Torpedo Run - Battleship Board Game

If you asked me to name, one of the first Battleship board games (that I ever played) - then I would say, Torpedo Run!

My Destroyer's been hit! Or at least it felt like it, whilst I hounded my parents, to go get me this game :) This game had the biggest board, that I had ever seen: at 34.5 x 46.5 inches ... Perhaps it was this, that made me feel (at the time), that I was in command, of a large Naval Fleet - perhaps in the Pacific? In any case, the aim of the game was of course, to sink your opponents fleet ... And a formidable Naval fleet, it was indeed: one Commander's Battleship (guess which ship I was on/in?), three Cruiser/Destroyer support ships (each sub-servant to the Battleship), and one Submarine shooter (the Achilles heel - of the enemy fleet). As such, the Submarine shooter was equipped, with red projectiles - that you fired, at the enemy warships. Each warship in turn, had small gaps in the bottom, which the projectiles could enter, causing your ship to blow up! In the case of the Battleship, it had five such points, and only when all associated structures had been blown off - did this Dreadnought sink. These structures were representative, of the Conning Tower (on the Cruisers), and both the Conning Towers (front and back), and three Naval Gun Turrets - on the Battleship. I especially liked the fact, that this game represented, the relative power/hierarchy, of a Cruiser to a Battleship: the Cruisers were in-front of the Battleship (from memory), and as such, would (usually) be damaged/sunk first. Yet a Battleship, was much larger (hence the five damage points - compared to just one, for the Cruiser), so in many respects, it was easier to hit (if your Cruisers were not positioned correctly, and/or had already been sunk!). I remember being impressed with the size of the Battleship (the model was over 14 inches long), together with the details of the Battleship (which included - both primary and secondary, naval gun turrets) and thinking to myself: there's no way you'll sink this :) But alas, the game was representative (in iron sight), of the very weapons - that helped to finish off, the dominance of the battleship (during World War Two). As those red projectiles, were indeed - torpedoes! I remember thinking, that I could work around this (game play) challenge, by turning my Battleship, around the other way :) In effect, I'd fitted my Battleship, with anti-torpedo nets ... There's no way that my opponent, would ever notice of course :) Overall: a classic board game, with some decent (game play) models, of Battleships and Cruisers - and a large playing board, that kept us entertained for hours. It left an impression on me, as I still have the warships, around here somewhere - but perhaps slightly ironic, I have not seen the board, for quite a few years now ... Such a big board it was to: at 34.5 x 46.5 inches, it's Torpedo Run! you know, and where am I? Well ... Still on my Commander's Battleship, moving that Cruiser here :)