Quote from: MengJiao on Yesterday at 06:09:39 PMHistorically, the French armored corvette Thetis did some reconnaissance of the German coast during the Franco-Prussian war. In this Scenario, a fast German Ironclad tries to run down the somewhat sluggish Thetis. The French Ironclad Ocean (of End of the Samurai fame) intervenes.
In ten minutes of steaming and firing, a few things happen: mostly at ranges of around seven or eight hundred yards, most shots miss. One French 10-inch rifled breach-loader blows up but one French 10.8-inch shot penetrates the German Ironclad in the main battery amidships. A big explosion and fire results: a gun battery of 8.2-inch Krupps is wrecked and the armor blown away with significant hull damage and crew suppression.
Which is a surprise, though I guess the 8.2 Krupps was always an ill-fated caliber:
Quote from: JasonPratt on May 04, 2024, 08:27:13 PM"More than just atrocious alliteration on my part, I aaapologise!"
It's also assonance!
Anyway, I attempted to allocate award-points appropriately, but alas: nothing fit so take my points.
Quote from: MengJiao on April 04, 2024, 07:17:18 AMThis is the third version of Hastings that I have played over the years and by far the best.