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There is going to be a bit of a party in Rupert when Radl is hanged i think. I hope he doesn't have a wife and kids in Canada.
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There is going to be a bit of a party in Rupert when Radl is hanged i think. I hope he doesn't have a wife and kids in Canada.
That would make an interesting legal case. If he is an Austro-Hungarian citizen would refusing to help his side of the war not also be treason? The Prince Rupert would have been German territory as soon as it was boarded and seized. As long as he can claim to have been part of the German navy he'll probably get away with it. It would probably help if he is not captured by the Canadians though...There is going to be a bit of a party in Rupert when Radl is hanged i think. I hope he doesn't have a wife and kids in Canada.
To recap some of my prior posts... I suspect if he is captured by Canada or the rest of the commonwealth he is probably going to hang once the war is over..That would make an interesting legal case. If he is an Austro-Hungarian citizen would refusing to help his side of the war not also be treason? The Prince Rupert would have been German territory as soon as it was boarded and seized. As long as he can claim to have been part of the German navy he'll probably get away with it. It would probably help if he is not captured by the Canadians though...
My dad's WW2 generation had a ton of German heritage soldiers who quickly adopted the nickname of "Dutch" to front their surnames (Beckmann, Schmidt, Herman, Weber, Wagner, etc.....) just to avoid the inevitable harassment.
Funny, this.
I grew up believing I was Dutch, as that is what I was told by my parents and grandparents. Not so, my heritage is German, even though my ancestors left Germany in the early 1800's. My grandfather was born in 1900, my father in 1928, so you can understand why we were "Dutch".
Galiano is small, but could easily be converted to a raider, and have modifications done to conceal her identity. On the down side, she is so small prisoners will be problematic, she would need a tender far larger than her just to hold prisoners.
And German manpower in the area is very very limited. There already stretched as is. It might be a good idea to abandon Prince Rupert and replace it with a suitable raider. But adding too much to the force is dangerous.
And German manpower in the area is very very limited. There already stretched as is. It might be a good idea to abandon Prince Rupert and replace it with a suitable raider. But adding too much to the force is dangerous.
I wonder what her range is. If they could get her south of the US, such a small vessel could raise hell along the coast. EDIT: Now that I think of it, heading North would also be useful. Petropavlovsk has little to defend it, a quick raid along the Russian coast, then head down towards Canada again while Nurnberg heads south. Oh she'll be run down eventually, but man, the furor to be raised!
Didn't find a specific range, but some fascinating detail; YYJ probably already has these...
http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_GALIANO.htm
https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcon...le.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1582&context=cmh
Useful vessel, but considering her historical loss, taking her for use as a raider is doubtful. She was pretty small, actually, with a smaller displacement than (for example) a WW II-era Bangor class coastal minesweeper.
The update mentions she was armed. What was she armed with?
Her sister Malaspina is listed as having one 6 pdr (57 mm/2.2 inch) gun during WW I, so presumably the same:
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww1/convert/
Wonder how much ammo she would have carried. Might be worth keeping even if they sink the rest of the boat.
Esquimalt in the period OTL had a surfeit of 6 pounder guns. Every museum around town still seems to have one or more today. The Rainbow landed 8 in October 1911 when she upgraded her tertiary armament to 4 x 12 pounders. 2 x 6 pounder guns were originally installed at the Duntze Head anti-torpedo boat battery, but were removed to be replaced by 12 pounder guns, and presumably stored somewhere.The update mentions she was armed. What was she armed with?
Wonder how much ammo she would have carried. Might be worth keeping even if they sink the rest of the boat.
Thank you, I do want the story to sound right. Edits made.Nice chapter. Not quite the bloodthirsty hun... well done.
"Car" and "medical team" read anachronistically. In the 'teens - I think - the phrasing would be "automobiles" or "motor trucks" rather than "cars" and "rescue party" rather than "medical team."
Nothing I can point to exactly, it just reads a little too modern to me.
And it's borderline, but I think Radl might have called Galiano a "fisheries vessel" or "patrol ship" or something similar. CGS was "Canadian Government Ship" I believe; the Canadian Coast Guard as an agency was not formed until after WW II.
Thank you, I do want the story to sound right. Edits made.