5/24/2023 0 Comments Battlefleet 1939 crackNeptune was first ship in the war with Italy to sight Italian Battle Fleet. Fleet could now be seen to be composed of two battleships, sixteen cruisers, including seven 8” cruisers, and twenty-four destroyers. Neptune, Orion, Sydney and Liverpool raised speed to 30 knots. Neptune fires 126 rounds of H.E.ĩ th July 1330 Air Raid. 1505 Neptune sights smoke on the horizon coming from various ships. Terrific burst of flame and great volumes of black smoke. Italian shore batteries open fire but are soon silenced by Orion and 12” guns of battleship Lorraine. Italian destroyer runs herself aground but one salvo finishes her. ![]() Neptune opens fire with High Explosive. Aircraft spotting puts us on target. One salvo from Neptune hits petrol storage tanks. Orion had to silence shore batteries in conjunction with Lorraine. Sydney had to demolish fresh water plant and other military objectives. Action stations all night. 0515 day action stations. Aircraft flown off for spotting purposes. 0600 within seven miles of coast Orion opens fire with Lorraine. ![]() Neptune’s job was to demolish wireless station and barracks within a walled enclosure. Neptune first British ship to open fire at Bardia. There large concentrations of troops had assembled for attacking our own forces. 21 st June During the night squadron steams in towards the coast to engage Italian batteries at frontier post called Bardia.
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