1/600 Battle of Heligoland 1864

[bill5549]

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



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



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




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

[von Lucky]

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

[Asienieboje]

And my relation from the same game:
http://asienieboje.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/helgoland-1864.html
and some pictures:

[S_P]

Two very pretty games.

[Spicker]

Very nice pictures and some good reports of the events.

[Sendak]

Very interesting history.

Your ships are marvelous.

Really like your game board.

Kudos!

[bill5549]

The terrain mat was supplied by
www.terrainmat.com

It does look really good in the photos.

Thanks 

[juergen c. olk]

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!