I have a game as Japan circa 1924 I believe, I ran a fleet Exercise between two Mikasa class battleships. One was sunk. Here is the details. I am still getting the hang of this.
21 05:30 BB Mikasa has less than 50% fuel remaining!
21 05:31 Game autosaved
21 05:34 BB Mikasa sights an unknown ship
21 05:36 BB Mikasa identifies unknown ship as TR
21 05:39 BB Mikasa identifies TR as BB Mikasa-class
21 05:40 BB Mikasa-class opens fire at BB Mikasa!
21 05:40 BB Mikasa opens fire at BB Mikasa-class!
21 05:43 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:44 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 05:44 BB Mikasa-class Hit21 05:45 BB Mikasa-class fires 8 medium guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:45 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:47 BB Mikasa-class fires 8 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 05:47 BB Mikasa Hull hit21 05:47 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:48 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 05:48 BB Mikasa Turret A hit TT21 05:49 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 2 hits
21 05:49 BB Mikasa Hull hit DE *21 05:49 BB Mikasa Engine room hit B21 05:50 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 medium guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 05:50 BB Mikasa Turret J hit T21 05:50 BB Mikasa fires 7 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! 1 hits
21 05:50 BB Mikasa-class Hit21 05:51 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! 1 hits
21 05:51 BB Mikasa Hull hit BE *
21 05:52 BB Mikasa-class fires 8 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! 2 hits
21 05:52 BB Mikasa Engine room hit B21 05:52 BB Mikasa Turret Y hit T Turret disabled21 05:56 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:57 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:58 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 05:59 BB Mikasa-class fires 9 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! 1 hits
21 05:59 BB Mikasa Superstructure hit * 21 05:59 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:00 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:01 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:02 BB Mikasa-class fires 8 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:02 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:03 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 medium guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:03 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:04 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 06:04 BB Mikasa Hull hit DE *21 06:05 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 2 hits
21 06:05 BB Mikasa Hull hit B *21 06:05 BB Mikasa Near miss!
21 06:06 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:06 BB Mikasa fires 6 6in guns at BB Mikasa-class! 1 hits
21 06:06 BB Mikasa-class Hit
21 06:06 BB Mikasa-class fires 8 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 06:06 BB Mikasa Engine room hit B21 06:07 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:08 BB Mikasa-class fires 7 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 06:08 BB Mikasa Hull hit21 06:08 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:09 BB Mikasa fires 4 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:09 BB Mikasa fires 6 6in guns at BB Mikasa-class! 1 hits
21 06:09 BB Mikasa-class Hit21 06:10 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:11 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! 1 hits
21 06:11 BB Mikasa-class Hit21 06:11 BB Mikasa-class fires 6 medium guns at BB Mikasa! 1 hits
21 06:11 BB Mikasa Fore/aft hull hit *
21 06:12 BB Mikasa-class fires 6 medium guns at BB Mikasa! 1 hits
21 06:12 BB Mikasa Hull passthrough hit *21 06:12 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 06:12 BB Mikasa-class Hit
21 06:13 BB Mikasa fires 5 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:14 BB Mikasa fires 6 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
21 06:14 BB Mikasa-class fires 9 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 1 hits
21 06:14 BB Mikasa Turret Y hit TT Turret disabled21 06:14 BB Mikasa-class fires 5 medium guns at BB Mikasa! 1 hits
21 06:14 BB Mikasa Engine room hit B21 06:15 BB Mikasa-class fires 6 heavy guns at BB Mikasa! Target straddled! 3 hits
21 06:15 BB Mikasa Superstructure hit * 21 06:15 BB Mikasa Turret G hit T Turret disabled21 06:15 BB Mikasa Turret J hit TT21 06:15 BB Mikasa fires 4 11in guns at BB Mikasa-class! Target straddled! 0 hits
Note: In all the firing from just outside max range to half max range when the exercise ended with the sinking, only two superstructure hits. Just two. The enemy battleship fire 336 round and scored 46 hits but only two were on the superstructure. That's about 4.3%. This wasn't a perfect exercise, you have to try different scenarios, but this is how you test your ships and theories properly. Test, test and test again your ship designs. I wish we could develop a fleet test exercise section that would allow you to build different ships in theory and run fleet exercises on them. That would be excellent.