Topic: Starmada Dreadnoughts AAR
Sorry for the sparse prose. Time is an issue.
This is the Battle of Coronel Sea (November 1, 1914) as listed in the Dreadnoughts expansion. I played solo using Vassal.
The British OOB:
Glasgow CL (Light Cruiser)
Otranto AMC (Armed Merchant Cruiser)
Monmouth AC (Armored Cruiser)
Good Hope AC
The German OOB:
Dresden CL
Leipzig CL
Scharnhorst AC
Gneisenau AC
The battle evolved into two skirmishes. The light ships squared off against each other and the heavier armored cruisers fought a separate battle. In the end the Germans won but should have lost (as inadvertently playing one additional turn shows).
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Turn 3 firing
Glasgow and Otranto concentrate on Dresden.
Glasgow gets one hit and destroys a number weapon systems.
Dresden and Leipzig concentrate on Glasgow.
Leipzig scores a hit, damaging the hull and a number of turrets.
Good Hope fires at Scharnhorst. Heavy batteries miss but the secondaries score a number
of hull hits and damage the engine, armor and some weapons.
Monmouth fires at Scharnhorst and all shots miss!
Scharnhorst returns fire on Good Hope. A number of shells hit but bounce harmlessly off the armor.
In the end, minor hull, engine and weapon damage is caused.
Gneisenau takes aim at Good Hope and causes light hull, engine and weapon damage.
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Turn 4 Firing
Glasgow scores enough hits on Dresden to sink her.
Otranto causes hull damage to Leipzig
Dresden and Leipzig combine to sink Glasgow.
All torpedoes miss (all three rolled 1s!)
Good Hope and Monmouth (mostly Monmouth hitting 7 of 8 shots) cause more moderate damage to Scharnhorst.
Serious listing is visible. (2/8 hull remain)
Gneisenau's quick guns rake the Good Hope at the water line, causing serious flooding.
Scharnhorst comes up short, causing some weapon damage to Good Hope.