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Rather than send this individually to the nations concerned, here's the proposed schedule and squadron composition for the Nordmarchian South American and South-West African Cruise. Let me know if I've missed any significant ports or if I've made a major error somewhere. I've not done fueling calculations, but the only really long oceanic leg is Cape Town - Rio de Janiero, and that's within grasp of the destroyers if they're filled to deep displacement at Cape Town. If need be, the squadron can fuel at sea from the Sarpsborg.

The squadron will comprise:
HNMS Folkunga Lion - Flagship, Folkunga Lion class battleship
HNMS Dristigheten - Dristigheten class battlecruiser; to be transfered to Chile on Saturday 15 June
HNMS Orn - Orn class aircraft carrier
HNMS Malmö - Falun class heavy cruiser
HNMS Borlänge - Victoriahamn class light cruiser
HNMS 35e - 1935 class Large destroyer
HNMS 38a - 1938 class destroyer
HNMS 38c - 1938 class destroyer
HNMS 37d - 1937 class destroyer
HNMS 37f - 1937 class destroyer
HNMS 35e - 1935 class Large destroyer
HNMS Sarpsborg - Sandefjord class oiler

An additional capital ship (Folkunga Lion) has been added to the squadron since the cruise was initially proposed. I hope this does not pose any problems for any of the ports.

The detailed schedule is as follows. Official cocktail parties will be held aboard the Folkunga Lion on the second night in any given port, except that where this falls on a Sunday, the party will be postponed until Monday, with ships' private parties in general two days later where practicable.

Karljohansvern NB, Nordmark
Arrives 0900 Thursday 14 March
Illisus, Atlantis
Arrives 0844 Friday 22 March
Departs 0844 Friday 29 March
Douala, South African Empire
2320 Friday 05 April
Departs 0800 Tuesday 09 April
Cape Town, South African Empire
Arrives 2316 Monday 15 April
Departs 0800 Tuesday 23 April
Rio de Janerio, Brasil
Arrives 0508 Thursday 02 May
Departs 0800 Thursday 09 May
Montevideo, South African Empire
Arrives 0540 Sunday 12 May
Departs 0800 Friday 17 May
Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Arrives 1440 Saturday 18 May
Departs 0800 Monday 27 May
Grytviken and Leith*, South Georgia, Nordmark
Arrives 0656 Friday 31 May
Departs 0800 Monday 03 June
Port Stanley, United Kingdom of G.B. and N.I.
Arrives 1116 Wednesday 05 June
Departs 1116 Thursday 06 June
Punta Arenas, Chile
Arrives 2256 Friday 07 June
Departs 0800 Monday 10 June
Talcahuano, Chile
Arrives 1732 Thursday 13 June
Departs 0800 Wednesday 19 June
Valparaiso, Chile
Arrives 2324 Wednesday 19 June
Departs 0800 Thursday 27 June
Callao, Peru
Arrives 2136 Sunday 30 June
Departs 0800 Friday 05 July
Panama, Iberia
Arrives 0120 Tuesday 09 July
Locks into canal 0800 Thursday 11 July
Departs canal 2000 Thursday 11 July
Cartagena, Colombia
Arrives 1424 Friday 12 July
Departs 0800 Tuesday 16 July
Maracaibo, Atlantis
Arrives 1432 Wednesday 17 July
Departs 0800 Monday 22 July
Kingston, United Kingdom of G.B. and N.I.
Arrives 2148 Tuesday 23 July
Departs 0800 Monday 29 July
Veracruz, Mexico
Arrives 1500 Thursday 01 August
Departs 1500 Thursday 08 August
Havana, Iberia
Arrives 2204 Saturday 10 August
Departs 0800 Friday 16 August
New York, United States of America
Arrives 1348 Monday 19 August
Departs 1348 Monday 26 August
Halifax, Canada
Arrives 0620 Wednesday 28 August
Departs 0800 Monday 02 September
Oscarsvern, Vinland, Nordmark
Arrives 0440 Tuesday 03 September
Departs 0800 Thursday 05 September
Karjohansvern NB, Nordmark
Arrives 0728 Saturday 14 September

* Due to the small size of Grytviken harbour, the squadron will be divided between East Cumberland Bay (Grytviken) and Stromness Bay (Leith).

Small nitpick (ok, not small), Maracaibo is Atlantean not Iberian.

Bother. I actually knew that, but forgot to change it; have duly edited.

Could the Sqaudron make Bahia Blanca on the 17th May?
That is national Navy Day and it might make a big celebration a little bigger.
As usual Chilean and Brazilian warships are welcome to attend the festivities across the nation's ports.

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Originally posted by Hood
As usual Chilean and Brazilian warships are welcome to attend the festivities across the nation's ports.

Chile will send the recently-refitted flak cruiser Concepción and the destroyers Capitan Eyzaguirre and General San Martin.

Cocktails!

(Btw, you are really going for Argentina? Can´t tell I like that but it´s upt to you of course....:o) )

I figure it's a good way to demonstrate the Nordish "Big Stick" to Argentina. *shrug*

Probably I should send a couple of really big sticks with him then? ;oP

Btw, is the Nordmark encyclopedia up to date? I searched for some of the ships but couldn´t find them. The only Folkunga Lion I found, for example, was sold to Chile in 1934...

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Originally posted by HoOmAn
Btw, is the Nordmark encyclopedia up to date? I searched for some of the ships but couldn´t find them. The only Folkunga Lion I found, for example, was sold to Chile in 1934...

Appears it's not.

Folkunga Lion was sold to Chile in 1934 and renamed Valparaiso; Den Norske Love was sold in 1937 and renamed Santiago. The two ships are being traded back to Nordmark as payment for the Dristigheten (to be renamed Capitan Prat).

The war with Nordmark was nearly 20 years ago... time to move on.

What do you mean wih "move on"? Round two? ;o)

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Originally posted by Hood
Could the Sqaudron make Bahia Blanca on the 17th May?
That is national Navy Day and it might make a big celebration a little bigger.
As usual Chilean and Brazilian warships are welcome to attend the festivities across the nation's ports.

If the South Africans don't mind the squadron leaving Montevideo early, that can be arranged.

HoOmAn, Brock: the Nordmark encyclopaedia is horrendously out of date, and updating it is on my to-do list. The current Folkunga Lion is one of the 1933-design battleships.