Results!

Well, this one ended with a bang…
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone taking part in the battle, or helping to enforce the rules. We had a turnout of over 25 people in one indiaman, galleon, schooner, two submarines, and eventually one short-lived dhow. The battle, like the last time, was decided way into the second half of the battle.

Winners (based on who went out last):

1. The Royal Narwhal – xMadBoltx (Captain), Nationalistic, xMadMonkeyx, Dark_101, ArcherSquid
2. The Teletub (I’m not typing out the whole name, cba) – AdmiralTrench (Captain), Riverwood202, CottageCooper, Kepopie, Joe_danger_2003, Savagewolf_ (from another ship)
3. The Flounder – Bazurka (Captain), CaptainReef, several more BE members
4. The Wicked Wolf – Savagewolf (Captain), Jack5112, shozzey69
5. DimondKnight’s Ship – dimondKnight998 (Captain), SPOOKYPLANT_, plus others
6. Jammin’s Ship – Jammin_Mas (Captain) – Entered the battle 1 hour in but only lasted around 7 minutes, poor lil’ ship 🙁

Important notice regarding the winners:
The final two ships left, the Teletub, and the Royal Narwhal would have probably ended the match in a draw. While both ships sustained a lot of damage, and frequently had cannons knocked out, they were both still moving. Unfortunately, within the last 10 minutes of the battle a player from BE named spookymryellow2  managed to get on board the Teletub and set off at least 8 TNT on the main deck, destroying a large portion of the ship and disabling her completely (I am aware that this player acted out of their own accord, and not as instructed by BE). As such the Royal Narwhal was declared the winner, however they were not the ones to deal the final blow to the Teletub. Spookymryellow2 will not be allowed to participate in the next ship battle.

Other rankings, based on my observations:

• Most damage received as % of the ship (excluding the TNT incident) – The Wicked Wolf
• Most damage dealt as % of the ship – Teletub
• Most damage repaired as % of the ship – The Royal Narwhal 
• Most ships sunk/disabled – Draw between Teletub and The Royal Narwhal (credited with disabling/sinking 2 ships each)
• Most player kills – Teletub
• First ship sunk (not just disabled) in a ship battle so far – Flounder (you put up a good fight guys!)

Damage Report:

Once again, if a ship was receiving a lot of damage, and has been stationary for a while, I would give the crew 60 seconds to trey and get the ship moving again or I deemed them out of the battle. As an additional rule in the last 15 minutes, all submarines were no longer allowed to submerge and stay underwater for long periods of time, as both subs were stationary for up to 10 minutes at a time repairing while being immune to the remaining ship (I wanted to get things moving again).

• The Royal Narwhal – Received moderate damage throughout the battle, suffering most of the damage on one side of the submarine. She lost her horn for a brief period, and ended up surviving the battle heavily damaged and partially repaired. Her crew often took her underwater to repair her, out of the range of the cannons. After coming last in the previous ship battle, she redeemed herself this time, good job lads!
• Teletub – Received moderate damage within the fist 20 minutes of the battle, and needed a lot of repairs to the front and port (left) side. Her cannons were being knocked out frequently, and she suffered a lot of frontal damage when coming under fire from the Royal Narwhal and the Flounder at the same time. She was critically damaged when a player got on board and placed TNT on her main deck, blowing up the main deck, all remaining cannons, taking out two masts (detaching the wool from the ship), and leaving a huge hole at the front and side of the ship. She surrendered within 30 seconds.
• Flounder – Received minor damage in the first half, but later received critical damage within the last 15 minutes and was sunk by fire mostly from the Royal Narhwal. She is officially the first ship to be sunk by cannon fire during a battle, as all previous ships were always disables rather than sunk. Her design was very unique, featuring a detachable top part, and being circular in design. Her wreck now lies on the seafloor, and with permission from its owners, I would like to keep her there as a memorial 🙂 @bazurka
• The Wicked Wolf – A worthy successor to the Lone Ship. Once again, this small ship entered armoured only with wooden planks, with a few cannons, and a crew of 4. She put up a good fight for the first 25 minutes of the battle, was but eventually battered by both the Teletub and Royal Narwhal, leading to her crew being unable to fix her in time. Once out of the battle, she was once again hastily repaired and taken back to port, ready for another battle.
• DimondKnight’s Ship – Received heavy damage within the first 30 minutes of the battle. By dimensions, this was the largest ship in the battle, but being armoured with only wood, she could not hold up under sustained fire from the Teletub. Once she started to engage the Teletub, she quickly had two of her masts detached, leaving her stranded. A few volleys from the Teletub killed most of her crew, and she was eventually fully disabled.
• Jammin’s Ship – Entered 1 hour into the battle (rare exception), but after only 4 cannonball hits from the Teletub, she was was heavily damaged. However, she did manage to to some decent damage to the Teletub within its 5 minute lifespan.

Next ship battle: 7pm UK time/2pm EST (one hour earlier than before), next Saturday – I may not make it that day in which case The_Network will probably moderate the battle
The next ship battle will be ships only – no submarines. I will host a submarine-only battle the following Saturday.