Jerry came on very tactically. Malcolm headed towards the rear of the allied convoy, Dave to the head of it. Tony did the usual. “Charge!!!!!”
The allies moved the intercept, with Phil and Chris in their flimsy Vosper and Rob in the powerful Fairmile.
Tony quickly launched a brace of torpedos at the merchantmen but took damage from the heavily-armed Fairmile.....aided in no small part by the “veteran” crew rating. German shooting was erratic due to the speed and size of the Vospers.
Malcolm manoeuvred to the rear of the convoy but was taking heavy damage from Phil.
Dave swung North of the convoy engaging the inexperienced Vosper as he went.
Tony’s torpedos either missed or proved a dud. Bummer!
Tony’s E-Boat then exploded. With Malcolm heavily damaged things looked bad for the Nazi fanatics.
Malcolm’s torpedos also proved ineffective and heavily damaged he passed the stern of the freighter and limped off the table.
However, all the RN ships bar the inexperienced and lightly armed Vosper were to the south of the merchantmen. Rob turned his Fairmile aggressively straight into the freighter. Poor seamanship, especially from such a veteran crew!
Chris’ 2nd Vosper tried to ram Dave’s E-Boat, but Dave manouevered deftly out of the way whilst raking the freighter with gunfire. He then unleashed a spread of torpedos. Boom. One hit the freighter amidships which blew up also damaging Rob’s adjacent Fairmile.
A bad outing for the RN and a Knights Cross for Dave!
Simon
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