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  • The Making of Jutland!

    This thread is devoted to the making of the battles of Jutland, Dogger Bank, and possibly a wider scope on WWI naval warfare between the British and Germans. Here are the ships and their characteristics involved at Dogger Bank, a precursor to Jutland:

    Dogger Bank:

    BRITISH

    First Battlecruiser Squadron
    Lion (Vice-Admiral Beatty)(1912, 26,270 tons, 27 knots, 9in belt, 8x13.5in/16x4in)
    Princess Royal (1912, 26,270 tons, 27 knots, 9in belt, 8x13.5in/16x4in)
    Tiger (1914, 28,430 tons, 28 knots, 9in belt, 8x13.5in/12x6in)

    Second Battlecruiser Squadron
    New Zealand (Rear-Admiral Moore)(1912, 18,500 tons, 26 knots, 6in belt, 8x12in/16x4in)
    Indomitable (1908, 17,250 tons, 25 knots, 6in belt, 8x12in/16x4in)

    First Light Cruiser Squadron
    Southampton (Commodore Goodenough)(1912, 5,400 tons, 25 knots, 3in belt, 8x6in/2x21in Torp)
    Birmingham (1914, 5,440 tons, 25 knots, 3in belt, 9x6in/2x21in Torp)
    Nottingham (" " " " " " ")
    Lowestoft (" " " " " " ")

    Harwich Force

    Arethusa (Commodore Tyrwhitt)(1914, 3,750 tons, 28 knots, 3in belt, 2x6in/6x4in/4x21in Torp)

    Attached Destroyers (soon to become the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla)
    Meteor (Commander Meade)
    Miranda
    Milne
    Mentor
    Mastiff
    Minos
    Morris.

    Third Destroyer Flotilla
    Undaunted (Captain St. George)
    Lookout
    Lysander
    Landrail
    Laurel
    Liberty
    Laertes
    Lucifer
    Lawford
    Lydia
    Louis
    Legion
    Lark

    First Destroyer Flotilla
    Aurora (Captain Nicholson)
    Acheron
    Attack
    Hydra
    Ariel
    Forester
    Defender
    Druid
    Hornet
    Tigress
    Sandfly
    Jackall
    Goshawk
    Phoenix
    Lapwing

    GERMAN

    First Scouting Group (Battlecruisers)
    Seydlitz (Vice-Admiral Hipper)(1913, 23,707 tons, 27 knots, 11.75in belt, 10x11in/12x5.9in)
    Moltke (1912, 22,616 tons, 26 knots, 10.5in belt, 10x11in/12x5.9in)
    Derfflinger (1914, 26,180 tons, 27 knots, 11.75in belt, 8x12in/12x5.9in)
    Blucher (1910, 15,590 tons, 23 knots, 7in belt, 12x8.2in/8x5.9in/4x17.7 Torp)

    Second Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)
    Graundez (Rear-Admiral Hebbingbaus)(1914, 4,842 tons, 27 knots, 2.25in belt, 12x4.1in/4x19.7in Torp)
    Rostock (1914, 4,900 tons, 27 knots, 2.25in belt, 12x4.1in/2x19.7in Torp)
    Kolberg (1910, 4,362 tons, 26 knots, 1in deck, 12x4.1in/2x17.7in Torp)
    Stralsund (1912, 4,570 tons, 2.25in belt, 1.5in deck, 12x4.1in/2x19.7in Torp)

    V Torpedo Boat Flotilla
    V2
    V3
    V4
    V5
    V6
    G7
    G8
    G9
    G10

    II Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla
    V192
    V193
    V194
    V195
    V196

    XVIII Torpedo Boat Flotilla
    V30
    S34
    S33
    V29
    S35

    No info yet on destroyers and torpedo boats. Here is a nice link provided by Boco:

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  • #2
    Jutland:

