Bahia - 1942 8 Points Cruiser Speed 2 MG: 6-5-5 AA: 5 TT: 1-1 ASW: 2 A 3 V 8 H 3
Minesweeping, once per game, you may reroll the die when a friendly ship within range 2 of this unit is damaged or destroyed by a mined sector (Carl Peters/R-Boats)
Mid Ocean Escort - This unit gain +1 die when making gunnery attacks against a unit on or adjacent an objective.
flakstruk Avatar Oct 27, 2022 9:24:32 GMT 10.5 flakstruk said: Brazil
Bahia - 1942 8 Points Cruiser Speed 2 MG: 6-5-5 AA: 5 TT: 1-1 ASW: 2 A 3 V 8 H 3
Minesweeping, once per game, you may reroll the die when a friendly ship within range 2 of this unit is damaged or destroyed by a mined sector (Carl Peters/R-Boats)
Mid Ocean Escort - This unit gains +1 die when making gunnery attacks against a unit on or adjacent an objective.
Class and type Bahia-class cruiser Displacement 3,100 tonnes (3,050 long tons; 3,420 short tons)[1][3] Length 122.38 m (401.5 ft) oa 115.82 m (380.0 ft) pp[3] Beam 11.89–11.91 m (39.0–39.1 ft)[3] Draft 3.81 m (12.5 ft) forward[3] 4.75 m (15.6 ft) amidships[3] 4.42 m (14.5 ft) aft[3] Propulsion Five Parsons steam turbines,[5] ten Yarrow boilers[3] Coal normal 150 t (148 long tons; 165 short tons)[5] Maximum 650 t (640 long tons; 717 short tons)[5] Speed 27.016 knots (50.034 km/h; 31.089 mph) trial[1] 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) at full load[3] Endurance 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)[5] 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[5] Complement 320[5] to 357[3] Armament 10 × 120 mm (4.724 in)/50 caliber,[3] 6 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.85 in)/50 caliber,[1][3] 2 × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes[1] Armor Deck: 19 mm (0.748 in)[1] Conning tower: 76 mm (2.992 in)[1]
Rich from exporting coffee and rubber in the years leading up to World War I, Brazil bought a modern fleet in Great Britain including the scout cruisers Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul, based off the Royal Navy's Adventure-class. Modernized during the interwar period, Bahia was able to escort convoys with her new anti air and anti submarine weapons. It is believed that during gunnery practice one of these anti aircraft guns was accidentally fired into a depth charge rack, causing the explosion that resulted in the loss of the ship in July 1945.
Rich from exporting coffee and rubber in the years leading up to World War I. Brazil funded a modern fleet. Scout cruisers Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul, were based off the Royal Navy's Adventure-class. Modernized interwar, Bahia saw service as convoy escort and navigation aid to aircraft transitting from america to active warzone. On such a mission, in july 1945, she was destroyed by an accidental detonation of her depth charges, triggered by light AA practice fire.
I don't know, it makes a pretty good "uber-destroyer" for only 8 points. It's only drawback is it doesn't get some of the main gunnery protections that destroyers get.
I did the usual editing to get the new SA wording "style compliant" and expanded on the flavor text a bit. I have a book that had a good summary of the interwar upgrades for the specifications.