I've worked out the Dahlgren and Columbiad ship stats for the Prussian warships involved in the Second Schleswig War, including both the Battle of Rugen / Jasmund and the Battle of Heligoland. The number are based on some background research online and various books, together with a bit of cross referencing with the Iron and Fire supplement Blue Steel, Grey Thunder. I have uprated the manoeuvre class for SMS Lorelei and considered downrating it for the Camaleon class gunboats, which were notoriously sluggish and rolled badly, but decided to keep them as High manoeuvre so they can operate with the rest of the gunboat flotilla. I have also rounded down when calculating maximum speeds.
SMS Arcona
Screw Frigate
DF3
Maximum Speed 6''
Medium Manoeuvre
Unarmoured, AF +0
3 x 68pdr SB plus 10 x 36pdr SB on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 4 / PF +1
SMS Nymphe
Screw Corvette
DF3
Maximum Speed 6''
Medium Manoeuvre
Unarmoured, AF +0
5 x 36pdr SB plus 3 x 12pdr SB on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 2 / PF +1
SMS Lorelei
Paddle Aviso
Maximum Speed 5''
DF3
High Manoeuvre (uprated)
Unarmoured, AF +0
1 x 12pdr rifle on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 1 / PF +1
Camaleon Class Gunboats (1st Class)
Screw Gunboat
DF2
Maximum Speed 4''
High Manoeuvre
Unarmoured, AF +0
1 x 24pdr rifle on centreline pivot, Port or Starboard Arc, GF 1 / PF +2
1 x 12pdr rifle on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 1 / PF +1
2nd Class Gunboats
Screw Gunboat
DF2
Maximum Speed 4''
High Manoeuvre
Unarmoured, AF +0
1 x 12pdr rifle on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 1 / PF +1
SMS Preussischer Adler
Paddle Aviso
DF3
Maximum Speed 5''
Medium Manoeuvre
Unarmoured, AF +0
2 x 24pdr SB on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 1 / PF +0
or
2 x 36pdr SB on each broadside, Port and Starboard Arcs, GF 1 / PF +1
This website has been particularly useful and contains a lot of relevant information on the Prussian and Imperial German Navy, although it is in German and you will need to do a bit of translating:
http://www.kaiserliche-marine.de/
Have you got the ships for all of these already?
ReplyDeleteYes, although they're all proxy ones from the Tumbling Dice range.
ReplyDeleteI've now realised that I should have combined the GF/PF factors so that there is only one rating per firing arc, so I need to go back to the drawing board for the frigates and corvettes!
ReplyDeleteI've now amended the GF and PF ratings for both Arcona and Nymphe
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