    British Grand Fleet
    The Battle Fleet

    2nd Battle Squadron
    1st Division
    King George V- Cap Field, V-Adm Jerram (1912, 23,300 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Ajax - Cap Baird (1913, 23,300 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Centurion - Cap Culme-Seymour (1913, 23,300 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Erin - Cap Stanley (1914, 22,780 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 6in)
    2nd Division-----------------------------------------------------------------
    Orion - Cap Backhouse, R-Adm Leveson (1912, 22,200 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Monarch - Cap Borrett (1912, 22,200 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Conqueror - Cap Tothill (1912, 22,200 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Thunderer - Cap Fergusson (1912, 22,200 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)

    4th Battle Squadron
    3rd Division
    Iron Duke - Cap Dreyer, Adm Jellicoe (1914, 25,820 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 12 x 6in)
    Royal Oak - Cap MacLachlan (1916, 28,600 tons, 21kts, 13in belt, 8 x 15in, 14 x 6in)
    Superb - Cap Hyde-Parker, R-Adm Duff (1909, 18,800 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in 16 x 4in)
    Canada - Cap Nicholson (1914, 28,600 tons, 23kts, 9in belt, 10 x 14in, 16 x 6in)
    4th Division------------------------------------------------------------------
    Benbow - Cap Parker, V-Adm Sturdee (1914, 25,820 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 12 x 6in)
    Bellerophon - Cap Bellerophen (1909, 18,800 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in 16 x 4in)
    Temeraire - Cap Underhill (1909, 18,800 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in 16 x 4in)
    Vanguard - Cap **** (1910, 19,560 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in, 20 x 4in)

    1st Battle Squadron
    6th Division
    Marlborough - Cap Ross, V-Adm Burney (1914, 25,820 tons, 21kts, 12in belt, 10 x 13.5in, 12 x 6in)
    Revenge - Cap Kiddle (1916, 28,600 tons, 21kts, 13in belt, 8 x 15in, 14 x 6in)
    Hercules - Cap Bernard (1911, 20,225 tons, 21kts, 11in belt, 10 x 12in 14 x 4in)
    Agincourt - Cap Doughty (1914, 27,500 tons, 22kts, 9in belt, 14 x 12in, 20 x 6in)
    5th Division-------------------------------------------------------------------
    Colossus - Cap Pound, R-Adm Gaunt (1911, 20,225 tons, 21kts, 11in belt, 10 x 12in 14 x 4in)
    Collingwood - Cap Ley (1910, 19,560 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in, 20 x 4in)
    Neptune - Cap Bernard (1911, 19,680 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in, 16 x 4in)
    St Vincent - Cap Fisher (1909, 19,560 tons, 21kts, 10in belt, 10 x 12in, 20 x 4in)

    3rd Battlecruiser Squadon
    Invincible - Cap Cay, R-Adm Hood (1909, 17,250 tons, 25kts, 6in belt, 8 x 12in 16 x 4in)
    Inflexible - Cap Heaton-Ellis (1908, 17,250 tons, 25kts, 6in belt, 8 x 12in 16 x 4in)
    Indomitable - Cap Kennedy (1908, 17,250 tons, 25kts, 6in belt, 8 x 12in 16 x 4in)

    1st Cruiser Squadron (Armoured Cruisers)
    Defence - Cap Ellis, R-Adm Arbuthnot (14,600 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 4 x 9.2in, 10 x 7.5in 5 x 18in TT)
    Warrior - Cap Molteno (1906, 13,550 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 6 x 9.2in, 4 x 7.5in, 3 x 18in TT)
    Duke of Edinburgh - Cap Blackett (1906, 13,550 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 6 x 9.2in, 10 x 6in, 3 x 18in TT)
    Black Prince - Cap Bonham (1906, 13,550 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 6 x 9.2in, 10 x 6in, 3 x 18in TT)

    2nd Cruiser Squadron (Armoured Cruisers)
    Minotaur - Cap d'Aeth, R-Adm Heath(1908, 14,600 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 4 x 9.2in, 10 x 7.5in 5 x 18in TT)
    Hampshire - Cap Savill (1905, 10,850 tons, 22kts, 6in belt, 4 x 7.5 in, 6 x 6in 2 x 18in TT)
    Cochrane - Cap Leatham (1906, 13,550 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 6 x 9.2in, 4 x 7.5in, 3 x 18in TT)
    Shannon - Cap Dumaresq (1908, 14,600 tons, 23kts, 6in belt, 4 x 9.2in, 10 x 7.5in 5 x 18in TT)

