HMS Hotspur *DONE*

The 2nd version with Guard the FLotilla is far more interesting than the first. IMO.

Sorry guys ;;but when you compare this to 2 very similar ships;'

 Glowworm and V Olga it the second choice at 7 pts.

Close escort and GTF all the way...

actually I think I agree with waratsea on this. 8 points is overcosted. 7 is better.

CE and GTF still the better choice.

OK I playtested this version on Sunday...

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HMS Hotspur
Ship - Destroyer
1939
Points: 7
Speed: 2
MG: 4-4-3
AA: 4
ASW: 4
TT: 2-2-1
A/VA/HP: 2/6/2

CLOSE ESCORT: The sector this unit is in can contain three friendly ships instead of two (or one more ship in the sector than the number allowed by the stacking limit of the scenario)

GUARD THE FLOTILLA: While this unit is in the same sector as a friendly Destroyer, enemy units can't attack that Destroyer until this unit has been attacked at least once in the same phase.

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The game was a 200 point game, 1943, daytime, and we ended up with no squalls.
Here's the build I took:
1x HMS Lion 60/60
2x HNoMS Stord 18/78
6x HMS Hotspur 42/120
6x HMS Javalin 60/180
4x Spitfire   20/200


I went against a German build with multiple battleships.  I was at a Initiative disadvantage which helped from a positioning and smoke perspective as one would expect.  The Stords were able to stay safely nestled in with the other destroyers and were less of a target with the Hotspurs in place and the Javelins provided some much needed smoke cover that prevented return fire to the Lion.  The Stord/Javelin/Hotspur combination (Must target Hotspur, Stord Shoot Torps, Javelins launch smoke) proved to be almost as frustrating as my torpedo dice (even with the +1 on the Stord).  The Brits ended up losing, but not because of tactics but really because the torpedoes couldn't hit the broadside of an non-moving carrier.  

I really wanted to try this out (and might) pairing the English with the Allied Italians in a late war scenario so I don't have to be limited to 2 Stords, but can have as many Camicia Nere's as Hotspurs and Javelins.

cheers!

Alright!! Ready for text!!

Consolidating information to make the card

HMS Hotspur
"H" class Destroyer
Commissioned: March December, 1936
Fate: Sold to the Dominican Republic November, 1948, Scrapped 1972
Displacement: 1,345 tons standard
Length (OA): 323 ft 6 in
Beam: 33 ft
Speed: 36 kts
Armor : None
Armament: 4 x 4.7in/45 (4 x 1), 8 x 12.7mm AA (2 X 4), 10 x 21in TT (2 x 5), 1 DC Rail, 2 DC Throwers, 20 40-45 DCs 


Changes:
1943 A Type 271 surface search radar.
Type 290 surface warning radar.
High frequency direction finding system
Received a Type 242 IFF system.
Two 4.7-inch guns were removed, one each forward and aft, and the forward gun was replaced by a Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar. The 3-inch anti-aircraft gun amidships was also removed, but the number of 20 mm AA guns was increased to six.

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HMS Hotspur
Ship - Destroyer
1939
Points: 7
Speed: 2
MG: 4-4-3
AA: 4
ASW: 4
TT: 2-2-1
A/VA/HP: 2/6/2

Close Escort - The sector this unit is in can contain three friendly ships instead of two (or one more ship in the sector than the number allowed by the stacking limit of the scenario)

Guard the Flotilla - While this unit is in the same sector as a friendly Destroyer, enemy units can't attack that Destroyer until this unit has been attacked at least once in the same phase.


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HMS Hotspur was an H-class destroyer that saw considerable wartime service with the Royal Navy. Her active career began with blockade duty during the Spanish Civil War. She was badly damaged during the First Battle of Narvik and again when she transferred to the Mediterranean and rammed an Italian submarine. She participated in the Battle of Dakar, Battle of Cape Matapan, evacuation of Greece and Crete, Japanese Indian Ocean raid, and invasion of Madagascar. For the last two years of the war she escorted convoys across the North Atlantic. After surviving the war she was sold to the Dominican Republic.