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Title: 1/600 Battle of Heligoland 1864
Post by: bill5549 on 14 December 2013, 11:09:30 PM

This week’s game at the SESWC was something different as it was a playtest of my draft rules for Ironclad warfare 1860-70 but the game actually did not involve any ironclad ships.   It was a refight of the Battle of Heligoland 9th May 1864 from the 2nd Schleswig-Holstein War fought between a Danish squadron and a combined Austrian Prussian force.  Here are the forces:

Denmark: Niels Juel 42-gun screw frigate, Jylland 44-gun screw frigate, Hejmdal 16-gun screw corvette

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2816/11366279443_22348cae5b_c.jpg)

Austria: Schwarzenberg, 51-gun screw frigate, Radetzky 37-gun screw frigate

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5474/11366179236_3dde80c244_c.jpg)

Prussia: Preussischer Adler 4-gun paddle steamer, Blitz 3-gun 350-ton gunboat, Basilisk 3-gun 350-ton gunboat

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5474/11366177586_53a76c5118_c.jpg)


All the ship models come from the collection of Angus Konstam.  More on the game at
http://blenheimtoberlin.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/1600-naval-heligoland-1864.html

and also a longer AAR at Angus' blog at
http://www.edinburghwargames.com/Journal%2089.htm

Title: Re: 1/600 BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND 1864
Post by: von Lucky on 15 December 2013, 07:38:35 AM

Very pleasing to see these. Thanks for the photos and AAR.

Title: Re: 1/600 BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND 1864
Post by: Asienieboje on 15 December 2013, 08:07:54 PM

And my relation from the same game:
http://asienieboje.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/helgoland-1864.html (http://asienieboje.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/helgoland-1864.html)
and some pictures:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/11386339643_007c9f3de0.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/11386492286_e41398b58b.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/11386567285_2f52a2c425.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/600 BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND 1864
Post by: S_P on 16 December 2013, 01:41:22 AM

Two very pretty games. :D

Title: Re: 1/600 BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND 1864
Post by: Spicker on 16 December 2013, 07:31:43 AM

Very nice pictures and some good reports of the events.

Title: Re: 1/600 BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND 1864
Post by: Sendak on 29 December 2013, 02:09:05 AM

Very interesting history.

Your ships are marvelous.

Really like your game board.

Kudos!

Title: Re: 1/600 Battle of Heligoland 1864
Post by: bill5549 on 30 December 2013, 10:08:15 PM

The terrain mat was supplied by
www.terrainmat.com

It does look really good in the photos.

Thanks  ;)

Title: Re: 1/600 Battle of Heligoland 1864
Post by: juergen c. olk on 31 December 2013, 12:35:53 AM

It is great to see theperiod played,and played well. I am a Schleswig-Holsteiner transplant in Nebraska,so I do not get to game this period without pAINTING EVERYTHING. Gut Gemacht!