    4th Light Cruiser Squadron
    Calliope - Comm Le Mesurier (1915, 4,228 tons, 28kts, 4in belt 2 x 6 in, 8 x 4 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Constance - Cap Townsend (1916, 4,320 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 8 x 4 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Caroline - Cap Crooke (1914, 4,219 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 8 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)
    Royalist - Cap Meade (1915, 3,750 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 6 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)
    Comus - Cap Hotham (1915, 4,219 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 8 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)

    Attached Light Cruisers
    Active - Cap Withers (1911, 3,330 tons, 25kts, 1in over machinery, 10 x 4 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Bellona - Cap Dutton (1909, 3,300 tons, 25kts, 1in over machinery, 6 x 4 in, 2 x 18 in TT)
    Blanche - Cap Casement (1911, 3,350 tons, 24kts, 1.5in over machinery, 10 x 4 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Boadicea - Cap Casement (1908, 3,300 tons, 25kts, 1in over machinery, 6 x 4 in, 2 x 18 in TT)
    Canterbury - Cap Royds (1916, 4,320 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 8 x 4 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Chester - Cap Lawson (1916, 5,185 tons, 25kts, 3in belt, 10 x 5.5 in, 2 x 21 in TT)

    4th Destroyer Flotilla
    Tipperary - Captain Wintour
    Acasta
    Achates
    Ambuscade
    Ardent
    Broke
    Christopher
    Contest
    Fortune
    Garland
    Hardy
    Midge
    Ophelia
    Owl
    Porpoise
    Shark
    Sparrowhawk
    Spitfire
    Unity

    11th Destroyer Flotilla
    Castor (Light Cruiser) - Commodore Hawksley
    Kempenfelt
    Magic
    Mandate
    Manners
    Marne
    Martial
    Michael
    Milbrook
    Minion
    Mons
    Moon
    Morning Star
    Mounsey
    Mystic
    Ossory

    12th Destroyer Flotilla
    Faulknor - Captain Stirling
    Maenad
    Marksman
    Marvel
    Mary Rose
    Menace
    Mindful
    Mischief
    Munster
    Narwhal
    Nessus
    Noble
    Nonsuch
    Obedient
    Onslaught
    Opal

    Miscellaneous
    Abdiel (Minelayer)
    Oak (Destroyer tender)

    The Battlecruiser Fleet---------------------------------------------------

    1st Battlecruiser Squadron
    Lion - Cap Chatfield, V-Adm Beatty (1912, 26,270 tons, 27 knots, 9in belt, 8x13.5in/16x4in)
    Princess Royal - Cap Cowan, R-Adm O deB Brock (1912, 26,270 tons, 27 knots, 9in belt, 8x13.5in/16x4in)
    Queen Mary - Cap Prowse (1913, 26,770 tons, 27kts, 9in belt, 8 x 13.5in, 16 x 4in)
    Tiger - Cap Pelly (1914, 28,430 tons, 28 knots, 9in belt, 8x13.5in/12x6in)

    2nd Battlecruiser Squadron
    New Zealand - Cap Green, R-Adm Pakenham (1912, 18,500 tons, 26 knots, 6in belt, 8x12in/16x4in)
    Indefatigable - Cap Sowerby (1908, 17,250 tons, 25 knots, 6in belt, 8x12in/16x4in)

    5th Battle Squadron
    Barham - Cap Craig, R-Adm Evan-Thomas (1915, 27,500 tons, 25kts, 13in belt, 8 x 15in, 14 x 6in)
    Valiant - Cap Woollcombe (1916, 27,500 tons, 25kts, 13in belt, 8 x 15in, 14 x 6in)
    Warspite - Cap Philpotts (1915, 27,500 tons, 25kts, 13in belt, 8 x 15in, 14 x 6in)
    Malaya - Cap Boyle (1916, 27,500 tons, 25kts, 13in belt, 8 x 15in, 14 x 6in)

