by Enrique Mas
This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/UK side or from the Red/South Africa side. Is a very simple and introductory scenario, inspired in the limited and criticized Type 45 ASW capabilities.
In April 2015 the British Type 45 air defence-oriented destroyer HMS Dragon was in good will visit to Cape Town and played some ASW exercises against the South African submarine SAS Manthatisi, a ten years old German build and designed Type 209/1400 conventional diesel-electric submarine.
As Type 45 is very criticized because her limited ASW capabilities (and many in the class also without anti-ship missiles), is a good time to essay a situation as that tested in the exercise.
Of course if you sink the enemy unit you win, but is a training exercise and actually shots weren't fired and none was hurt ...
A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the South Africa Battleset and the HCDB-140909 (or later) Database.
You can download both the scenario and the database at HarpGamer.