Napoleonic Naval: Blockade Scenario

 This is scenario was designed by Tim, my e-pal in England.

On the far side of the table two French sqaudrons of 3 ships flank 3 transports with a Spanish squadron of 5 in support.  Their objective is to get the transports into the port on the RHS of the table.
The British blockade force has 2 squadrons of 3 ships and 2 4th rates.
Mark commands the bits, Mike the Allies with Jim umpiring.
The wind is from the SE (the port is on the north edge).

The French sent their windward squadron round the east side of the islands while sending the transports through the gap with the windward squadron.  The Spanish are sailing to intercept the leeward British squadron. 

The windward British squadron is running a guntlet between eeh two French Squadrons.  The brits are not firing back, clearly saving their fire for a devasting first broadside with double shot.
The transports are dropping back behind the windward sqaudron. 

The lead British ship has taken a pounding, but is closing on their prey.

The leeward french sqaudron delayed their turn to port too long easing the pressure on the british squadron which has now engaged to transports.  The Spanish have engaged the British leeward squadron.

Tjhe rear two transports are being pounded by two men o' war, but the Brit fire has been reduced by the heavy damage their ships sufferred in the gauntlet.  The lead British ship is a shambles evn though the French squadrons are no longer able to fire at it.  Instead they are giving the 4th raters a hard time.   The lead Spanish ship has been sunk by the concentrated fire of the British van, but the other 3 ships are now toe to toe with the 3 British ships.

One of the 4th rates has had to stike it's colours.  The Spanish have kept the british leeward sqaudron busy & the French sqiadrons are closing up in support of the transports & put the flagship of teh windward squadron out of action. 

Two of the transports are in danger of sinking & have stuck their colours, but in the gathering dusk the Brits are in no position to send out boarding parties as the French squadons are closing in & the Spanish, though not winning' are being unusually stubborn & are still screening off the Britsish leeward squadron.

It was agreed that the damaged transports could be blown into port provided they didn't sink in 3 turns, & like wise the damage 4th rate clould sneak away in the darkness as the French were more concerned with protecting the transports than taking a prize.   All 4 badly damaged ships survived immedaite sinking tests.
The final reckoning was:
1 Spanish MOW sunk.
1 British 4th rate barely afloat & reliant on good weather to get home.
2 British MOW with heavy damage but able to get home baring a storm.
2 allied transports drifted into port barely afloat with cargoes damaged.
1 allied transport made it to port undamaged.

So an Allied victory.