Royal Navy RNAS Culdrose Submarine Hunting Training Hex Grid Professional War Game

All aboard for ‘BattleShips’ to test submarine hunting skills. Trainees @RNASCuldrose 824 Squadron’s Merlin Training Facility are playing tactical games designed & made by the instructors. Wargames date back to WW2. The games featuring real @NATO scenarios are making a comeback. pic.twitter.com/12EvE3ERk7

— BBC Radio Cornwall (@BBCCornwall) December 18, 2019

Some of my naval wargaming readers may be interested in this professional Wargames news story which I picked up through Twitter and on BBC local radio in the Southwest UK.

Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN, 19 December 2019

On every naval aviator’s #Christmas list. NOW AVAILABLE at all good training establishments.

Instructors at Culdrose have designed a set of games to help trainee aircrew learn how to hunt for submarines.

This is not about playing games.
This is about learning tactics by doing. pic.twitter.com/OEOJC7ZOpP

— RNAS Culdrose (@RNASCuldrose) December 16, 2019

A few Twitter pics of hexes and the tactical board game instructions:

Some more photos and videos can be seen here:

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2019/december/13/191213-culdrose-boardgames