![]() ![]() Hermes was first to be sunk, taking an unprecedented 40 direct hits, killing 307 men including Captain Richard F.J. The Japanese launched the force of 85 Aichi D3A Dive Bombers, escorted by nine Zero fighters, onto both ships. A decision was made to get both ships back to Trincomalee so they could have fighter support. The vessels were spotted off Batticaloa by a Japanese reconnaissance plane. After advance warning of a Japanese air raid on 9 April 1942, the vessels left Trincomalee and sailed south down the Ceylon coast before the air raid arrived. On 5 April 1942, HMS Hermes and the destroyer HMAS Vampire were sent to Trincomalee in Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka) to prepare for Operation Ironclad, the British invasion of Madagascar during World War II. ![]() I like the firepower of Lyon better, but mobility is a big deal to me in ops with a BB.Hermes was no different. Richelieu would be better due to having sturdier protection and being fast. Lyon & Richelieu, both in AA spec, should breeze through this. The AP makes very short work of Cruisers.Īlgerie for mobility and general gunnery. ![]() Turret traverse is fine, markedly better than the Myokos. Very good guns and their AA, while not having the reach of Atlanta, is still good for any aircraft within 6km. Indianapolis / Pensacola should be good to go. Really, this ship has an underrated AA suite. Graf Zeppelin is being touted as a feature in this op so I'm assuming AA plays a more important role.Ītlanta for the AA and DPM, especially the DDs that get close.īelfast is good to go, especially with AFT & AAGM2, and her gunnery doesn't suffer at all. Haven't seen much in the way of any previews by players, so I'd imagine the typical DDs, Cruisers, BBs as with all other operations. ![]()
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