    1st Light Cruiser Squadron
    Galatea - Comm. Alexander-Sinclair (1915, 3,750 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 6 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)
    Phaeton - Cap Cameron (1915, 3,750 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 6 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)
    Inconstant - Cap Thesiger (1915, 3,750 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 6 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)
    Cordelia - Cap Beamish (1915, 4,219 tons, 28kts, 3in belt, 2 x 6 in, 8 x 4 in, 4 x 21 in TT)

    2nd Light Cruiser Squadron
    Southampton - Comm. Goodenough (1912, 5,400 tons, 25kts, 3in belt, 8 x 6 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Birmingham - Cap Duff (1914, 5,440 tons, 25kts, 3in belt, 9 x 6 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Nottingham - Cap Miller (1914, 5,440 tons, 25kts, 3in belt, 9 x 6 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Dublin - Cap Scott (1913, 5,400 tons, 25kts, 3in belt, 8 x 6 in, 2 x 21 in TT)

    3rd Light Cruiser Squadron
    Falmouth - Cap Edwards, R-Adm Napier (1911, 5,250 tons, 25kts, 2in deck, 8 x 6 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Yarmouth - Cap Pratt (1912, 5,250 tons, 25kts, 2in deck, 8 x 6 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Birkenhead - Cap Reeves (1915, 5,185 tons, 25kts, 3in belt, 10 x 5.5 in, 2 x 21 in TT)
    Gloucester - Cap Blunt (1910, 4,800 tons, 25kts, 2in deck, 2 x 6 in, 2 x 18 in TT)
    Seaplane Carrier
    Engadine

    1st Destroyer Flotilla
    Fearless (Light Cruiser) - Captain Roper
    Acheron
    Ariel
    Attack
    Badger
    Defender
    Goshawk
    Hydra
    Lapwing
    Lizard.

    9th and 10th Destroyer Flotillas (combined)
    Lydiard - Commander Goldsmith
    Landrail
    Laurel
    Liberty
    Moorsom
    Morris
    Termagant
    Turbulent

    13th Destroyer Flotilla
    Champion (Light Cruiser) - Captain Farie
    Moresby
    Narborough
    Nerissa
    Nestor
    Nicator
    Nomad
    Obdurate
    Onslow
    Pelican
    Petard
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    German High Seas Fleet
    The Battle Fleet

    III Battle Squadron
    5th Division
    Konig - Capt Bruninghaus, R-Adm Behncke (1915, 25,391 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Grosser Kurfurst - Cap Goette (1914, 25,391 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Kronprinz Wilhelm - Cap Feldt (1915, 25,391 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Markgraf - Cap Seiferling (1915, 25,391 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    6th Division
    Kaiser - Cap Keyserlingk, R-Adm Nordmann (1912, 24,333 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Kaiserin - Cap Sievers (1913, 24,333 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Prinzregent Luitpold - Cap Heuser (1913, 24,333 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Fredrich der Grosse - Cap Fuchs, V-Adm Scheer (1913, 24,333 tons, 21kts, 13.75in belt, 10 x 12in, 14 x 5.9in)*
    *(thicker side armor)

    I Battle Squadron
    1st Division
    Ostfriesland - Cap Natzmer, V-Adm Schmidt (1911, 22,437 tons, 21kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Thuringen - Cap Kusel (1911, 22,437 tons, 21kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Helgoland - Cap von Kameke (1911, 22,437 tons, 21kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    Oldenburg - Cap Redlich (1912, 22,437 tons, 21kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x12in, 14 x 5.9in)
    2nd Division
    Posen - Cap Lange, R-Adm Engelhardt (1910, 18,569 tons, 20kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x 11in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Rheinland - Cap Rohardt (1910, 18,569 tons, 20kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x 11in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Nassau - Cap Klappenbach (1910, 18,569 tons, 20kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x 11in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Westfalen - Cap Redlich (1910, 18,569 tons, 20kts, 11.75in belt, 12 x 11in, 12 x 5.9in)

