\nKent (AC), Cornwall (AC), Carnarvon (AC)<\/p>\n
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<\/a>British Scouting Force (Luce: Andy Dumelow)
\nGlasgow (LC), Bristol (LC)<\/p>\n
Unattached British Ships
\nCanopus (BB), Macedonia (armed merchantman)<\/p>\n
We added in a few extra rules to reflect the nuances of the battle historically:
\nThe Invincible and Inflexible were subject to my own \u201cBritish Battlecruiser\u201d rule, i.e. when each group of hit boxes was ticked off, they could spontaneously explode on a roll of 1 on a d6;
\nThe Canopus, of course, could not move;
\nCarnarvon was suffering boiler problems, and so was reduced in speed.<\/p>\n
The Game: How It Played Instead of fleeing, the Germans instead turned to cross the T of their much bigger opponents. This gave Sturdee the opportunity to put a few salvoes into the hapless Nurnberg while he was pursuing the armoured cruisers, crippling it early on. Meanwhile, Sir John Luce\u2019s light cruisers engaged in their own battle with the German equivalents, HMS Glasgow in particular gaining revenge for the British humiliation at Coronel\u2026it outmanoeuvred and eventually sank the Dresden.<\/p>\n Von Spee\u2019s manoeuvre paid off brilliantly and Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were able to put salvo after salvo into the Inflexible (although not until the latter had also done serious damage to the Gneisenau). Eventually the Inflexible was sunk, followed by Maerker\u2019s flagship.<\/p>\n This coincided with the late arrival of Stoddart\u2019s armoured cruisers, who added some muscle to the British attack. Discretion became the better part of valour and the remaining Germans fled. As with the historic outcome a British triumph, although the loss of the Inflexible made it a Pyrrhic victory.<\/p>\n Casualties <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Background Following the British disaster at the Battle of Coronel (see Part One), the Admiralty decided it had to send its big guns to the Southern oceans, as much for prestige and revenge as for military logic. First Lord Fisher sent two of his prized battlecruisers, Invincible and Inflexible, under Vice Admiral Doveton Sturdee to … Continue reading WORLD WAR ONE NAVAL PART THREE: THE BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS<\/span>
\nWe deployed the Gneisenau as it was historically, i.e. in extreme gun range of the Canopus. Merker\u2019s squadron turned away to get out of range\u2026this is when the battlecruisers appeared, coming full steam out of Port Stanley harbour, their flank protected by Luce\u2019s light cruisers.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
\nGerman: 1 AC sunk (Gneisenau), 1 LC sunk (Dresden), 1 LC crippled (Nurnberg)
\nBritish: 1 BC sunk (Inflexible), 1 BC crippled (Invincible), 1 LC badly damaged (Glasgow).<\/p>\n