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| image      = [[File:Dyre-Storm 87 Convoy Escort Group.png|300px]]
| image      = [[File:Dyre-Storm 87 Convoy Escort Group.png|300px]]
| caption    = [[Alduria-Wechua|Alduro-Wechua]] & [[Constancia]]n corvettes on convoy escort duties, {{AN|1687}}
| caption    = [[Alduria-Wechua|Alduro-Wechua]] & [[Constancia]]n corvettes on convoy escort duties, {{AN|1687}}
| date        = {{AN|1687}}
| date        = 19.I.{{AN|1687}}–08.III.{{AN|1688}}
| place      = North Raynor Sea, Dyre Straits, [[Sea of Storms]]
| place      = North Raynor Sea, Dyre Straits, [[Sea of Storms]], [[Jaris]]
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| result      = {{unbulleted list|Transfer of ESB personnel to the [[International Mandate]];|Consolidation of beachhead around [[Ijubicastagrad Harbor]];|Transfer of Ijubicastagrad Harbor to Alduro-Wechua armed forces.}}
| status      = Leg One: commenced 19.I.1687 - convoy departed [[Aqaba]]
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| combatant1  = {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} [[Raspur Pact]]  
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*{{team flag|Unified Governorates}}
*{{team flag|Unified Governorates}}


| combatant2  = {{flagicon image|InsurgencyFlagWiki.png}} [[Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans|Pirate clans]]
| combatant2  = {{team flag|Krasnocoria}} (fmr.)
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| combatant3  = {{unbulleted list|{{flagicon image|InsurgencyFlagWiki.png}} [[Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans|Pirate clans]] |{{team flag|Stormark|flag}} Vanic Remnant}}
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** {{team flag|Floria|flag}} Togafaga Station
** {{team flag|Floria|flag}} Togafaga Station
* {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} Nivardom Command
* {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} Nivardom Command
** {{team flag|Constancia|flag}} Task Force 1687-01
* {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} General Service Corps
* {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} General Service Corps
{{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} [[Maritime Armada]]
{{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} [[Maritime Armada]]
* {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} Task Force 1687-01
* {{flagicon image|SANE Flag.png}} Task Force 1687-01
{{team flag|Constancia|name=Kerularios & Company}}
{{team flag|Constancia|name=Kerularios & Company}}
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| units2      = {{team flag|Krasnocoria|flag}} 9th Corps (Elmaovo)
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| strength1  = {{unbulleted list|1 x aircraft carrier | 1 x missile cruiser | 2 x helicopter carriers | 3 x arsenal ships |15 x missile corvettes |40 x cargo vessels|54 x armed auxiliary vessels|71 x logistic support ships|100 x operator directed torpedoes|200 x guided munitions (piloted)|various aviation assets}}
| strength1  = <small>{{unbulleted list|1 x aircraft carrier | 1 x missile cruiser | 2 x helicopter carriers | 3 x arsenal ships |15 x missile corvettes |40 x cargo vessels|54 x armed auxiliary vessels|71 x logistic support ships|100 x operator directed torpedoes|200 x guided munitions (piloted)|8,520 x Constancian troops|various aviation assets}}</small>
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A large scale naval operation organised by the [[Trans-Euran Command]] and supported by the [[Maritime Armada]] to escort a convoy marshalled by [[Kerularios & Company]], sailing from [[Aqaba]] to [[Punta Santiago]] for its first leg to deliver raw materials and capital goods exchanged for scheduled oil deliveries made by Alduria over the previous year. After a brief layover to permit the change of command from Constancian to Alduria-Wechuan naval forces the convoy would proceed thence from Punta Santiago to [[Nivardom]] carrying consumer produce and foodstuffs for the [[Principality of Molivadia]], before finally concluding with a third and final sailing from Nivardom to the [[Port of Jirishanca]] to deliver construction materials and labourers on behalf of the [[Honourable Company]].
A large scale naval operation organised by the [[Trans-Euran Command]] and supported by the [[Maritime Armada]] to escort a convoy marshalled by [[Kerularios & Company]], sailing from [[Aqaba]] to [[Punta Santiago]] for its first leg to deliver raw materials and capital goods exchanged for scheduled oil deliveries made by Alduria over the previous year. After a brief layover to permit the change of command from Constancian to Alduria-Wechuan naval forces the convoy would proceed thence from Punta Santiago to [[Nivardom]] carrying consumer produce and foodstuffs for the [[Principality of Molivadia]], before finally concluding with a third and final sailing from Nivardom to the [[Port of Jirishanca]] to deliver construction materials and labourers on behalf of the [[Honourable Company]]. The third leg of the convoy's journey would however never be completed as the assembled naval force and merchant shipping was re-tasked to [[Elmaovo]] in order to support the evacuation of the [[ESB Jaris|Honourable Company's brokerage]] which had been imperilled by the failure of the [[Krasnocoria]]n state.


