British Majestic class battleships. B,C An awkward arrangement, these guns are located abreast of each other, usually on the main deck immediately forward of the superstructure. D,E These positions are commonly occupied by either wing turrets or sponsons. These are the most extreme wing turret positions used. The following Beam Patterns establish easily remembered categories for the most common types of side armaments.
All patterns apply equally to port and starboard sides of a vessel.
In order for players to fire salvos at an enemy unit, the range between the firing unit and its target must be accurately guessed. In either case, the successful guessing of the range to the enemy is required in order to have a chance to score hits. A vessel may engage as many targets as they have firing positions, but they may only guess one range per target. No pre-measuring of ranges is allowed. Ranging Shots - Players may at any time conduct ranging shots in order to estimate the distance to enemy vessels.