I have been working for a few months now on a GWX 2.1 expanded Mediterranean campaign with more scripted activity based on historical events between 09/41 and 06/45. In order to make it as historical as possible, there are a few ships I am eagerly trying to find (or coax someone into creating
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1. Generic Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship - Representative of HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, and HMS Valiant. These ships played such a major role in the Med theater that it begs to have them as an individual class of ships in-game. VonDos's Warspite is a QE class ship, but is the most upgraded and modern example of all the QE ships. With VonDos's permission, Warspite will be certainly included in the campaign, but Warspite is so unique and distinguished in its role that I hate using it as a generic representation of all the Queen Elizabeth class BBs. The Queen Elizabeth that I hope to find would be a more generic representation of the older QE BBs, perhaps based directly off of Malaya or Valiant.
2. HMS Eagle - Must have! Very active in Med events during '42.
3. HMS Ark Royal - Although secondary in priority to HMS Eagle. (Since my mod is only covering the U-boat era in the Med, Sept 41 to June 45, Ark Royal is secondary in priority...she was sunk by U-81 in November 41, only two months after the first u-boats arrived in the Med. Nevertheless, it would be a good inclusion.)
4. Italian Manned Torpedo ('Maiale') - If you're in the right place near Gibralter or Alexandria on the right dates, you might get to wintess an Italian cargo vessel deploying a team of Italian manned topedoes on their way to infiltrate the British harbour. Its not a big priority, but would make for a very cool inclusion.
If anyone is up to the task of creating these ships, or knows where I can find these ships for inclusion, please let me know.
Thanks in advance!