Dunmore orders Victoria Regina to turn, accelerate and bring its surviving guns to bear. The remaining battery includes the upper forward guns, port guns, secondary forward guns and one missile launcher, together amounting to less than half the ship's armament. She then uses a climb and a 180-degree roll to put the battleship into an unexpected attack from above. The veteran gunnery chief recognizes her intention before the inexperienced bridge crew does. The enemy hesitates because the maneuver resembles a fighter's attack and threatens to ram the cruiser. Dunmore holds the firing order until point-blank range as her own damaged ship begins to break apart.
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Victoria Regina's final maneuver against the cruiser
A damaged battleship uses its remaining weapons, a roll and a sudden diving attack to surprise a cruiser expecting conventional maneuvers.