Con games in Florida.
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PFE100 said:Looks good. Glad you had a good time.
So want fleets did you use :?: :?: :?:
Also who won :?:
Regards
Greg
Brits VS Italians
Post subject: Italian VS British in the MED
Im running a scenario for The Attack on Espero, and there is no balance there but it will have objectives and if met the Italians can win the scenario. This was an Assault against an Italian convoy by British cruisers while it was carrying units of black shirts from Tarento to Tobruk.
Forces British:*******_VS_******Forces Italian:
1st battle group****************1st battle group
CL, Orion*********************DD, Espero-cargo onboard
CL, Neptune*******************Engine trouble -1" move or equivalint
CL, Sydney********************DD, Zeffiro-cargo onboard
2nd battle group****************DD, Ostro-cargo onboard
CL, Liverpool
CL, Glouchester
British win: kill all oponents
Tie: Italians escape with at least 2 DD's and have given damage to oponent.
Italian win: All three DD's escape and given damage to oponent.
The British are set up on the long side of the table/map about 12" from the edge and 10" 1st group, 20" 2nd group from the table/map start. The Italians are on the short side of the table/map about 12" in and 12" from the side oposite the British edge. The Italians goal is to escape (oposite side of the table) and save there supply Laiden DD convoy trying to get to Lybia. The British goal is to destroy the convoy.
The other scenario is just a basic Med convoy, worked out balance for play since I was at the con.
Italians won convoy attack, tied on Espero.
don't forget (if you have the models) that there was a big air assault on the escort group (centred around Eagle and Argus), not just the cruiser action.Im seperating the Actions. ***updated 6/10/2010***
Operation Harpoon (1942) Skirmish
East
British Forces: Force X
HMS Cairo (D87): C-class - light cruiser
HMS Bedouin: Tribal-class, destroyer
HMS Marne: M -class, destroyer
HMS Matchless: M -class, destroyer
HMS Ithuriel: I –Class , destroyer
HMS Partridge: C –Class , destroyer
HMS Blankney: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
HMS Badsworth: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
HMS Middleton: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
ORP Kujawiak: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
(6) MGB’s
Merchantmen
Troilus: Cargo ship -from Britain
Burdwan: Cargo ship -from Britain
Orari: Cargo ship-from Britain
Tanimbar: Cargo ship- from Holland
Chant: Cargo ship- from the USA
Kentucky: Tanker - from the USA
Italian Forces: 7th Division
RM Eugenio di Savoia: Condottieri class - light cruiser
RM Raimondo Montecuccoli - Condottieri class - light cruiser
RM Alfredo Oriani: Oriani Class destroyer
RM Ascari: Soldati Class Destroyer
RM Ugolino Vivaldi: Navigatori class Destroyer
RM Lanzerotto Malocello: Navigatori class Destroyer
RM Premuda: The Dubrovnik (later Premuda and TA 32) was a destroyer built for the Yugoslav
2x Ju 87: dive-bombers
3x Ju 88: bombers
3x SM.79: torpedo-bombers
Background
Harpoon left Gibraltar on the 12th June 1942, comprising six merchantmen (Troilus, Burdwan and Orari from Britain; Tanimbar from Holland and the Chant and the tanker Kentucky from the USA) carrying a total of 43,000 tons of cargo and oil. They were escorted by an anti-aircraft cruiser (HMS Cairo), nine destroyers, a fast mine-layer (HMS Welshman[3]) and smaller ships. Distant cover was provided by the battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carriers HMS Argus and Eagle, cruisers HMS Kenya, Charybdis, Liverpool and destroyers
The first Italian air attacks, on the 14th, sank one freighter, the Tanimbar, south of Sardinia (torpedo-bombers SM.79). The cruiser HMS Liverpool was damaged and towed back to Gibraltar by HMS Antelope, under aerial attacks, arriving there on the 17th. Later on the 14th June, the covering force also returned to Gibraltar, just before the Strait of Sicily.[5] On the same day, the fast minelayer HMS Welshman was detached and traveled to Malta alone, where she delivered some cargo, then sailed back to strengthen the convoy's escort on the 15th.
