The Battle of Lighthouse Point

[Dobbs]

Today's rainy day fun was an engagement between the Montagne and HMS Royal Sovereign. It was using my ship charts with damage possible on both sides of a ship and my current rules with a half knot of current setting the ships toward lighthouse point. In the upper righthand corner is the card indicating the strength and direction of the current. The wind was out of the east, blowing toward the top of the picture. The current was setting to the northeast.

A squall had broken up the blockading squadron leaving Royal Sovereign alone to stop the French 1st rate Montagne from breaking out past Lighthouse Point.



Montagne clears the headland.



At this point, Royal Sovereign over reaches her opponent, and is unable to present her full broadside. I decided to hold fast and received Montagne's unchallenged opening broadside.