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In order to test out the effacy and calculate the firepower of Trekoner Fort for our upcoming battle of Copenhagen, I ran the three British Frigates up to it and conducted the following test.
First fire from the fort at long range was fairly telling.
Return fire from the leading Frigate was desultry at the least.
Things warmed up a bit as the frontal battery came into action and the lead Frigate replied to it.
Number two and three Frigates now fired as the fort reloaded.
The condition of the fort with all frigates having delivered one broadside was now thus.
With the fort now reloaded the rearmost Frigate now took fire for the first time.
It was at this point that the ships now anchored in the position that they had assumed in the actual battle.
Number three, two and one now delivered their second round of fire onto the fort.
The fort replied with the only battery yet reloaded and struck number three Frigate.
The frigates returned fire as they reloaded with their leading ship very badly disabled. However two concurrent fires breaking out on the fort placed it in considerable danger of an explosion.
Return fire again was directed against the foremost frigate.
Ship number two now got in one last round of fire and the move ended with the fort now well ablaze.
Having selected the chits for the chance of an explosion, they were now drawn and the result was to end all resistance from the fort.This was an unexpected result and probably slanted the result of the action slightly.
The end of the action gave the following results, which i felt was a reasonable result against waht was a fort actually still partly under construction when the actual battle took place.