An updated version.

I have tried to adjust the scenario to try and reduce the possibility of US AI getting stuck in Massachusetts Bay.

I have adjusted ships to give more historical gun ranges. I also added "Central Rangefinder" fire control. US procured Barr and Stroud rangefinders in 1903 and the ...

That is what I did on my successful run through.

When looking at the vessels, those typically referred to as pre-dreadnoughts (Brennus, the flotte d'Echantillons and Charlemagnes) are very powerful and much superior to the earlier vessels typically referred to as ironclads. The coast defence ...

Thanks for the feedback.

My best result as British was 7 B, 1 CL and 1 TB sunk for 1 DD lost (although this was an early playthrough). However, this was the Reserve and Coastal Defence battleships. I have also managed to lose (3 B lost to 2 B sunk including my flagship to a torpedo).

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This allows Marceau class to have barbette armour and Royal Sovereign class with a barbette mount.

Based upon Steam and Iron, this was the way that Royal Sovereign was represented.

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Ship Parts should be copied into the Graphics File (Rule the Waves 3 >Data>Graphics. They are prefixed with a z for easy identification.

This is a fleet battle set in the Mediterranean in 1899.

It is based around the war scare associated with the Fashoda incident of 1898.

In order to produce ships with period flavour, I have produced a set of ship parts with era colours. I have also used the deck colours from the NWS Forum.

As ...

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Corrected error in naming of light cruiser Takachiho.

Battle off Ulsan 1904.

I managed to sink the entire Russian force as Japan. Whilst I lost as Russia (Rossiya sunk) I did manage to severely damage Iwate and escape, so consider this a bit of a morale victory.

Thank you for the feedback and report.

It is possible to sink the entire Spanish squadron; possibly worth another try.

This scenario is based on the historical campaign but not the historical battle.

The Spanish initially planned to fight at Subic Bay but this plan was abandoned due to Castilla breaking down and the absence of coastal defences. I assume these events do not happen and this is where the battle takes ...

A significant fleet action based upon the German War Plan 3 for the invasion of the USA.

I intended this to be a version of the 1901 battle from Steam & Iron but a little research discovered that the German plans were more mature around 1904. This is much larger as well with asymmetric fleets.

I ...

This is somewhat easier from the American side due to speed restrictions being made harsher.

This attempts to recreate the Spanish lack of quality coal.

Brooklyn and Indiana are also restricted due to engines being in cruising mode and engine defects respectively.

Vizcaya is in a particularly ...

I usually manage to sink 2-3 cruisers.

Colon is quite fast and if she escapes with one of the other cruisers, they give Brooklyn a hard time and the battleships can't catch up. This is similar to what happened historically but the Americans had intercepted a coal shipment and the Spanish had a ...

Thank you for the feedback.

Try the attached.

The year appears correct in the Scenario data but was wrong in the description.

I am looking at a few options for scenarios that should hopefully try out different ship technologies in the early period.

For the ships, I baselined them as constructed ...

Most significant naval battle of the Spanish American war.

With respect to the performance of torpedoes in history, you are faced with a limited amount of real data to make conclusions. If you consider the attack on Port Arthur, you need to factor in the effect of torpedo nets, morale factors in attacking a heavily defended base e.t.c. At Tsushima, you have ...

Thanks for the interesting comments.

With respect to "Semi Dreadnoughts", this was discussed in the early days of Steam and Iron. Additional to the points raised (which are good ones) you are forced to chose between omitting the medium guns that would be expected to be the decisive armament at ...

Thanks for the review.

As a question; why do you think that the game does not work well for the 1890's?

I did some experiments with Steam and Iron many years ago and thought it did a reasonable job. There appears to be some enhancements (such as -3 guns) which should improve matters.

The big ...

With respect to the operational campaign for Expanded Battles, this appears to be under consideration; listen to the interview with Drachinifel on YouTube

I have been looking at the Ship Designer in anticipation of creating some historical ships for use with the Expanded Battles Scenario Generator.

There are some interesting options and I was wondering how these are best applied to create historical ships. My main area of interest is the earlier part ...