Outnumbered two-to-one, the two French Frigates ran from the RN force only to bump into them at close range at night (in the image we see the French E (Iphigenia) and D (Astree) and the lead RN frigate (A), the Africaine. The wind is 3 (Oceanic and gusty) and the sea is heaving a bit with oceanic swells:
Quote from: MengJiao on September 14, 2018, 01:29:18 PM
Outnumbered two-to-one, the two French Frigates ran from the RN force only to bump into them at close range at night (in the image we see the French E (Iphigenia) and D (Astree) and the lead RN frigate (A), the Africaine. The wind is 3 (Oceanic and gusty) and the sea is heaving a bit with oceanic swells:
Africaine takes unrolls a broadside at Astree and does no damage. The RN flagship, Boadicea (B), is in the picture:
Quote from: MengJiao on September 15, 2018, 07:32:56 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 14, 2018, 01:29:18 PM
Outnumbered two-to-one, the two French Frigates ran from the RN force only to bump into them at close range at night (in the image we see the French E (Iphigenia) and D (Astree) and the lead RN frigate (A), the Africaine. The wind is 3 (Oceanic and gusty) and the sea is heaving a bit with oceanic swells:
Africaine takes unrolls a broadside at Astree and does no damage. The RN flagship, Boadicea (B), is in the picture:
Africaine and Iphigenia exchange broadsides at about 200 yds. Iphigenia has a better crew and a first broadside bonus and scores some significant damage on the RN Frigate -- which has a bad crew rating but still with good morale -- they pass a morale check to fix their falling rigging and another morale check to avoid getting a worse crew rating: