The Falklands 1914

After the Coronel the RN sent two battlecruisers & some more armoured cruisers to deal with vonSpee.  Spee nearly caught the Brits re-coaling at Port Stanley but was a day late.  The Invincible & Inflexible were faster than the Scharnhorst & Gniesnau & set off in pursuit.  von Spee's ships could deal with British armoured cruisers, but the battlecruisers are class above.  The German light cruisers escaped, but the Scharnhorst & Gneisnau were no match for the 12" guns of the battelcruisers.

The LC Glasgow leads the BCs in pursuit of the Germans as their CAs drop behind.

When the first 12" shells start falling near them the Germans turn to try to get their 8" guns into range so they could try to fight back.

The Invincible & Indominable turn to Starboard to bring their broadsides to bear as the Germans close the range to shoot back.  The Glasgow has turned back to join the CAs.  The German LCs are steaming past the CAs flank.

The British BCs have turned again inside the Germans allowing their T to be crossed confident that the Germans mere 8" guns won't hurt them too badly.  The German LCs have got ahead of the CAs to draw the fire of the British CAs.

The bow guns of the Invincible are enough to shatter the Gneisnau.  The British CAs have turned to starboard to bring their broadsides to bear.

As the British BCs pass the sinking Gniesnau the Schanhorst cops the fire of the whole feet & soon joins her sister on the way to bottom of the Atlantic.  The German light crisers crank up to maxium speed, lay smoke & go to Rio.  

This wasn't much of a contest, but a good test of our new house rules, with the historical result seeming pretty inevitable.  The Germans had to get very lucky early to have chance against a stacked deck & they didn't.