting charge. The turrets have anti-flash fire protection systems. The guns have enhanced reloading systems and advanced hydraulic turning engines. The 325 kg HE shells range to 14.9 km and the 520 kg AP shells to 16.3 km. The guns are aimed by the newest coincidence range finders.
The class also carries an impressive six twin 7”/40 mark 3 gun turrets, three per side amidships, and fourteen casemate mounted 3”/30 mark 2 guns as the tertiary. Additionally the class has four underwater torpedo tubes, fore, aft and one per side, launching 18” standard torpedoes.
The ship has extensive compartmentation with reinforced bulkheads, a double bottom hull, anti-torpedo protection, and anti-flooding systems. Armor is Harvey faced hardened nickel steel. It is 12” thick on the main belt, 6” thick on the extended belts, and 1.5” thick on the inner belt. The decks are 1.5” thick with 0.1” on the inner deck for splinter protection. The 12” turrets have 14” of face and barbette armor and 3” of top armor. The 7” turrets have 6” of face and barbette armor and 1.5” of top armor. The 3” casemates have 1.5” of armor.
The class carries a crew of 1359 officers and enlisted men under the command of the Kaigun-taisa. Each ship costs $79 million and will take 16 months to complete with a commissioning time of three months at least. Estimated monthly maintenance in port is $12 million, but the ships are expected to spend their time in training and shakedown cruises.
I absolutely LOVE to Kitakami
Its such a good looking ship I think the enemy will miss on purpose to avoid marring her beauty xD
Can’t wait to watch after work!
It's snowing here in Virginia again. A little late for Christmas but nice still and all.
I’m glad you’re playing as Japan; that’s who I would have voted for if I had had time to do so.
I am totally digging the tall masted designs
Just remember to use that "small number of calibers" rule when building your 16-inch ships ^^ I can't quite remember when we last used 15's
One thing I forgot to mention: That funny little trick of dropping both the beam and draft to make the ship much lighter? Still works to a degree, especially when outfitting max displacement DD's and TB's with mines.
I have a TB series w/ Minesweeper II and a DD series (849/850 tons) w/ MS IV and Adv. ML 1, each with at least 2 torp tubes. just fyi👍
We are still taking bets on Munro nuking his savegame. The bet is up to 35 dollars.
Hmmmmmmm $35 you say? 😇
@BrotherMunro great to see you Riding w/ the Rising Sun. 🌅😁
I hope this Alpha test run is a success for your Mod. 🤞
I did want to point out one cursed thing I saw while designing my own 3-Mast Cruiser (for the start of my own Japanese Campaign). Try a small square barbette on your bow to mount a forward facing main gun (also, that module is currently bugged to unlock all the other barbettes... but you didn't hear that from me. This nifty trick legit works on a number of other cruiser hulls too!) 🤯
Fun ships so far.
The mod looks really handy; I'm currently in the middle of 2 of my own campaigns (one Japan, one France), but when I finish them (or go mad with rage at the submarines) I'd love to give the DIP a go!
Ship design montra "Rrrr Billy. Have you ever flown a kite."
Get Ap shells too for the 7inch instead of max He, they could be deadly against cruisers
Not a bad idea!
32:09
Couldn’t you use the Armed Tower for a gun mounting, eliminating need for standalone barbette?
Found you while watching Stealth17 videos
Regarding your light cruiser design - I don't add funnels giving engine efficiency much above 200%, (in vanilla) there are diminished returns above 200% to operational range and acceleration.
I would stop at two of the largest funnels giving 180% and probably put the forward tower on the main deck, with a minute chance some useful gun(s) can be put on the forward deck.
That fixed forward tower is... a problem.
I’m excited to see the ai ships
Will six 7” guns on each beam be that much more effective than four 7” guns on each beam, with the mass-delta invested back into other design elements?
Hey Brother Munro, Formosa didn't become Taiwan until AFTER WW2.
Video not long enough, do like a 5hr stream next time! 👍 Good stuff though. Looking forward to seeing a 24" torps hit a DD and the A-bomb level of damage that should inflict.
Love you builds bro but more torpedo tubes please
Oh just wait until we get the casement torpedo cruiser of doom 😈
24:05
Is it possible the forward tower inhibits placement of forward guns?
you got to have some torpedo boats
Do you see them?
42:26: Would you start a new ship please, you CAN build another BB Kanko which you really need.
Which mod is it again that you can freely design the warships😅? You can put guns stuff in places where they couldnt otherwise😄
I want to free hand in next campaign..
There is a dreadnought in background meny im eager to know... it has 1fore main gun 4side main guns and 2 aft main guns.. 2funnels and 4belt casemates
Would love to design it
everybody always seems to forget that russia has a port east of kamchatka that is small and easy to invade.
