Sounding out the enemy part two.
Captain Smithers duly arrived yesterday, recovered from his mal de mare and sailed his part of the above action, which will be regaled here as soon as I get chance to download the pictures and write it up, as the next couple of days seem to have suddenly filled up with things that have nothing to do with the war with Tripoli.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
I’ll sing you a song, tis a song of the sea
Away Rio!
The Anchor is weighed and the sails they are set
Away Rio!
The girls that we’re leaving we’ll never forget,
And we’re bound for the Rio Grande, and it’s
Chorus:
Away Rio! Away, away Rio!
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and
We’re bound for the Rio Grande
American persona.
The captain of USS Essex: Andrew Millington.
First Officer: Paul Swift.
Sailing Master: Hezekiah Bramley.
Essex’s Captain of Marines: Davy Weiss.
Essex’s Master Gunner: Hamish Fyffe.
Essex’s Master Carpenter: Amos Grady
Schooner: Nautilus: Lieutenant Richard Somers.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Dawn broke with a South Westerly weak breeze blowing as USS Essex and Nautilus picked their way into the approaches to Tripoli.
Last edited by Bligh; 07-16-2021 at 13:16.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
As agreed, Nautilus having the shallower draft took the inner shoals to sound and survey, whilst Essex covered her from the already well documented outer shoals and rocks with her longboat now surveying the inside of these .
Last edited by Bligh; 07-16-2021 at 13:17.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Before true dawn had fully arrived Nautilus, and the Longboat from Essex had begun their survey.
Last edited by Bligh; 07-16-2021 at 13:17.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Nautilus was just beginning her first tack when it became obvious that the Tripolitanians had also been busy during the night, as two of the ships in port from the previous day were now fully rigged and in the approaches to the harbour.
Last edited by Bligh; 07-16-2021 at 13:17.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Thanks for more chits and cards and another entertaining episode in the Campaign.
You may have discussed this and I've either not seen it or more likely forgotten it but how are you putting your scenarios together. Is it along a set storyline or are you taking a previous action to drive the next idea. I'm particularly curious about where the idea of conducting a naval survey of an enemy port came from. I know this sort of survey was common practice but setting that as the basis of a game is in my view very innovative. I know it ended in a fight but it could just as easily been the whole reason for a solo game.
Good idea.
The actual idea came up when we were discussing the game for Doncaster, and we decided that instead of risking the Allied captains running aground on uncharted shoals we would try and survey the harbour approaches. This should have taken only two games, but with more enemy being generated than expected, we did not get the actual work finished. hence you will find us still at it in the next episode before taking a break and doing a bit in the long neglected Indian Ocean HEIC games, to fill in up to Doncaster. For that game the shoals will still be there some of them submerged, but each captain will have an up to date chart. how he uses it or not is up to him once the game starts. If he has read these preambles it will also be to his advantage!
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
That makes a lot of sense, hope you have a good time in Doncaster, I'd hoped to make it this year but we are away at the time.
Poor planning on my part :(
Cheers
With the Covid spectre hanging over us it is a wonder anybody took a punt on Donny actually taking place. People have to make arrangements as best they can.
Hope to see you next year John.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
I suspect I've now reading this in random order....my bad for being away from the forum for so long. But lovely setups for the games - terrain, ships, storyline, scenario, etc.
The posts are out of order because of the comments added at various times Paul.
I hope it has not spoilt your enjoyment of the action.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Not spoilt my enjoyment at all. In the end it didn't matter if the damage on the ship at the start of the scenario was due to a previous AAR or just specific to the scenario.Originally Posted by Bligh
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