Black seas by warlord games Battle of Cape Santa Maria on october 5th 1804 scenario game.

A scenario based of the Battle of Cape Santa Maria on october 5th 1804. It was a naval engagement that took place off the southern Portuguese coast, in which a British squadron under the command of Commodore Graham Moore attacked and defeated a Spanish squadron commanded by Brigadier Don José de Bustamante y Guerra. The Spanish were carrying treasure back to spain.

We are using our house rules that are based on “Black seas” rules by Warlord games. The scale is 1/700

We first had a playthrough starting at half pistol shot range as in the historical encounter. However this ended up lasting all of 10 minutes, as the Spanish fleet was quickly wiped out. So we instead ran a what if scenario, where the Spanish side were more aware of the British fleets intentions and there would be more manoeuvring. The aim of the Spanish fleet was to make it to the other side of the map and onwards towards spain. The British aim was to capture the Spanish ships by striking their flags or by boarding.

Order of battle

Spain
Fama 34-gun frigate, Capitán Miguel Zapiain y Valladares
Medea 40-gun frigate, Flagship carrying Admiral Bustamante, commanded by Capitán Francisco de Piedrola y Verdugo
Mercedes 36-gun frigate, Capitán Jose Manuel De Goicoa y Labart
Santa Clara 34-gun frigate, Capitán Aleson y Bueno

Britain

HMS Medusa 32-gun frigate
HMS Indefatigable 44-gun frigate, Flagship, Commodore Graham Moore
HMS Lively 38-gun frigate
HMS Amphion 32-gun frigate

More historical information can be found in the video.