Your collaborator get together mode.
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 14 January 1899
The Navy Builds Armored Cruisers
The Kaigun Kensetsu-Kyoku of the Kaigun-shō has announced the specifications for the newest class of armored cruisers for the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.
The Azuma class will consist of five ships, the Azuma, Kannon, Kumano, Yumiori, and Myōkō, three to be built out of Sasebo in the Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyūshū and two to be built at Yokosuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu. Designed to a target displacement of 7,000 tons and a top speed of 18 knots, the class has triple expansion steam engines powered by steam from naturally aspirated boilers burning coal vented through two funnels. They generate a total of 7,345 indicated horse power to turn two screws to obtain the required 18 knot speed with a range of 6000 nautical miles. Hydraulic power turns the balanced rudder.
The main armament is two twin 7”/40 mark 3 gun turrets mounted fore and aft. These fire a balanced magazine of standard sized base fuze high explosive shells and armor piercing capped shells using white powder as the propellant and guncotton as the bursting charge. The turrets have anti-flash fire protection systems. The guns have enhanced reloading systems and advanced hydraulic turning engines. The 61 kg HE shells range to 10.7 km and the 98 kg AP shells to 11.1 km. The guns are aimed by the newest coincidence range finders.
The class also sixteen casemate mounted longer 3”/35 mark 2 guns as the tertiary. Additionally the class has six underwater torpedo tubes, fore, aft and two per side, launching 18” standard torpedoes.
The ship has standrad compartmentation with reinforced bulkheads, a double bottom hull, anti-torpedo protection, and anti-flooding systems. Armor is Harvey faced hardened nickel steel. It is a uniform 6” thick on the outer belt and 1.5” thick on the inner belt. The decks are 1.5” thick with 0.1” on the inner deck for splinter protection. The 7” turrets have 10” of face, 4.8” of barbette armor and 3” of top armor. The 3” casemates have 4” of face and 1.5” of top armor.
The class carries a crew of 641 officers and enlisted men under the command of the Kaigun-chūsa. Each ship costs $19 million and will take 12 months to complete with a commissioning time of two months at least. Estimated monthly maintenance in port is $0.6 million, but the ships are expected to spend their time in training and shakedown cruises to get their proficiency up to the challenges facing the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.
You forgot induced boilers on the DD and that's why you were overweight.
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 14 January 1901
War with the Russian Empire
The government in Saint Petersburg has declared war on the Empire of Japan, after months of squabbling and complaints that the active training of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun has threatened Russian commerce in the Pacific.
Naturally Nippon has enjoyed the support of most of the major powers of the world, including the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Regno d'Italia, the République Française, the United States of America, and the Reino de España. Surprisingly also the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary. The Russian Empire is only supported by the Empire of China and the Deutsches Kaiserreich.
Press the add crew button
Oh you are right!!!! Why isn’t than on by default I always forget it 😂
@@BrotherMunro its the first button i click in a new campaign. I forget it as well
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 3 March 1899
Protected Cruisers Ordered
The Kaigun Kensetsu-Kyoku of the Kaigun-shō has announced the specifications for the newest class of protected cruisers for the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.
The Kitakami class will consist of five ships, the Kitakami, Suzuya, Soya, Nagara, and Naka, one to be built out of Sasebo in the Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyūshū and four to be built at Maizuru in the Kyoto Prefecture on Honshu. Designed to a target displacement of 4,000 tons and a top speed of 18 knots, the class has triple expansion steam engines powered by steam from naturally aspirated boilers burning coal vented through three funnels. They generate a total of 5,063 indicated horse power to turn two screws to obtain the required 18 knot speed with a range of 5700 nautical miles. Hydraulic power turns the balanced rudder.
The main armament is two single 5”/40 mark 2 gun mounts set on each side of the main tower and forward mast. These fire a balanced magazine of standard sized base fuze high explosive shells and armor piercing capped shells using white powder as the propellant and guncotton as the bursting charge. The turrets have anti-flash fire protection systems. The guns have enhanced reloading systems and advanced hydraulic turning engines. The 24 kg HE shells range to 7.4 km and the 39 kg AP shells to 7.6 km. The guns are aimed by the newest coincidence range finders.
The class also four casemate mounted 3”/30 mark 2 guns and fourteen single 3”/30 mark 2 deck gun mounts as the secondary. Additionally the class has four underwater torpedo tubes, fore, aft and one per side, launching 18” standard torpedoes.
The ship has standard compartmentation with reinforced bulkheads, a double bottom hull, and anti-flooding systems. Armor is Harvey faced hardened nickel steel. It is a uniform 3” thick on the main belt, 1.5” thick on the extended belts and 0.5” on the inner belt. The decks are 1.5” thick with 0.1” on the inner deck for splinter protection. The 5” turrets have 3” of face and 1.5” of top armor. The 3” casemates have 3” of face and 1.5” of top armor. The 3” deck guns are not armored.