Next day, the 15th, the now lightly defended convoy was subjected to a coordinated attack, near Pantelleria, by Axis aircraft and the ships of the Italian 7th Division (cruisers Raimondo Montecuccoli, Eugenio di Savoia and destroyers Ascari, Oriani, Malocello, Premuda and Vivaldi), commanded by Vice-Admiral Alberto da Zara.
The five fleet destroyers in the convoy escort made a smokescreen and attacked the Italian squadron but the Tribal class destroyer HMS Bedouin and the P class destroyer HMS Partridge were hit by gunfire from both Italian cruisers and disabled. In return, the Italian destroyer Vivaldi was struck by her British counterparts and caught fire, but was taken in tow and saved by the Malocello and the Premuda.[6] Then both fleets broke the engagement.
The end of SS Kentucky, in flames after being hit by a 6 inch salvo from Italian Cruiser Montecuccoli. Later she was torpedoed and sunk by the destroyer Oriani.
Three more merchantmen (the 10,000 ton tanker Kentucky, Chant and the freighter Burdwan) were disabled by air attack, abandoned and later sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from the Montecuccoli and the destroyers Ascari and Oriani. The Chant had already been sent to the bottom by aerial bombs when the Italian squadron found her still smoldering wreckage site.
The cruiser HMS Cairo and the minesweeper HMS Hebe also received hits from Italian gunfire.]
Partridge was recovered and even tried to tow Bedouin, but then the Italian cruisers with two destroyers reappeared; the tow was cast off, leaving the Bedouin adrift.
Partridge managed to withdraw and head back for Gibraltar, but Bedouin, already shattered by at least twelve 6" shells plus several near misses and listing heavily, was finally sunk by aerial torpedoes. Twenty-eight of her crew died and more than 200 were taken POWs
Another Regia Marina 7th Division victim: The crippled destroyer HMS Bedouin was finished off by an aerial torpedo from a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 bomber.
In the evening of the 15th, the surviving ships ran into a minefield off Malta. Two destroyers HMS Badsworth and Matchless and another freighter (Orari) struck mines there and were damaged, while the Polish destroyer (ORP Kujawiak) sank after midnight.
Just two of the original six merchantmen reached Malta, the Orari and Troilus, the former losing some of her cargo due to the mine explosion. HMS Hebe also struck a mine and suffered further damage, but after a month in dry dock she was seaworthy again.
Operation Harpoon (1942) Skirmish
East
British Forces: Force X
HMS Cairo (D87): C-class - light cruiser
HMS Bedouin: Tribal-class, destroyer
HMS Marne: M -class, destroyer
HMS Matchless: M -class, destroyer
HMS Ithuriel: I –Class , destroyer
HMS Partridge: C –Class , destroyer
HMS Blankney: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
HMS Badsworth: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
HMS Middleton: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
ORP Kujawiak: Hunt Class Escort Destroyer
(6) MGB’s
Merchantmen
Troilus: Cargo ship -from Britain
Burdwan: Cargo ship -from Britain
Orari: Cargo ship-from Britain
Tanimbar: Cargo ship- from Holland
Chant: Cargo ship- from the USA
Kentucky: Tanker - from the USA
Italian Forces: 7th Division
RM Eugenio di Savoia: Condottieri class - light cruiser
RM Raimondo Montecuccoli - Condottieri class - light cruiser
RM Alfredo Oriani: Oriani Class destroyer
RM Ascari: Soldati Class Destroyer
RM Ugolino Vivaldi: Navigatori class Destroyer
RM Lanzerotto Malocello: Navigatori class Destroyer
RM Premuda: The Dubrovnik (later Premuda and TA 32) was a destroyer built for the Yugoslav
2x Ju 87: dive-bombers
3x Ju 88: bombers
3x SM.79: torpedo-bombers
Background
Harpoon left Gibraltar on the 12th June 1942, comprising six merchantmen (Troilus, Burdwan and Orari from Britain; Tanimbar from Holland and the Chant and the tanker Kentucky from the USA) carrying a total of 43,000 tons of cargo and oil. They were escorted by an anti-aircraft cruiser (HMS Cairo), nine destroyers, a fast mine-layer (HMS Welshman[3]) and smaller ships. Distant cover was provided by the battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carriers HMS Argus and Eagle, cruisers HMS Kenya, Charybdis, Liverpool and destroyers
The first Italian air attacks, on the 14th, sank one freighter, the Tanimbar, south of Sardinia (torpedo-bombers SM.79). The cruiser HMS Liverpool was damaged and towed back to Gibraltar by HMS Antelope, under aerial attacks, arriving there on the 17th. Later on the 14th June, the covering force also returned to Gibraltar, just before the Strait of Sicily.[5] On the same day, the fast minelayer HMS Welshman was detached and traveled to Malta alone, where she delivered some cargo, then sailed back to strengthen the convoy's escort on the 15th.