==Background==
==Background==
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The greatest peril for allied mariners during that time had been that faced by coastal shipping, which had not been obligated for the most part - excepting in instances ordered by local or national maritime authorities - to sail in convoy. These then faced the full fury of [[Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans|unrestricted yet flimsily denied Bassarid piracy]] where those merchantmen and trading companies who could not afford onboard security teams were obliged to rely upon the response times of coastal patrol vessels and land based aviation to avoid being extorted or having their cargo seized. This situation increasingly favoured those corporations who could rely upon their own resources or state patronage - the two most notable of these being the [[Honourable Company]], no stranger to privateering itself, and [[Kerularios & Company]]. The latter of the two in particular was able to leverage the strength of its shipping fleet and its favourable connections with the court of the Autokrator in [[Astérapolis]] to dominate the coastal carrying trade in Euran littoral waters.
The greatest peril for allied mariners during that time had been that faced by coastal shipping, which had not been obligated for the most part - excepting in instances ordered by local or national maritime authorities - to sail in convoy. These then faced the full fury of [[Alliance of the Bassarid Oceans|unrestricted yet flimsily denied Bassarid piracy]] where those merchantmen and trading companies who could not afford onboard security teams were obliged to rely upon the response times of coastal patrol vessels and land based aviation to avoid being extorted or having their cargo seized. This situation increasingly favoured those corporations who could rely upon their own resources or state patronage - the two most notable of these being the [[Honourable Company]], no stranger to privateering itself, and [[Kerularios & Company]]. The latter of the two in particular was able to leverage the strength of its shipping fleet and its favourable connections with the court of the Autokrator in [[Astérapolis]] to dominate the coastal carrying trade in Euran littoral waters.
==First leg: Aqabah to Punta Santiago==
*19.I.1687 - convoy departed [[Aqaba]].
*Uneventful. Narrative to follow.
*04.II.1687 - convoy shadowed by [[Maritime Armada|Task Force 1687-1]]
*10.II.1687 - convoy arrived [[Punta Santiago]].
*Cargo unloaded - TBC.
*12.II.1687&ndash;02.III.1687 - [[Logistic Support Vessel]]s adapted with ramps and storage for {{tooltip|F-11GM Florentine|Guided Munition (Piloted)}} taken onboard from Togafaga Station. [[Confederate States Armed Forces#Florian Air Force|CSAF-FAF]] pilots and maintenance crews taken onto strength of ships companies. Familiarisation drills conducted for '''Rocket Assisted Catapult Launcher''' system.
==Second leg: Punta Santiago to Nivardom==
*02.III.1687 &ndash; 05.III.1687 - loading of cargo.
*06.III.1687 - convoy departed Punta Santiago.
*Uneventful. Narrative to follow.
*17.III.1687 - convoy turned to the north to evade off-season hurricane.
**Naval rating lost overboard from the [[Logistic Support Vessel]], the KP Haurvatat.
*19.III.1687 - convoy returns to south-south-westerly course.
*10.V.1687 - convoy arrived [[Nivardom]].
*Cargo unloaded TBC.
==Re-tasking: Nivardom to Elmaovo==
*V&ndash;VII.1687 - merchant vessels assigned to local shipping movements in [[Gulf of Zinjibar]]. Convoy escort groups assigned to concurrent anti-piracy sweep.
*05.VII.1687 - merchant vessels & escort forces reassembled in anchorages off the Nivardom Roads.
*11.VII.1687 - ''[[Krasnocoria]]n government falls''.
*14.VII.1687 - ''[[Sylvanian National Awakening]]''.
*16.VII.1687 - convoy and escort groups placed under Task Force 1687-01.
*17.VII.1687 - loading of cargo and passengers halted.
*20.VII.1687 - disembarkation complete.
*VIII&ndash;XI.1687 - ship maintenance (Nivardom & [[Bandar-e Saghi]]), naval drills in Gulf of Zinjibar.
*07.X.1687 - Task Force 1687-01 re-tasked to support evacuation efforts for [[Constancia]]n nationals and [[Black Travellers]] from [[Jaris]].
*10&ndash;13.X.1687 - embarkation of Expeditionary Force <small>(19<sup>th</sup> Moíra, 4<sup>th</sup> Syntagma (Merarhia Pezonauton),''4<sup>e</sup> Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère'' (Constancian Foreign Legion), ''97 Taxiarhia'', 6<sup>th</sup> Army (Home Guard))</small>.
*17.XI.1687 – off-shore from southern coast of Jaris.


==Notes & references==
==Notes & references==

Latest revision as of 15:47, 5 September 2020

Operation Dyre-Storm 87
Dyre-Storm 87 Convoy Escort Group.png
Alduro-Wechua & Constancian corvettes on convoy escort duties, 1687 AN
Date 19.I.1687 AN–08.III.1688 AN
Location North Raynor Sea, Dyre Straits, Sea of Storms, Jaris
Result
Belligerents
Raspur Pact Krasnocoria Krasnocoria (fmr.)
Units involved
Trans-Euran Command
  • Aqabah Command
    • Alduria-Wechua Fleet Command
    • Constancia Aqaba Fleet
    • Floria Togafaga Station
  • Nivardom Command
    • Constancia Task Force 1687-01
  • General Service Corps