    II Battle Squadron
    3rd Division
    Deutschland - Cap Meurer, R-Adm Mauve (1906, 13,993 tons, 18kts, 9.75in, 4 x 12in, 14 x 6.7in)
    Hessen - Cap Bartels (1905, 14,167 tons, 18kts, 9in belt, 4 x 11in, 14 x 6.7in)
    Pommern - Cap Bolken (1907, 13,993 tons, 18kts, 9.75in, 4 x 12in, 14 x 6.7in)
    4th Division
    Hannover - Cap Heine, R-Adm von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (1907, 13,993 tons, 18kts, 9.75in, 4 x 12in, 14 x 6.7in)
    Schlesien - Cap Behncke (1908, 13,993 tons, 18kts, 9.75in, 4 x 12in, 14 x 6.7in)
    Schleswig-Holstein - Cap Barrentrapp (1908, 13,993 tons, 18kts, 9.75in, 4 x 12in, 14 x 6.7in)

    IV Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)
    Stettin - Cap Rebensburg, Comm. von Reuter (1907, 3,390 tons, 23kts, 1.75in deck, 10 x 4.1 in, 2 x 17.7 in TT)
    Munchen - Cap Bocker (1905, 3,250 tons, 23kts, 1.9in deck, 10 x 4.1 in, 2 x 17.7 in TT)
    Hamburg - Cap von Gaudecker (1904, 3,250 tons, 23kts, 1.9in deck, 10 x 4.1 in, 2 x 17.7 in TT)
    Frauenlob - Cap Hoffmann (1903, 3,130 tons, 21kts, no belt, 2in deck, 10 x 4.1 in, 2 x 17.7 in TT)
    Stuttgart - Cap Hagedorn (1908, 3,390 tons, 23kts, 1.75in deck, 10 x 4.1 in, 2 x 17.7 in TT)

    Light Cruiser broad pendant Torpedo-Boats
    Rostock - Cap Feldmann, Comm, Michelson (1914, 4,900 tons, 27kts, 2.25 in belt, 12 x 4.1 in, 2 x 19.7 in TT)

    I Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    G39 - Commander Albrecht
    G40
    G38
    S32

    III Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    S53 - Commander Hollmann
    V71
    V73
    G88
    S54
    V48
    G42

    V Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    G11 - Commander Heinecke
    V2
    V4
    V6
    V1
    V3
    G8
    G7
    V5
    G9
    G10

    VII Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    S24 - Commander von Koch
    S15
    S17
    S20
    S16
    S18
    S19
    S23
    V186
    V189

    I Scouting Group (Battlecruisers)
    Lutzow - Cap Harder, V-Adm Hipper (1916, 26,180 tons, 27kts, 11.75in belt, 8 x 12 in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Derfflinger - Cap Hartog (1914, 26,180 tons, 27kts, 11.75in belt, 8 x 12 in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Seydlitz - Cap von Egidy (1913, 23,707 tons, 27kts, 11.75 belt, 10 x 11in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Moltke - Cap von Karpf (1912, 22,616 tons, 26kts, 10.5in belt, 10 x 11in, 12 x 5.9in)
    Von der Tann - Cap Zenker (1911, 19,064 tons, 25kts, 10in belt, 8 x 11in, 10 x 5.9in)

    II Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)
    Frankfurt - Cap von Trotha, R-Adm Bodicker (1915, 5,120 tons, 28kts, 2.25 in belt, 8 x 5.9 in, 4 x 19.7 in TT)
    Wiesbaden - Cap Reiss (1915, 5,120 tons, 28kts, 2.25 in belt, 8 x 5.9 in, 4 x 19.7 in TT)
    Pilau - Cap Mommsen (1914, 4,320 tons, 27kts, 3 in deck, 8 x 5.9 in, 2 x 19.7 in TT)
    Elbing - Cap Madlung (1915, 4,320 tons, 27kts, 3 in deck, 8 x 5.9 in, 2 x 19.7 in TT)

    Light Cruiser broad pendant Torpedo-Boats
    Regensburg - Cap Heuberer, Comm. Heinrich (1915, 4,842 tons, 27kts, 2.25 in belt, 12 x 4.1 in, 4 x 19.7 in TT)

    II Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    B98 - Captain Schuur
    G101
    G102
    B112
    B97
    B109
    B110
    B111
    G103
    G104

