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14.1.2 Ports
The ports provide shelter, repair and anchorage for the fleets and are the
start places and end places of any naval movement. If the Enemy conquers
a port, the fleet flees to another friendly port. There are mostly two kind of
ports:
● Major: capacity is 2 warfleets, good repair facilities.
● Minor: capacity is limited to 2 ship squadrons, and low repair
facilities.
14.1.3 Warfleets
Ships are stacked together in warfleets or in stacks up to 2 ship squadrons
each. There are 3 types of fleets (with associated EP cost for activation):
big fleets (3 EP), medium fleets (2 EP) and small fleets (1 EP).
● If a fleet contains battleships (B, BB or BC), it must contain at least
1 DD or CL as a screen.
● Each fleet has information: Name and speed, size and cost.
● A big fleet (3 EP) must have 1 B, BB or BC.
● A medium fleet (2 EP) must have at least 1 AC or CL (or better).
14.1.4 Ship Squadrons
Each ship squadron represents from 1 to 5 ships , and have the following
ship types (identified by the grey square on the counter).
BB: Modern battleships
BC: Battlecruisers (fast battleships)
B: Older battleships
AC: Armored Cruisers
CL: Light Cruisers
DD: Destroyers
SS: Submarines
14.1.5 Admirals
An admiral has 3 values (0 to 3) indicating Aggressiveness, Reaction,
Tactical and his rank letter (A > B…).
During battle each admiral is automatically placed in one battleship (of a B,
BB or BC type) by the game engine or scenario.
A Fleet with no admiral is worth 0 (in aggressiveness, reaction and tactical
factors).
14.1.6 Canal, Strait, Winter
A warfleet may go through a friendly canal (Kiel and Suez). If any region is
enemy controlled, this movement is blocked.
All straits are passable to either side, except Turkish straits as long as the
fortresses at the entrance (i.e. Dardanelles) still exist. All straights may also
be mined (by the owner)
Passing through straights causes the fleet to be detected (See Game
Aides).
Gibraltar is passable by any warfleet. Fleets at Petrograd, Archangelsk,
Kronstadt and Helsinki cannot move out or in from Nov-December to
Mar-April (during these 3 turns).
14.2 Naval Operations
Usually, Naval Operations are executed during the Military Phase, because
there is no or very limited naval activity.
● Black circle with red support value, a bonus to combat value (from 0 to +3) when used as artillery support during
amphibious landings or coastal fortress bombardments.
● A black target symbol with a letter showing the gunfire range of the units heavy guns; either L (long range),
M (medium) or S (short range)
● A grey plate showing the type of unit (see below)
● A number indicating the actual number of ships inside the squadron
● A yellow/red explosion symbol indicated when the unit has suffered hits, with number of same.
● Name of unit
● A plate showing the fire (in attack) and protection (defensive) values of the unit, as well as its speed (used to
calculate tactical advantage in naval battles).
14.2.1 Naval Sequence
Phases in parentheses are only played when a sortie of both sides in the
same sea(s) occurs.
1. Movement
2. Sortie at Sea
(3. Naval Encounter Check)
(4. Raid and Transport Missions)
(5. Control of the Seas)
Phase 1 – Movement
Each fleet may move up to 5 seas from its start port (no more), at no risk.
Phase 2 – Sortie at Sea
The German Navy may attempt to make a sortie in the North Sea, but it will
be implemented only if successful in a secret Kaiser Wilhelm II permission
test (i.e. the sortie orders are made by the player but NOT implemented if
the Kaiser has refused it).
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