Hi all I'm not sure what to make of this praise. For one, several artists come to mind - including but by no means limited to Colo, DP, BB1987, Maomatic and DG Alpha, and that's only those who specialize on warships - who deliver top quality. None of the above group draws full-time. It's a hobby who...
E. Submarines 1. Barracuda-Class Under the 1907 program, six submarines were ordered from three different suppliers, so Mexican sailors could get acquainted with different kinds of submarine technology. The first ones delivered were two Vickers boats identical to Britain’s own C-Class, named Barracu...
D. Torpedo craft 1. No.21-class A class of eight 110ts second class torpedo boats, all built at Veracruz under the 1907 program. Nos.21 through 28 were delivered between 1908 and 1909 and selected as the basis for the Austrian Tb.I coastal torpedo boat. This was the first instance the Austrians adop...
B. Cruisers 1. Santa Maria de Guadelupe-Class Part of the Imperial Russian Navy’s reconstruction effort after the disaster of 1905, these two big armored cruisers were ordered from Armstrong in 1906, as improved Ruriks with single-caliber main armament and turbine drive for a speed of 24 knots. They...
A. Battleships 11. Emperador Maximiliano-Class The Dreadnought-era had hardly begun when Admiral Beltran decided to join the game with the 1907 fleet modernization programme. Consequently, few foreign designs were available to lean on. The Germans had not yet introduced Turbine propulsion and would ...
15. Invasion While the US Atlantic Fleet assembled at Key West and struggled to get operational, the opening shots of the American-Mexican war of 1916 were fired by the respective armies. Pershing's troops crossed the border simultaneously in Texas and California on July 2nd. Mexicali and Tijuana we...
Hello again! Time to wrap this AU. One note to our US bucketers: Normally I try to avoid storylines where one side wins because of outrageous luck or because the other side makes stupid mistakes or both. But if both sides are mismatched so badly as they are here, any result other than a straight wal...