In this hypothetical engagement, the Germans send a portion of the High Seas Fleet into the Gulf of Finland in an attempt to engage and destroy the Russian Baltic Fleet.
The Germans have limited knowledge of the Russian dispositions. Only cruisers and torpedo boats are spotted so far.
Russian torpedo boats attempt to close to torpedo range, which for their torpedoes is only about 4,000 yards.
German light cruisers screen the battle line and shoot up the Russian torpedo boats.
The few surviving Russian torpedo boats launch, but the German dreadnoughts turn away and are not hit.
Russian destroyers attack and the German dreadnoughts turn away again. These destroyers have a slightly better torpedo with a range of about 6,500 yards.
German armored cruisers also turn away from the torpedo threat, but don’t comb the tracks quite long enough. Two ACs are torpedoed, one of which sinks. This error was caused by the week-long delay between the first half of the game (when the torpedoes were launched) and the second half (when they arrived).
Both sides try to reform their lines in the confined waters of the gulf.
The Russians Turn back to the NE. If they continued to skirt the southern shore of the gulf, the southerly wind would inhibit their shooting. Pre-dreadnoughts and armored cruisers comb torpedo tracks.
The German dreadnoughts start to take damage.
The Russian fleet has suffered much worse.
With one pre-dreadnought sunk and several large ships heavily damaged, the Russians give up the game.
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