We travelled back home yesterday which took over fourteen hours due primarily to the long ferry journey between St Malo and Portsmouth. On the journey I read The Death of the Scharnhorst which I found in a cupboard before we left, having forgotten to pack it on a previous trip to the in laws.
It passed the time very well and was well worth the read. I'm not going to shoot off on a WW2 naval project as a result, although I have a few 1/6000 scale ships somewhere and a couple of sets of rules. However, it's a well written and very readable book which would be an excellent basis for a small scale naval scenario.
We ran a refight of the North Cape action on board HMS Belfast over Christmas in 2003. It does indeed make a fascinating subject for a mini campaign. We had the added benefit of a few veterans of the real action turning up to pass (favourable) comment as well.
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