Last time, we covered all the Tapparads until the last one to be equipped with muzzle-loading guns. Early in the 20th century tension between the major naval powers increased to the brink of war. Let's say it was to become explosive.
Nearing the end of the 19th century, almost every year there seemed to be yet another major breakthrough in naval technology. The 1883 Tapparad was more like a test platform form for new technology rather than an actual warship. Never had a flagship of the Sedunnic navy been equipped with so few guns compared to the rest of the fleet's ships, yet this ship could boast a pair of the most accurate, long-shooting guns there was. After several refits and a change of name (to Sraved), it was hit by a torpedo, exploded violently, and sank during the First Battle of Lutra Strait in 1915 against the Empire of Ubesii.
1896-1942
Studying the performance of the 1886 Tapparad, the new flagship that entered service in 1891 was essentially a larger and more powerful version than its predecessor. It served with distinction in both the First Battle of Lutra Strait and the battle of Grovne. During its service it received three major refits, before it was scrapped a few years before the Great War, badly damaged by corrosion. In a popular vote, this ship was awarded the title "Most beautiful ship of all time". Do you agree?
1930-1951
The 1930 Tapparad was a seaplane cruiser and carried eight Nitt II light torpedo planes, being the closest the navy ever got to a real carrier ship. Before the Great War, it patrolled the important trans-Pacific trade route, like many other Tapparads before. It was to play an important role during during the fateful Second Battle of Lutra Strait.
There were three major phases: the first being an envelope manoeuvre tricking the Tekarian navy closer to the northern shores, then combined attacks were carried out by the mobile coastal artillery, strike craft and the navy itself, completed by a total encirclement of the Tekarian navy by Sedunnic submarine forces. The operations were initially led by the Tapparad, which actively took part in the battle. Before the second phase could start, however, the ship was hit by multiple rounds fired by a Tekarian battleship, forcing it to withdraw. Several hull breaches soon called for immediate evacuation, but the ship that came to assist lost rudder control (hit by a Tekarian torpedo?) and collided with the Tapparad. The collision made the Tapparad sink at a faster rate, trapping over 3/4 of the crew inside.
1951-1982
The 1951 Tapparad (first named Vetemo Hetted) was launched just before Sedunn entered the Great War. When Essela military base was attacked by Karnetvorian bombers, the ship was present refuelling. Legend has it that it was an anti-aircraft crew of the Vetemo Hetted that fired the first Sedunnic shots in the war, which still is bitterly but brotherly contested by anti-air crews in the army. The truth is that it was fighter pilots that had fired the first shots against the bombers before they came to Essela.
After the flagship had been lost at the Second Battle of Lutra Strait, replacement was needed, and the Vetemo Hetted was chosen, thereby getting a new familiar name. During the rest of the war, it participated in most Sedunnic naval operations, and was the first destroyer to be fitted with anti-ship missiles just before before the end. The ship has been preserved as a sailing museum, but it mostly stays at its own dock in Grovne.
1982-2013
After the Great War the need to maintain expeditionary capabilities was low, many subsequent governments thought. The number of ships, and the number of unique classes, was reduced. Instead, multi-purpose ships were built to partly compensate. The 1982 Tapparad had anti-air and anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles for land attack, room for helicopters and amphibious troops. This configuration made it well-suited to help deny the navy of nationalist Karnetvor access to the waters around Tasternine to support the islands declaration of independence in 2009. The Tapparad was taken out of service and replaced in 2013, but two other ships of its class continue to serve as anti-air destroyers.
2013-
The latest Tapparad is the most powerful ship ever in the Sedunnic navy and its newest member. It participated in the joint operations against Soormann and his fighters in the Second Transsunerian Civil War, and has been deployed to "hotspots" around the world on numerous occasions. It's currently patrolling the trans-Pacific trade route. The seas are accustomed to the presence of the Tapparad.
Further away on the blue. The horizon belongs to you.
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- King: Vimmru II
- Foundation: Late Iron Age
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