Capital-ship targeting and broadside overmatch

Ships begin the action under orders to avoid torpedoes before the main battery shifts to a capital-ship duel. The decisive issue is target discipline: the battleship guns need to stay on the enemy battleship instead of joining four other battleships against a cruiser already under pressure. The French ship carries twelve 16.8-inch guns against Royal Sovereign's nine 16.5-inch guns, a paper advantage that says little about the wider tactical position. Four British battleships arrive behind the target and overwhelm it. Once its primary armament is disabled, the game keeps the damaged ship afloat on secondary weapons, although the source remarks that a real ship might have suffered a catastrophic magazine explosion.