    VI Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    G41 - Commander Schultz
    V44
    G87
    G86
    V69
    V45
    V46
    S50
    G37

    IX Torpedo-Boat Flotilla
    V28 - Commander Goehle
    V27
    V26
    S36
    S51
    S52
    V30
    S34
    S33
    V29
    S35

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    • #3
      Dogger Bank

      Alright Berserk! For concept testing, it propably would be best to do Dogger Bank. Of course info on the destroyers and torpedo boats will be essential. For destroyers and torpedo boats, for simplicity, just give the different classes, since in bigger battles we'll have to generalize them anyway. I wouldn't imagine much more than two or three different destroyers or torps for either side. Oh, and I hate to do this, but the speed is very essential part to the list, so I'll need to know that. Double for that CA that had trouble keeping up.

      OK, wasn't the effective range of the big guns a couple of miles? Was it 5 miles by this time? I'm thinking roughly 5-10 mile squares for scale, and about 15 minutes a turn.

      Anyone know around how many torps a torp boat had? How about those German CLs?

      Things seem to be shaping up well.

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      • #4
        JMarks, ok, the destroyers and torpedo boats can be represented by 3 or 4 units, but I was reading about the battle at Boco's site and apparently the German small craft (torp boats, destroyers, were better than the British at night fighting. Since I dont expect a scenario to have both day and night fighting, maybe we should provide the German small craft with some kind of advantage to account for their night-fighting abilities.

        I dont have info on the destroyers and torpedo boats concerning armaments, speed, and armor. Maybe Boco can help us out. I'll search his site for links. I did read somewhere that some of the small craft - perhaps destroyers - could attain upwards of 35-37 knots, but I'm not positive. We'll have to start with rating the best ships involved and work our way down. Since that involves just 8 or 9 ships for Dogger Bank, we should have no problem. His site also had maps to give us starting positions for the various fleets. Generally the Brits had better firepower and the Germans had better armor.

        Do you want me to compile a list of what I think the stats for the ships should be?

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        • #5
          Unit Stats

          I would like to actually have a small hand in all this, so we'll work together on the unit stats. Here is my idea, see if it has any credibitlity with you.

          Attack/Defense should be the same for the big ships. Each 12-13" gun should have a value of 4, 10-11" will have 3, while 8-9" will be 2 and 4-7" will be 1. Therefore, the Lion class will have an a/d of 48, while the Seydlitz would have an a/d of 42. The firepower should likewise follow a similar increase, though not cumulative. 13.5" guns here shall have a 6, while a 11-12" will get a 5, 8-10" shall have a 4, and so on. I can't think of a decent way to mathmaticly deduce a decent 'average' based on a ships guns, so the final will probably be arbitrary. For instance, the final firepower of the Lion will probably be 5, while the Seydlitz will probably be 4.

          The hitpoints shall bel armor roughly divided by 3.

          Movement. Based on a top possible speed of aprx. 40 knots, 15 minute turns and 2 mile squares, a fast destroyer will probably go about 5 squares a turn. So most BCs will probably go 3 squares/turn? While the slower ones will go only 2 squares/turn.

          Now, to give German destoyers and Torp boats, a night advantage, just give them two space range. Then again, all ships should probably have two space visibility. Therefore possibly give them better attack or defense than their peers.

          Let me know what you think! Comments of any and all types are welcome!

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          • #6
            A key decision here is how to handle the offensive firepower. Should each ship be handled like a shell factory? This would require ToT and CSPL. Kull posted the following on another thread:

            8) (Ch12) Specialized Artillery: .... Imagine having an artillery unit which is able to create a shell unit (a missile) when the player presses a key. Obviously, to avoid players creating infinite shells in the same turn, we need to implement a rule. Let's say that each time an artillery unit "fires", it's health bar goes down by 1/3. When it is under 50% (let's say), we cannot fire but we have to wait until the health bar goes over 50%. OK, this is exactly what we're going to implement.