Maritime Armada

  • Task Force 1687-01

Constancia Kerularios & Company

Krasnocoria 9th Corps (Elmaovo)
Strength
  • 1 x aircraft carrier
  • 1 x missile cruiser
  • 2 x helicopter carriers
  • 3 x arsenal ships
  • 15 x missile corvettes
  • 40 x cargo vessels
  • 54 x armed auxiliary vessels
  • 71 x logistic support ships
  • 100 x operator directed torpedoes
  • 200 x guided munitions (piloted)
  • 8,520 x Constancian troops
  • various aviation assets
Casualties and losses
1 x naval rating (missing)

A large scale naval operation organised by the Trans-Euran Command and supported by the Maritime Armada to escort a convoy marshalled by Kerularios & Company, sailing from Aqaba to Punta Santiago for its first leg to deliver raw materials and capital goods exchanged for scheduled oil deliveries made by Alduria over the previous year. After a brief layover to permit the change of command from Constancian to Alduria-Wechuan naval forces the convoy would proceed thence from Punta Santiago to Nivardom carrying consumer produce and foodstuffs for the Principality of Molivadia, before finally concluding with a third and final sailing from Nivardom to the Port of Jirishanca to deliver construction materials and labourers on behalf of the Honourable Company. The third leg of the convoy's journey would however never be completed as the assembled naval force and merchant shipping was re-tasked to Elmaovo in order to support the evacuation of the Honourable Company's brokerage which had been imperilled by the failure of the Krasnocorian state.

Background

For the three decades after the War of Lost Brothers maritime trade between the members of the Raspur Pact, particularly where it involved the transit between ports located in different continental theatre commands[1], were conducted exclusively via escorted convoys. For the longest time these convoys were organised as trade fleets by the Natopian maritime trading company SATCo, with onboard security for merchant vessels provided by the contracted Maritime Support Group and a strong force of escorting corvettes typically provided by the continental theatre command from whence the convoy made its outbound journey.

The greatest peril for allied mariners during that time had been that faced by coastal shipping, which had not been obligated for the most part - excepting in instances ordered by local or national maritime authorities - to sail in convoy. These then faced the full fury of unrestricted yet flimsily denied Bassarid piracy where those merchantmen and trading companies who could not afford onboard security teams were obliged to rely upon the response times of coastal patrol vessels and land based aviation to avoid being extorted or having their cargo seized. This situation increasingly favoured those corporations who could rely upon their own resources or state patronage - the two most notable of these being the Honourable Company, no stranger to privateering itself, and Kerularios & Company. The latter of the two in particular was able to leverage the strength of its shipping fleet and its favourable connections with the court of the Autokrator in Astérapolis to dominate the coastal carrying trade in Euran littoral waters.

First leg: Aqabah to Punta Santiago

  • 19.I.1687 - convoy departed Aqaba.
  • Uneventful. Narrative to follow.
  • 04.II.1687 - convoy shadowed by Task Force 1687-1
  • 10.II.1687 - convoy arrived Punta Santiago.
  • Cargo unloaded - TBC.
  • 12.II.1687–02.III.1687 - Logistic Support Vessels adapted with ramps and storage for F-11GM Florentine taken onboard from Togafaga Station. CSAF-FAF pilots and maintenance crews taken onto strength of ships companies. Familiarisation drills conducted for Rocket Assisted Catapult Launcher system.

Second leg: Punta Santiago to Nivardom

  • 02.III.1687 – 05.III.1687 - loading of cargo.
  • 06.III.1687 - convoy departed Punta Santiago.
  • Uneventful. Narrative to follow.
  • 17.III.1687 - convoy turned to the north to evade off-season hurricane.
  • 19.III.1687 - convoy returns to south-south-westerly course.
  • 10.V.1687 - convoy arrived Nivardom.
  • Cargo unloaded TBC.

Re-tasking: Nivardom to Elmaovo

  • V–VII.1687 - merchant vessels assigned to local shipping movements in Gulf of Zinjibar. Convoy escort groups assigned to concurrent anti-piracy sweep.
  • 05.VII.1687 - merchant vessels & escort forces reassembled in anchorages off the Nivardom Roads.
  • 11.VII.1687 - Krasnocorian government falls.
  • 14.VII.1687 - Sylvanian National Awakening.
  • 16.VII.1687 - convoy and escort groups placed under Task Force 1687-01.
  • 17.VII.1687 - loading of cargo and passengers halted.
  • 20.VII.1687 - disembarkation complete.
  • VIII–XI.1687 - ship maintenance (Nivardom & Bandar-e Saghi), naval drills in Gulf of Zinjibar.
  • 07.X.1687 - Task Force 1687-01 re-tasked to support evacuation efforts for Constancian nationals and Black Travellers from Jaris.
  • 10–13.X.1687 - embarkation of Expeditionary Force (19th Moíra, 4th Syntagma (Merarhia Pezonauton),4e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère (Constancian Foreign Legion), 97 Taxiarhia, 6th Army (Home Guard)).
  • 17.XI.1687 – off-shore from southern coast of Jaris.

Notes & references