Talk:AFOH/@comment-13740085-20131214061624

December 14, 1916

(The SMS Helgoland runs its patrol off the coast of France. It is unevent full until...)


 * Spotter: Captain! Masts on the horizon!

(The captain peers thought the binoculars, looking at the ship and its colors.)


 * Helgoland Captain: French, it's the Jaureguiberry! Battle station!

(The crew rush to their positions, the ships 6x2 36 cm turrets and recessed 5' guns are loaded.)


 * Captain: Close to three kilometers.

(The two warships close, each gauging the range.)


 * Crewman: Range: three kilometers.


 * Captain: Cut speed, hard to port!

(The German ship slows to turn sharper, and does so to the left. The French vessel mirrors.)


 * Captain: Fire all guns!

(Broadsides rip into the Jaureguiberry, the French answer. A 36 cm shell destroys the forward starboard wing turret, 30.5 cm guns take out the smokestacks, a mast falls. By this time the ships' momentum has close the gap to less than one kilometer.)


 * Crewman: Sir, torpedoes!


 * Captain: Brace yourselves!

(The Helgoland lurches as the torpedoes hit home. They send towers of water that then rain onto the decks.)


 * Captain: Seal those compartments! Keep firing!

(The battle rages on, eventually though, Helgoland gets the upper hand. The Jaureguiberry, defiantly flying the tricolor, dips bow-first and sinks.)


 * Captain: Get those men out of the water. And radio the König: tell them we need a tow.