Next day, the 15th, the now lightly defended convoy was subjected to a coordinated attack, near Pantelleria, by Axis aircraft and the ships of the Italian 7th Division (cruisers Raimondo Montecuccoli, Eugenio di Savoia and destroyers Ascari, Oriani, Malocello, Premuda and Vivaldi), commanded by Vice-Admiral Alberto da Zara.
The five fleet destroyers in the convoy escort made a smokescreen and attacked the Italian squadron but the Tribal class destroyer HMS Bedouin and the P class destroyer HMS Partridge were hit by gunfire from both Italian cruisers and disabled. In return, the Italian destroyer Vivaldi was struck by her British counterparts and caught fire, but was taken in tow and saved by the Malocello and the Premuda.[6] Then both fleets broke the engagement.
The end of SS Kentucky, in flames after being hit by a 6 inch salvo from Italian Cruiser Montecuccoli. Later she was torpedoed and sunk by the destroyer Oriani.
Three more merchantmen (the 10,000 ton tanker Kentucky, Chant and the freighter Burdwan) were disabled by air attack, abandoned and later sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from the Montecuccoli and the destroyers Ascari and Oriani. The Chant had already been sent to the bottom by aerial bombs when the Italian squadron found her still smoldering wreckage site.
The cruiser HMS Cairo and the minesweeper HMS Hebe also received hits from Italian gunfire.]
Partridge was recovered and even tried to tow Bedouin, but then the Italian cruisers with two destroyers reappeared; the tow was cast off, leaving the Bedouin adrift.
Partridge managed to withdraw and head back for Gibraltar, but Bedouin, already shattered by at least twelve 6" shells plus several near misses and listing heavily, was finally sunk by aerial torpedoes. Twenty-eight of her crew died and more than 200 were taken POWs
Another Regia Marina 7th Division victim: The crippled destroyer HMS Bedouin was finished off by an aerial torpedo from a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 bomber.
In the evening of the 15th, the surviving ships ran into a minefield off Malta. Two destroyers HMS Badsworth and Matchless and another freighter (Orari) struck mines there and were damaged, while the Polish destroyer (ORP Kujawiak) sank after midnight.
Just two of the original six merchantmen reached Malta, the Orari and Troilus, the former losing some of her cargo due to the mine explosion. HMS Hebe also struck a mine and suffered further damage, but after a month in dry dock she was seaworthy again.
The Brits also had 4 Hunt Class destroyer escorts, which will make a big difference to the action if the Italians have air support.
Also, there were two Navigatori class destroyers that got involved in the action, they were trying to flank the British line while they were distracted by the cruisers. One recieved an engine room hit very early in the action and had to be helped back to port by the other, but they were engaged unlike the rest of the escorting destroyers.
Also, there were two Navigatori class destroyers that got involved in the action, they were trying to flank the British line while they were distracted by the cruisers. One recieved an engine room hit very early in the action and had to be helped back to port by the other, but they were engaged unlike the rest of the escorting destroyers.
vitalis6969
Mongoose
I would love to see a AAR on the Con game you played if you have one.
-V
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Im not good at AAR but the Italians came on strong and the Brits didnt do well with there planes at which point the DDs clashed and death abounded, at this point the cruisers tried to protect what was left of the Cargo ships but failed and fled gaurding the Ark Royal. It was very bloody for the smaller ships. Only the Ark Royal and Vitorio Venetto were safe from damage.
