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HMS June
Captained by the Honourable Captain Earl Howe
One of the Light Cruisers the HMS June
The HMS June is the more Broadside oriented Light Cruiser of the two and has slightly more modern guns than it’s sister the HMS Pellew. This being the newer model the torpedo’s are stored in triangular bays above the main gun turrets rather than elsewhere on the ship and moving them enabled the HMS June to increase their cargo storage capacity and increase their ammunition reserves.
The HMS June also has provisions for several smaller ships to be launched from it’s Port and Starboard hangers.
The HMS June is named after the Glorious First of June, a Naval action during the Napoleonic Wars where Admiral Lord Howe defeated the French Fleet. The British used similar tactics that Nelson would later use at Trafalgar, punching through rather than running parellell with the enemy.
This is the only ship named after a Battle rather than a Person in the Fleet. It replaced the crippled HMS Lord Howe which fought which such valour in it’s last engagement that the HMS June was named in it’s honour.
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