Having just been sunk twice by torpedo cruisers and destroyers in Sunday's battle, I would put our (1:144) club's Capitani Romanis up against any combat ship in any scale, and my money would be on the 1:144 Capitanis. And these are limited by our (WWCC) rules to a maximum of three torpedo barrels on each side. They sank every larger boat on the pond in less than 15 minutes. These are little more than large, fast destroyers, and they are awesome.

Consider:

- Three tubes with two 1/4" balls in each, at point-blank range at or below the waterline (that's six 1/4" balls in a 1" x 1 1/2" rectangle blown out of the hull)
- 41 knots
- Low profile puts them under a heavy cruiser or battleship's guns
- Highly maneuverable
- single shot, which means they get to race back to port to reload at 41 knots, which means they are only on the pond for a minute or two at a time.


Rob