Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170916104500/@comment-30538704-20170917200142

Adventwings wrote: For some reason, I feel there's a chance that HMAS Vampire might appear in Kancolle, if only because she was part of Force Z and was escorting Prince of Wales and Repulse when they were attacked by the IJN during the Indian Ocean Raid.

Edit: After looking at her operation history, HMAS Vampire was also with HMS Thanet operating near Endau when they were sent to intercept a troopship convoy escorted by an IJN Torpedo Squadron lead by Sendai. That lead to the Battle off Endau, where Vampire succesfully escaped but Thanet wasn't so lucky.

Incidentally, the Battle off Endau happened about a month or so after Sagiri was sunk by Dutch submarines. If we're looking at British ships that were involved with the fight against Japan then there's quite a bit of choice:

Electra, Express, Encounter and Jupiter all took part in the Battle of Java Sea. Electra being noteworthy for engaging Jintsuu and Asagumo in a duel till she ran out of ammo, seriously damaging Asa. Electra also had the grim task of being the first to HMS Hoods wreckage. Jupiter also sank I-60.

There's Thanet as you mentioned, as well as Stronghold sunk in March '42 after an embarrasing show by Maya, Arshi and Nowaki. There's also Thracian who fought at Hong Kong but was scuttled and then repaired and operated by the Japanese until the wars end. Tenados was sunk by carrier planes from Akagi.

Paladin and Petard sunk I-27 in 1944.

Jump forward to 1945 and the 26th Destroyer Flotiila (Saumarez, Venus, Verulam, Vigilant and Virago) come into play, as they succesfully ambushed and sunk Haguro also damaging Kamikaze. Saumarez was also present at the sinking of Scharnhorst.

As for Vampire, I would hazard a guess that the devs would make a bigger thing of adding an Australian vessel, rather than just calling her British (unless she has a nation change remodel ala U-511). The corvette Hollyhock was with Vampire at her sinking, so they could be a pair.

Also one thing to point out is that the sinking of Force Z happened long before the Indian Ocean raid. Force Z was attacked two days after Pearl Harbour while the Indian Raid was April 1942.