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Originally Posted by VONHARRIS
This vessel displaces 14000 tons and it is very heavily armed though not a match for a capital warship as it was intented to be.
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Unfortunately, this is not very historic for an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and there is already one in the game, the British Auxiliary Cruiser, which is more accurate. All of the 57 commonwealth ships that were converted to AMC's were passenger ships. Their purpose was for defense against German Armed Merchant Raiders and to stop German blockade runners. They were never intended as a counter to capital ships, although two,
HMS Jervis Bay and
HMS Rawalpindi fought gallant actions against major German warships.
Most were later converted to either Troop Transports, Hospital ships, or Infantry Landing Ships. One, the
Pretoria Castle, was converted to an escort carrier.
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