Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-104.51.53.50-20150415225527/@comment-26154973-20150424200639

Actually, http://www.pacificwrecks.com/history/messerschmitt/

Also, as Hibiki/Verniy was given to USSR after WW2, Kongou was constructed in Britain in 1911 (so you have it, Kongou obaa-chan :)), so they speak Russian and English a bit.