            This approach would probably necessitate a scale around 1,000 yards a square. It would also require knowledge of C (any volunteers?). The ships themselves would have a small attack strength representing small calibre guns. Their real offensive capability would lie in CSPL-generated missile units. Ships would generate shells/torpedoes appropriate for their armament and perhaps for the desired range.

            Alternately, the scale could be increased to ~8,000-10,000 yards a square. Just about all the ships had this range, but it doesn't simulate the ability of BB's to fire out to 20,000 yards (albeit with considerably less effectiveness. A more serious problem with this approach involves stacking. Historically, several ships would sail in line within the space of one square. Losing all ships in a square when a single one is sunk is a bitter pill to swallow. Two workarounds would be (1) make every sea square a fortress (any way to do this other than brute force hex editing?) or (2) make units represent "Battle squadrons" and light ship "Flotillas".

            Any other ideas?
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            • #7
              Alternately, the scale could be increased to ~8,000-10,000 yards a square. Just about all the ships had this range, but it doesn't simulate the ability of BB's to fire out to 20,000 yards (albeit with considerably less effectiveness. A more serious problem with this approach involves stacking. Historically, several ships would sail in line within the space of one square. Losing all ships in a square when a single one is sunk is a bitter pill to swallow. Two workarounds would be (1) make every sea square a fortress (any way to do this other than brute force hex editing?) or (2) make units represent "Battle squadrons" and light ship "Flotillas".
              Boco, you forgot something important. idea 1 can be used without hex editing. Since this will be a sea based scenario, just make the sea using land squares. Then cover with fortresses, except in straights perhaps. Then, if one wishes to get real creative, one could make 'currents' or rough seas, etc.

              The ToT idea might work if we want to use shells, which I think is a perfectly good idea. However, the question will be how many people interested in the idea have ToT? Berserker? I will suggest we continue with the MGE scenario first. Besides, I don't know C

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              • #8
                I'm sorry, I'll need a few days to come up with my thoughts on unit strengths. I'd rather see a bit more variability among the final stats but I'm not the one making the scenario so I dont want to overburden you with my attempts at fine-tuning. For example, looking at the British BC's shows that the Tiger had a stronger secondary battery of guns than the Lion, so I would like to see the Tiger with more firepower. On the other side, the Frederich de Grosse of the Konig class had more belt/side armor than any other ship in the battle. This should afford that specific ship either more hit points or a stronger defense factor. But that is for Jutland, so I will try to stick to Dogger Bank for right now, be back in a couple days...

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                • #9
                  It looks like we'll have enough variation for Dogger's Bank. As you stated with the Tiger and the Lion there are variations. In fact, the secondary BC's are different than the first too. Lets see.... Looks like there'll be ten to 12 different ships for each side. That sounds like enough.

                  Can anyone get me a sight with a plethra of pictures relevant to these scenarios? I can't find them myself. Mabey I'm using the wrong search engine...

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                  • #10
                    I heard from Kull or Miner or somebody involved with CSPL that it is possible to use the program in FW just nobody has documented the code. Hope that helps, I'm interested to see this scenario, even though I have ToT also and either way is fine with me.
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                    • #11
                      I have a copy of Jane's Fighting Ships of WW1 that has quite a few drawings and black and white photographs in it of all sorts of ships from Jutland (and every other navy on earth too). Unfortunately, I lack artistic talent and do not have a scanner.

                      Also, Jane's lists German torpedo boats as having anywhere from one to four torpedo tubes, with some British boats having as many as five or six.

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                      • #12
                        Can anyone get me a sight with a plethra of pictures relevant to these scenarios? I can't find them myself.
                        JMarks there are a lot of WWI ship photos at :

                        http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/w...s/seashipa.htm (Allies)

                        http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/w...s/seashipc.htm (Central Powers)

                        I've had luck searching with Google using with the ship's name, "wwi", and "photo".
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                        • #13
                          Thanks everyone, some of these sights are really helpful. I'll try my hand at this. Here's a nice profile of Lion BC.



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                          • #14
                            Since you all seem to be knowledgeable in ships, could anyone give me a picture of the HMS Repulse circa 1941?
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                            • #15
                              Here's one, but it's not great for making an unit icon. If I can find a better one, I'll pass it on.

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