History

Pre Construction
With the invention of the HMS Dreadnought in 1905 (a year prior to the Kronstadt war), multiple navies would start building there own. One of them was Poland, who was also working on their new Steam Turbines. The first design was to be similar to the Dreadnought itself, with one less turret and similar to the Nassau, but it was changed to be thin, long, and to become a Battlecruiser, boasting 12in cannons. She was the second of the Minsk Class. The other two being the Minsk and the Emin Pashaia.

Construction
In mid construction, a welding tool blew up and caused a fire in the port that set the construction of the Criuleni back a month.

Kronstadt War
She arrived a year late for the Kronstadt War, but still saw action. Her high speed, and thin profile made it hard for Russian Battleships to hit and sink her, she was used as a Polish capital ship, and fought in The Battle of Kronstadt, which would end the Kronstadt War. She was the second of her class of three, those being the Battlecruisers.

Pacific War
She was transferred to the Pacific a year early for the Pacific War, a war fought between Royalist China and Communist China, she saw shore bombardment action and fought two Russian Battleships with the help of the Japanese battleship Kongo, at the end of the war, Admiral Yamamoto brought the IJN Kirishima into port at Point Gamma to talk about the Peace Negotiations, meanwhile both crews intertained each other and played games. Even Admiral Yamamoto and Admiral Everat (Japan and Lithuanian part of the KPL respectively) where on their ships to watch the funny chaos below.

Otesk War
It wasn't until 1940 that the Criuleni would see action. Although 5 days before Japan declared war on Poland, Admiral Yamamoto, and Admiral Everat would talk to each other the last time, Yamamoto was pulled out and replaced by Nagumo when the invasion of the Philippines and Indonesia happened. Admiral Everat would request help from the Admiral Naval Direction Board (ANDB), and would be sent Grand Admiral Ajax's fleet of two Battleships, one Battlecruiser, and an assort ment of cruisers and destroyers, and the Carrier Jakub Murray, (ex. Emin Pashaia).

Fate
During the lead up to Operation Richardo, the Polish fleet of the Battleships Somalia, Criuleni, Warsaw, and Laane would be sent to a staging point, on the way there the Criuleni was mercilessly beaten by destroyers before being sunk by a Ki-5T.

Overview

Specs
Speed: 26 knots
Length: 556ft
Width: 55ft
Hight: 125ft
Draft: 11ft

Armament
10x 12in B2 cannons (Main)
6x 5in AT cannons (Secondary)

AA
None

End