Captain Manley's Gun Brig takes up its position ready to assail the fort before being joined by the three frigates in his squadron.
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Captain Manley's Gun Brig takes up its position ready to assail the fort before being joined by the three frigates in his squadron.
Nice looking set up. I like your use of the city back drop.
https://sailsofglory.org/attachment....id=60018&stc=1The first Danish ship surrenders to Captain Comben's frigate.
As the second ship surrenders, Captain Comben now directs his fire onto the vessel anchored between those two.
Other ships from Nelson's squadron are now moving further up the Danish line and the battle has become a general action. Note the three British ships aground on the Middle ground and the three frigates hastening past the British Bomb ketches in order to attack the forts.
https://sailsofglory.org/attachment....id=60021&stc=1With three Danish ships now lost the first British ship is lost.
The oncoming British ships now advance to maul the Danish centre.
Captain Manleys Frigates now get into action against the Trekroner Battery which has already been set on fire by the Bomb vessel.
Meanwhile the Danish main body is taking a drubbing from several British ships at once.
It was at this point that Hyde-Parker signaled that the action should be broken off to which Neil Nelson turned a blind eye.
The Frigate Squadron of Captain Manley now forced the surrender of Trakoner fort and the Union Flag was raised above the decimated fort.
With the van of Lord Nelson's squadron closing on the few remaining Danish ships, he sent in a boat under a flag of truce to start surrender nagotiations and put an end to the needless loss of any more Danish lives. To all intents and purposes the battle was now over.
Rob.
British Squadron Butchers Bill.
Thanks Eric. It was taken from a painting of the battle with the ships and mortar shell tracks edited out.
Rob.
Now a few shots from the afternoon Pirates game where the pirates battle each other in order to capture the Spanish treasure ship aprehended earlier by Algerine Corsairs.
two of the pirates try to disable each other.
Meanwhile Ali Bligh and his crew sail happily unmolested between the shoals and rocks towards Algiers.
In their wake they leave a trail of carnage and meyhem as the Pirates duke it out.
Finally they pass a more astute pirate, who in passing exchanges broadsides and cripples the Galleon.
Struggling to regain helm control and with a sudden change in the wind direction the galleon is stranded on the rocks. Just at that moment Captain Patch arrives on the scene and deprives the crew of their treasure, as they make their escape in the ships longboat.
Satisfied with his success and without having to fire a single shot in anger Captain Patch makes good his escape whilst the three other pirate ships are either too damaged or too far away to even challenge this audacious escapade.
And here we see Captain Patch being awarded his prize for excelling in all the Sails games and winning the Admiral's Trophy for the second time in three years.
Well done Simon.