I think "Socorro" was supposed to be "Soccorso" which is a way to call help (literally "rescue"), a really old way. I always only heard it in old movies, but maybe it's just me.
"Tremendo" is ok. I mean, someone would hardly say "tremendo" in a situation like that but it's ok, it means "terrible" and i guess zara was supposed to say something like "scary", unless she was meant to say that Warspite is "tremenda"
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NNescio said:
Why are they talking in Portuguese?
Oh is that Portoguese? I thought it was bad italian
Oh is that Portoguese? I thought it was bad italian
Portuguese or Spanish, but "tremendo" is still a little out of place (meaning terrible or tremendous). When used for scary situations, the word is used to augment other words instead, like "susto tremendo" (tremendous scare).
... don't tell me... Warspite, you didnt "see" those two when you blasted the living shit out of them even though you knew where they were (wait, did she blast Pola?)
... don't tell me... Warspite, you didnt "see" those two when you blasted the living shit out of them even though you knew where they were (wait, did she blast Pola?)
Warspite, Barham and Valiant blasted Zara and Fiume; Fiume sunk inmediately, Zara and Pola were finished by a british DD (HMS Electra IIRC)
...and tremendo is probably referring to what NNescio comments, they are speaking in spanish
... don't tell me... Warspite, you didnt "see" those two when you blasted the living shit out of them even though you knew where they were (wait, did she blast Pola?)
Warspite, Barham and Valiant blasted Zara and Fiume; Fiume sunk inmediately, Zara and Pola were finished by a british DD (HMS Electra IIRC)
The destroyer HMS Jervis scuttled Pola after being boarded and her crew removed. As for Zara and Fiume, they were also finished by torpedoes fired by HMAS Stuart, HMS Janus and HMS Mohawk (Admiralty reports conflict what Stuart actually did in the night battle).
ezekill said: ... don't tell me... Warspite, you didnt "see" those two when you blasted the living shit out of them even though you knew where they were (wait, did she blast Pola?)
Pola was already crippled from a torpedo earlier in the day, and wasn't shot up, she just watched her sisters get demolished. Well.... Warspite and co only 'saw' Pola initially on radar after HMAS Stuart reported a 'large stopped vessel' in the darkness. The only 'light' was one flare Pola fired thinking Warspite and co were her sisters coming to the rescue. Then Zara and Fiume promptly looked like an Atlanta class cruiser let rip...
Got a response from the author — he mentions that he just looked up some Italian-sounding words on the Internet, so he might have made a mistake because he doesn't speak Italian.
Still, despite his modesty, I'd say he did put in quite some effort as the meanings are quite close.
The reaction seems a little bit exagerated, since actually nor Zara nor Pola got a single gunshot from Warspite (at Cape Matapan she fired only on Fiume), and none of the two had ever been targeted by her at all. The contrary is true, as, at the time of the Battle of Cape Matapan, Zara and Warspite were were old acquaintances. Zara was present at the Battle of Calabria, and fired six salvos from long range on Warspite, from 16:12 to 16:17, straddling her, but without direct hits.
The reaction seems a little bit exagerated, since actually nor Zara nor Pola got a single gunshot from Warspite (at Cape Matapan she fired only on Fiume), and none of the two had ever been targeted by her at all. The contrary is true, as, at the time of the Battle of Cape Matapan, Zara and Warspite were were old acquaintances. Zara was present at the Battle of Calabria, and fired six salvos from long range on Warspite, from 16:12 to 16:17, straddling her, but without direct hits.
But the Italian Cruisers have a natural fear of a English ships^^ (as much as the British ships should start to worry if an italian submarine full of tiny, sweet MAS will make its appearence, right Valiant and Queen Elizabeth?)
Both were repaired and returned to the war by 1943. Do your research next time.
But their contribution to the war proved to be all but unimportant after they sunk in Alexandria. For the time they've been repared, they lost both the Mediterranean War and the Atlantic War, and during the Pacific War both of them played a secondary role, coming back in UK even before the war's end. Being on service and be determinant are different things, so for this their war almost completely finished after Alexandria's raid.
Both were repaired and returned to the war by 1943. Do your research next time.
Unfortunately, with the torpedoing of the Nelson on 27 September 1941, the sinking of the Barham on 25 November 1941 and the disabling of Queen Elizabeth and Valiant on 19 december 1941, The activity of the British big guns in the Mediterranean virtually ceased. The Axis took control of central and east Mediterranean at the beginning of 1942, a situation that did not change until the lost of North Africa, a year later.
Help!Should be "aiuto". Socorro is Spanish or Portuguese. Alternatively it may be a misspelled "soccorso" (rescue [me]).Scary!More like "terrible". "Spaventoso" would be more suitable.どうしたの？
