1/6000 Naval – Page 9

Bay of Algiers, 1914, Again

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a WWI naval game using a modified version of a scenario tested previously.

This fleet action is based on the Triple Alliance naval convention of 1913, as described in “The Great War at Sea” by Sondhaus. The plan was for the Italian and Austro-Hungarian fleets and any German ships in the Mediterranean to engage the French Fleet and block the Algerian troop transports. This scenario assumes that the war starts in February 1914, and that the British Mediterranean squadron joins the French.

The confrontation occurs north of the Bay of Algiers.

Visibility 18,000 yards. Wind NNW at 3 knots. Seastate 1

Status at the end of the game: alg2 io

Damage output file: alg2-output

Plot of ship movements:
0 to 20 minutes alg plot 0-20
20 to 40 minutes alg plot 20-40
40 to 55 minutes alg plot 40-55
55 to 70 minutes alg plot 55-70
full plot alg plot all

Computer code (described here)

Both fleets turn to the north, away from the coast.

French and Italian destroyers pass each other to attack the opposite fleet.

Goeben and Dante Alighieri head around the southern French flank while the rest of the forces close.

Two British battlecruisers, Inflexible and Indefatigable, are lost.

The Austrian battleships take heavy damage, as does Dante Alighieri and Indomitable.

The French had more undamaged ships when we quit, so the troop transports should be safe.

RJW Japanese Fleet

The Japanese fleet in 1/6000 scale.

Organization as of February 5th 1904.

Organization as of May 27th 1905.

Japanese and Russian destroyer units.

WW1 Naval – Churchill’s Idea

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a World War One naval game based on this March 9th 1915 memo (item 121 Jellicoe Papers) from the 1st Lord of the Admiralty. The idea was to send a fast division into the Baltic Sea and, in cooperation with the Russian fleet, blockade German ports. The Germans send the ships that were in the Baltic for training exercises.

The confrontation occurs off Aarhus, Denmark: aarhus-10nm-grid

Status at the end of the game: io

Damage output file: chur-output

Plot of ship movements:
First 25 minutes: chur-plot-1-25
Last 25 minutes: chur-plot-25-50
Entire plot: chur-plot

Computer code (described here)

The light cruiser screens have engaged. A data entry error by the twit running the game (me) resulted in one British cruiser division driving through the German fleet.

The forces close, but frequent course changes, smoke and high speeds keep hits low.

The heavy ships passed by at close range, resulting in the loss of a British dreadnought, a British battlecruiser and a German battlecruiser.

RJW Russian 1st Pacific Squadron

The Russian Pacific Squadron of 1904 in 1/6000 scale. The paint schemes are loosely based on this advice. The darker hull colors have been lightened to contrast more with the ships of the 1905 squadron.