A destroyer;
Two cruisers;
The power disparity between the two sides was evident. Even if both sides had vessels in equally good condition, not many would favor the destroyer, let alone one belonging to the Duchy Navy.
Everyone knew that the Duchy Navy struggled to pay its soldiers on time due to a lack of funding. There was no money left for the maintenance of their antique ships that had been submerged for decades. The low-priced sale of parts stolen from the ships by sailors, combined with the already poor condition of the old vessels, made the situation even more dangerous. Simply sailing out to sea and bringing the crew back alive was considered a remarkable feat.
A Duchy Navy destroyer overturned two Albion cruisers? This sounded like French Resistance fighters finding a Renault FT17 tank in a museum and using it to overturn two German Tigers. General De Gaulle, who was more prone to bragging than fighting, would have dropped his jaw upon hearing such a battlefield myth.
