Tried a great naval scenario today designed to be a solo module for an attempt at running the blockade of Havana Harbor in 1806. Figures are 1/2400 Figurehead by Mark Ritchie.
The scenario is a race against time for the Spanish attempting to offload military cargo and monetary assistance arriving from Vera Cruz in the Frigate Pomona, that has chosen to anchor off of El-Castillo del Morro-Havana Harbor, Cuba. The Pomona deemed unloading to an ad hoc fleet of gunboats more prudent than running the blockade.
The British have dispatched Captain
Charles Brisbane to maintain a blockade of the harbor with the 38 gun Arethusa and the 64 gun Anson. His task is to prevent the Spanish from unloading 11 loads of goods while dealing with fire from the land batteries and a small flotilla of gunboats.
The scenario played out close to the historical outcome, with the British stopping the Spanish after unloading 8 loads and putting almost all of the gunboats and part of the shore batteries out of action.
Nice setup! Is that fortress by Hallmark also?
ReplyDeleteAll are Figurehead 1/2400 from The Last Square.
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