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The story of the HMS Anson

It was an open sea battle with a good sized fleet, (islands, sunny) and the battlecruiser HMS Anson was readied for battle. As the enemy fleet came in to view, captain Hodston ordered full speed, and a hard turn to port. The mighty battlecruiser dashed out ahead of the fleet, leaving the slow Nevadas Fusos, and Montanas behind in her wake.

As she trained her guns on the horizon, several ships of note came in to view, first there was a Fletcher class destroyer laying down a smoke screen, an Aoba class cruiser headed towards the fleet, finally a Bismarck class battleship and a North Carolina class were headed the same way as the Anson, and would surely be a target. There were other ships too, but these were the ones important in the story, (can't remember them...) and are thus the only ones mentioned.

As the destroyer closed the range, it laid down a smokescreen, hiding much of the fleet. But as the small vessel closed in, their smokescreen was used up. The destroyer came under fire from much of the fleet, with Anson delivering a fatal blow without some much as a scratch. The battlecruiser continues on, now with guns trained on the two battleships nearing her ever so slowly.

Very near to an island that both fleets intended to capture, the Bismarck opened fire, but the North Carolina, was distracted by the rest of the fleet. It was, for all intents and purposes, a one on one between Anson and Bismarck, a rematch of Denmark Straight. As the German shots land wide, Anson returns fire, expertly laying salvo after salvo on the German warship. Meanwhile the Germans were missing many of their shots, but were still damaging Anson to some degree. But the Bismarck had begun to trail smoke, and soon, the mighty Anson delivered another fatal blow, this time on the German battleship.

As the Bismarck slipped beneath the waves, captain Hodston looks around. He sees the bow of the North Carolina class slipping beneath the waves, and far off in the distance, the Aoba class cruiser, still afloat and fighting. Seeing that his ship was still in good fighting condition, and knowing that the Anson could easily deal with a small cruiser, he orders a hard turn to port. But, he miscalculated the room he has, and as the big ship swings around, her bow slams in to the side of an island. As Anson's momentum carriers her around more, her stern lodges in to the island across the channel! As the rest of the fleet continues to battle, captain Hodston finds himself stuck across the channel, and unable to get free. Luckily, the battle was soon over, and tugboats managed to return the Anson to port for repairs...

This probably wouldn't have been worth telling if it weren't for getting stuck at the end. Sadly, I didn't get a screenshot before the battle was over, otherwise there'd be a picture of the Anson wedged in between two islands, lengthwise!