The Athenian and Spartan fleets … and another bit of chrome!

I have now painted eight of my Monopoly battleships to represent the Athenian and Spartan fleets.

The four Athenian battleships are named:

• Artemis (red)
• Aristotle (white)
• Plato (blue)
• Socrates (green)

The Athenian colour scheme is white hulls and upperworks with buff funnels.

The four Spartan battleships are named:

• Leonidas (red)
• Helen (white)
• Gorgo (blue)
• Menelaus (green)

The Spartan colour scheme is black hulls with buff funnels and upperworks.

Each ship is identified by the colour of their top mast. These are shown after each ship’s name.

In a comment on my previous post about my simple late nineteenth century battleship vs. battleship naval wargame rules, Chris suggested that I include some slightly more detailed rules for torpedo hits … and here they are:

• Results:
• Dice score = 6: Major ‘hit’: target ship loses 1 FP plus throw another D6 die.
• Dice score = 6: target ship’s rudder is hit and the ship and must maintain its current course for D6 turns.
• Dice score = 5: target ship’s engine and boiler rooms are flooded and her movement is reduced to 1 grid area per turn.
• Dice score = 3 or 4: target ship loses another 2 FPs.
• Dice score = 1 or 2: target ship loses another FP.
• Dice score = 4 or 5: Minor ‘hit’: target ship loses 1 FP.
• Dice score = 1, 2, or 3: Torpedo has been ineffective.

I think that this addition to the rules improves them.