En Passant Revised - MP Game June 6 2010

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This weeks Sunday game had five players, three RN (Anav, RBrook, Bryn) and two Germans (Admiral Hipper and myself). At first, we wanted to play En Passant Revised - Krousis, which turned out to be faulty and wouldn't load, so we switched to En Passant Revised instead. ACH settings were fragile AP shells ON, poor ammo handling OFF.

This time, Hipper had overall command and was in charge of the battle fleet, while I took over the scouting forces. In the beginning, I lead my BC due W to scout ahead and close the gap to the enemy heavies, the RN BCF was coming straight at us, as were 5th BS and the Grand Fleet. A running battle began between the British BC and the 5th BS, until I opened the range on a course of 80° to let our BF join in. Unfortunately, Seydlitz caught a hit in her propulsion system which slowed her down to first 17, then 20 kts, and so I turned back to N to let her get her to a safe distance. Shortly afterwards, Derfflinger was hit right into the magazine and blew up, which caused Hipper to call the BC back. I turned away on a 80° course again and let the BF take over for a while.

It was about that time when to the dismay of all players Jutland dropped RBrook for no readily apparent reason... again. An almost identical drop had already happened to him in the memorial battle, and thus he was removed from the battle just when it got interesting. Bryn and Anav had to continue alone. RN apparently had their best gunners out that day, and Prinzregent Luitpold and Kaiser both had jammed rudders, and Friedrich der Große had severe flooding, while the rest of the ships got pounded by the entire Grand Fleet and BCF. However, the fleet was holding up well and showered the RN with shells,and Erin and Malaya both blew up, while Barham left the line for repairs. In time, Prinzregend Luitpold and even the badly hit Kaiser managed to repair their steering, and my BC had moved to the rear to attack the RN BCF. Some of the Hochseeflottes CL had also caught several shells, possibly to reduce anti-DD capabilities for an intended torpedo run. In the end, the RN pulled back as a massive KM torpedo run came in, and we ended the game. The outcome was a draw, with many ships damaged but only a handful actually lost.

Well done, gentlemen - a battle well fought! And I very much hope we will find out why Jutland keeps dropping RBrook... :mad:

Ships lost:

Royal Navy
BB Malaya
BB Erin
CL Southampton

Kaiserliche Marine
BC Derfflinger
CL Stettin
CL Rostock

Statistics:

SMS Von der Tann
003 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.
002 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.

SMS Moltke
006 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.
001 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.
009 x 12 inch Mk XI Gun.
002 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.

1 critical hits:
02:19:41 : 12 inch Mk XI Gun strikes BC Moltke [propulsion [critical]] Record serial:9008.
02:19:41 : BC Moltke propulsion damage:light [8%]


SMS Seydlitz
002 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.

1 critical hits:
01:01:09 : 15 inch Mk I Gun strikes BC Seydlitz [propulsion [critical]] Record serial:603.
01:01:09 : BC Seydlitz propulsion damage:light [37%]

SMS Derfflinger (+)
004 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.

1 critical hits:
01:38:21 : 15 inch Mk I Gun strikes BC Derfflinger [magazine [critical]] Record serial:1176.
01:38:21 : BC Derfflinger has exploded due to magazine detonation.

SMS Lützow
002 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.
002 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.
009 x 12 inch Mk XI Gun.
 
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After the beginning of the mainfleet action I thought we get a disaster. Friedrich der Große had 40% flooding after a few hits and Prinzregent Luitpold had jammed rudders, followed from Kaiser. Both repaired their damages but I dont know if Kaiser can reach the home bases, her speed was reduced at this time to 12kts.
Unfortunately it was not possible for me to take my Cls out of fire. They were to slow and in a bad position.

HSF Statistics:

SMS Oldenburg and SMS Helgoland no hits.

SMS Ostfriesland
010 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.

SMS Thüringen
002 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.

SMS Kaiser
017 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.
011 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.
002 x 12 inch Mk XIII Gun.
008 x 6in BL Mk XI(PVI) Gun.
001 x 12-pdr 20cwt HA Mk I.
02:11:50 : 15 inch Mk I Gun strikes BB Kaiser [propulsion [critical]] Record serial:3681.
02:11:50 : BB Kaiser propulsion damage:light [32%]
02:12:58 : 15 inch Mk I Gun strikes BB Kaiser [steering [critical]] Record serial:3875.
02:12:58 : BB Kaiser steering damage:light [24%]
02:12:58 : 15 inch Mk I Gun strikes BB Kaiser [steering [critical]] Record serial:3877.
02:12:58 : BB Kaiser steering damage:moderate [52%]

SMS Friedrich der Große
013 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.
002 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.

SMS Kaiserin
010 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.
001 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.

SMS König Albert
005 x 13.5in Mk VI Gun.
004 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.

SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
019 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.
02:07:25 : 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun strikes BB Prinzregent Luitpold [steering [critical]]
02:07:25 : BB Prinzregent Luitpold steering damage:light [28%]

SMS König
005 x 13.5in Mk VI Gun.
006 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.
009 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.

SMS Großer Kurfürst
006 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.
005 x 12 inch Mk XI Gun.

SMS Markgraf
009 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.

SMS Kronprinz
002 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.
004 x 12 inch Mk XI Gun.
002 x 15 inch Mk I Gun.

SMS Stuttgart
003 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.

SMS Stettin (+)
003 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.
004 x 13.5in Mk V 1400 lb Gun.

SMS Rostock (+)
010 x 13.5in Mk V 1250 lb Gun.
 

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Did you end the battle using the "end battle" button? Kaiser must be a real wreck after 30 hits by heavy shells...
How many turrets were knocked out on the german ships? It would be nice if the log records also this events...
I hope to take part in one of the next MP games but it´s summer time....
 

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Yes, "End Battle" was hit, and the ships lost are those noted above. I had also assumed that a few more would sink, but it seems that this didn't happen after all. Not only did the RN have their good gun crews on duty that day, it seems that both fleets also had very good engineers on board.
 

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I assume that with fragile shells off the result would have been quite different, especially for Kaiser....
 
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Kaiser was a wreck but still swims. All fires were extinguished and flooding (about 40-50%) was under controll, means not highter than the damagecontroll. I think three of her five turrents were destoyed.
But with her speed of 12kts found feeding for the Brits if we had continued.
 
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