The class carries a crew of 335 officers and enlisted men under the command of the Kaigun-chūsa. Each ship costs $10 million and will take 10 months to complete with a commissioning time of two months at least. Estimated monthly maintenance in port is $0.5 million, but the ships are expected to spend their time in training and shakedown cruises before being assigned to various stations to defend the interests of the Empire.
I know you're still testing it, but if there's any way I could get in on your mod. Would be interested in trying it out, sounds like a welcome adjustment to the gameplay.
By all means, I’d really appreciate anyone helping test it! If you head to my discord (there’s a link in the video description) you’ll find a dedicated channel for the mod
This new serie in Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts is good
Ik this episode is a week old or so, but how do you turn on colors for countries, i haven't found that yet
There’s a little scroll button on the top right of the map, just press that :)
The Kitakami lmaoooo
Munro. I have a question for ya. If I'm a patreon supporter of another, like Stealth for example, am I a supporter of the others?
Afraid not, would be kinda cool to have a collective supporter fund but sadly no, it’s all individual
@@BrotherMunro ah. Figured I'd ask since I didn't know
If it's designed around 100% to Tech, shouldn't you rebalance it?
'Cause not everyone will put 100% into Tech, and certainly not all the time
Players will tend to max out tech spending if they can, as will the AI, but it tends to only be possible for the larger economies. To balance that I have increased tech spread in the mod as well as doubling the tech speed for any techs that are 5 years behind the current year.
Will the official update reset the current save game progress? Thank you!
Nope! The mod doesn't break saves. I do have to update it when they update the game though
Why did those pre-dreadnoughts actually even have masts?
Seeing things and signalling probably
How do you select all ships at once in the fleet roster screen??
Select the top (or bottom) ship, scroll down to the bottom and shift click the last ship :)
@@BrotherMunro Thanks
Nerfing submarines has just guaranteed I will NEVER use this mod...
Not nerfing - *removing*
i think munro just copied the bricks from austria hungary for his CA
The new japanese hulls are so weird
What's this mod referred to?
My own, its not out yet but will be soon. Details of the idea are in this video czcams.com/video/7oa-jG-7CLA/video.htmlsi=hk-2Hzh_0CMxKxVG
Smaller than Russia..BUT Russia has the Kamchtika....
Damn, not first.
Has this got NAR as well or just your mod?
Just mine but I’m using elements from NAR in it like the costs, weights and guns
And to be clear I did ask before stealing stuff from NAR (and the balance mod) 😅
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 15 May 1899
New Torpedo Boat Destroyers
The Kaigun Kensetsu-Kyoku of the Kaigun-shō has announced the specifications for the newest class of torpedo boat destroyers for the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.
The Shimakaze class will consist of ten ships, the Shimakaze, Kashi, Samidare, Urakaze, Kiyoshimo, Nashi, Mutsuki, Yamagumo, Amatsukaze, and Fuyo, five to be built out of Yokosuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu and five to be built at Matsuyama in the Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku. Designed to a target displacement of 850 tons and a top speed of 36 knots, the class has triple expansion steam engines powered by steam from naturally aspirated boilers burning coal vented through four funnels. They generate a total of 8.913 indicated horse power to turn two screws but their speed was cut down to 32 knots with a range of 3200 nautical miles. Hydraulic power turns the balanced rudder.
The main armament is four single 3”/30 mark 2 gun mounts on the centerline, two mounted forward with the second gun on an elevated barbette ‘super firing’ over the first, and two mounted after also with a super firing gun. These fire a balanced magazine of standard sized base fuze high explosive shells and armor piercing capped shells using white powder as the propellant and guncotton as the bursting charge. The turrets have anti-flash fire protection systems. The guns have enhanced reloading systems and advanced hydraulic turning engines. The 9 kg HE shells range to 4.9 km and the 15 kg AP shells to 5.1 km. The guns are aimed by the newest coincidence range finders.
The class has one deck torpedo launcher launching 18” standard torpedoes.
The ship has standard compartmentation with reinforced bulkheads, a double bottom hull, and anti-flooding systems. Armor is Harvey faced hardened nickel steel but it is only 0.1” thick on the ship.
The class carries a crew of 117 officers and enlisted men under the command of the Kaigun-shōsa. Each ship costs $3.9 million and will take 8 months to complete with a commissioning time of one months at least. Estimated monthly maintenance in port is $0.2 million, but the ships are expected to spend their time in training and shakedown cruises before being assigned to various stations to defend the interests of the Empire against the ever increasing threats from the Imperial Russian court in Saint Petersburg.