On Saturday the local HMGS-South group played a Napoleonic naval game using Ship ‘o the Line rules (by Battleline) and 1/1200 scale miniatures.
Nine French and Spanish ships defended the grounded French 1st rate Orient from an approaching British squadron of six ships.
The British squadron.
The grounded Orient, with French and Spanish in the background.
The allied ships split up to double the head of the British line.
The Temeraire, leading the British line, comes about.
As the Temeraire engages several allied ships, the two following British 74s weave through the Spanish ships. Red dots have been added to indicate British ships.
The Temeraire is surrounded by six allied ships.
HMS Conqueror is captured by the crew from the badly damaged French 74 Pluton, but is recaptured. TheTemeraire is lost.
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