Re: Dogfight Bismark

Please list capital ships of the HSF deployed in the Baltic after Jutland.

The fleet units detached for Baltic service were primarily small combatants
and light cruisers, with IIRC, some older pre-Dreadnaught BBs. Major modern
fleet units were kept West of Kiel except for specil service requirements.
Moving them East would alter the balance of power, and have the RN knocking
on the door of HSF anchorages and ports. Some of the capital vessels which
sortied for Jutland never went to sea again (and not just because of
damage).

As for RN deployments to the Baltic, getting there required passing through
the local operating areas favored by the HSF, a more than minor challenge.
Actually, legally getting into the Baltic requires violating Daniah or
Swedish neutrality, a good excuse for German's building of the Kiel Canal.

TMO


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