Post by TheDreadnought on Jan 25, 2012 9:44:05 GMT -5
Sent to me in email from a local group
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Last night it was a battlecrusier battle. Tom S designed an interesting battle, 4 battlecruisers, 2 armored cruisers, and 3 light cruisers on each side. The sides were converging on each other and the battlecruisers opened up at long range, with the Germans scoring a number of hits on New Zealand, knocking out 2 turrets. The British knocked out the fire control of Derflinger but did little more than that. The battle moved to medium range as the two lines of battlecruisers pounded each other. After a half hour of battling, New Zealand fell out of line and tried to retreat from the battle. It’s superstructure was a shambles as fires raged throughout the ship and only 1 turret remained operable. Damage to the engine room had reduced speed to about 8 knots. Meanwhile, Indefatigable and Lion had suffered fire control hits and Lion was down a main battery turret. On the German side, an early critical hit to Van der Tann’s rudder saw her steaming in circles for most of the battle. Seams burst, causing extensive flooding to Seydlitz, Moltke, and Derflinger. Seydlitz and Moltke also had fire control hits while Moltke also had her main batteries knocked out. The armored cruisers pounded each other while the German light cruisers laid smoke to screen the battlecruisers from the British light cruisers. Two of the light cruisers suffered heavy damage and were later scuttled after the Germans retreated.
No ships were actually sunk during the engagement. For the British, New Zealand was reduced to about ¼ of its hull points while Indefatigable was reduced to about ½. Lion and Queen Mary still had over ¾ of their hit points remaining. The armored cruisers retained most of their hit points while one of the light cruisers was down to 50% of its hit points. Three of the German battlecruisers were down under 50% hit points, as was one armored crusier. Two light cruisers were close to sinking.
Once again, the big guns (and high die rolls) of the British were able to defeat the German navy. New Zealand and Indefatigable proved soft targets for the German guns but the Lion and Queen Mary, with better armor and 13.5” guns, proved more than a match for the German battlecruisers and their 11” and 12” guns. The British light cruisers, with their 6” guns, completely outclassed the German light cruisers and their 4” guns. The armored cruisers were pretty close, with the British having an edge with their larger guns and slightly better range.
German Fleet
Derflinger
Seydlitz
Moltke
Von der Tann
Blucher
Scharnhorst
3 x light cruisers
British Fleet
Lion
Queen Mary
Indefatigable
New Zealand
Black Prince
Defence
3 x light cruisers
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Last night it was a battlecrusier battle. Tom S designed an interesting battle, 4 battlecruisers, 2 armored cruisers, and 3 light cruisers on each side. The sides were converging on each other and the battlecruisers opened up at long range, with the Germans scoring a number of hits on New Zealand, knocking out 2 turrets. The British knocked out the fire control of Derflinger but did little more than that. The battle moved to medium range as the two lines of battlecruisers pounded each other. After a half hour of battling, New Zealand fell out of line and tried to retreat from the battle. It’s superstructure was a shambles as fires raged throughout the ship and only 1 turret remained operable. Damage to the engine room had reduced speed to about 8 knots. Meanwhile, Indefatigable and Lion had suffered fire control hits and Lion was down a main battery turret. On the German side, an early critical hit to Van der Tann’s rudder saw her steaming in circles for most of the battle. Seams burst, causing extensive flooding to Seydlitz, Moltke, and Derflinger. Seydlitz and Moltke also had fire control hits while Moltke also had her main batteries knocked out. The armored cruisers pounded each other while the German light cruisers laid smoke to screen the battlecruisers from the British light cruisers. Two of the light cruisers suffered heavy damage and were later scuttled after the Germans retreated.
No ships were actually sunk during the engagement. For the British, New Zealand was reduced to about ¼ of its hull points while Indefatigable was reduced to about ½. Lion and Queen Mary still had over ¾ of their hit points remaining. The armored cruisers retained most of their hit points while one of the light cruisers was down to 50% of its hit points. Three of the German battlecruisers were down under 50% hit points, as was one armored crusier. Two light cruisers were close to sinking.
Once again, the big guns (and high die rolls) of the British were able to defeat the German navy. New Zealand and Indefatigable proved soft targets for the German guns but the Lion and Queen Mary, with better armor and 13.5” guns, proved more than a match for the German battlecruisers and their 11” and 12” guns. The British light cruisers, with their 6” guns, completely outclassed the German light cruisers and their 4” guns. The armored cruisers were pretty close, with the British having an edge with their larger guns and slightly better range.
German Fleet
Derflinger
Seydlitz
Moltke
Von der Tann
Blucher
Scharnhorst
3 x light cruisers
British Fleet
Lion
Queen Mary
Indefatigable
New Zealand
Black Prince
Defence
3 x light cruisers
