Den Telegraaf 1908

[Ithekro]

Rohan, while normally willing to sell vessels for scrap, has a need for its own metal to maintain the rate of production and will decline the great scrap race for the time being.

[swamphen]

Scrap prices are going though the roof!

*raises ACME™ umbrella*

[Desertfox]

No NS warships in the North Atlantic or Med.

Yet...

Remeber NS will beat any offer in the market if it comes from a belligrent country.

[maddox]

I welcome every NS ship in the North Atlantic Ocean with an entousiastic crowd.

[P3D]

Remeber NS will beat any offer in the market if it comes from a belligrent country.

Does the NS government subsidize merchant shipping? Then it should appear in the budget.

[Desertfox]

I don't quite understand.

[Korpen]

Victories at sea!

The Naval Press officer (Singapore) have recently released details about an engagement with Swiss forces that took place on the 17th of January.
In a short but confused night action the glorious Koninklijke Marine engaged and destroyed a major Swiss force, including at least one super cruiser (identified as Atnates) as well as a huge number of smaller cruisers and tropedoboats.
In quick succession the Antares and its two accompanying tuna-class cruisers was annihilated.
During further skirmisher in the area a Swiss cod-class cruisers as well as the cruiser coyote were destroyed together with more then fourteen Swiss topedboats.  Unfortunately two old armoured frigates suffered damage that forced the crew to abandon them after the battle. Interrogation of prisoner also revealed that the NSS Untied states had been successfully attacked by one of the Middle kingdom stealth torpedoboats operating out of Dutch bases. It seems the ships was lucky to stay afloat. However reports indicated that the crew of the torpedo boat was lost in the attack, the Queen have sent a telegram to the Middle Kingdom praising the skill and dedication of the Chinese crew.

On the 27th of January A Swiss attack on Buru was turned back, with several Swiss ships lost to mines on the approach. During the fighting that caused severe damage on the MK squadron assisting the Koninklijke Marine with the defence of the island, the Swiss battleship NSS Hawaii was sunk, together with three protected cruisers, nine torpedo boats and two light cruisers. Some of the Swiss force managed to penetrate the anchorage for a short time, and they were unable to cause any significant damage, sinking only a handful of unloaded transports before being driven off by the Dutch armoured frigates. One of the sunk transports were the papal-charted missionary ship Pius III. The morning after the battle, Dutch ships found wreckage and French warship and dead French sailor. By the nature of the injuries the probable cause of their death was from shell fire and exposure. It seems the Swiss have practiced their hobby of murdering French sailors, again.

According to the admiralty, at the moment the Swiss do no longer possess any fully functioning capitals ships.

The navy also report two enemy cruisers destroyed by armoured frigates and mines in the days between the battles.

[The Rock Doctor]

Could we get any unposted battle reports into the public domain, please?

[Korpen]

Timor: End of June: The remaining Swiss forces are contained in a small pocket around the city of kupang.
As Dutch forces control the mouth of Kupang bay and the sea, the Swiss forces are cut of on all sides on land and sea.

Most of the island was rapidly re-taken in a mouth long campaign after landings on the April 25th with main landing south of Dilli and divisionary landings Oetune and Toineke. The superior local knowledge and contact of local Timorese soldiers in the Dutch forces was a great aid in encircling and destroying Swiss garrisons and defensive positions. The Swiss forces also learned to fear the pygmies of the 32nd recon battalion, who on several occasions infiltrated the Swiss position, wrecking havoc with blowpipes and explosives during the tropical night.
And as June comes to an end the elephants are pulling up the siege artillery for the final cleansing of the Swiss taint.

[Korpen]

In light of the staggering losses suffered by the DKB in the late conflict, the Netherlands are preparing a naval aid packet for delivery to the DKB during 1909.
Informed sources speculate that it will consist of the armoured frigate van Amstel, the Java and six D-class TBs.