Re: Dogfight Bismark

Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jun 30, 1:17 pm, Vince <fire...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
deemsb...@xxxxxxx wrote:
On Jun 30, 8:04 am, Vince <fire...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Warspite wrote:
Vince ha scritto:
Britain controlled the North sea in the same way the
Germans controlled the baltic
Witch you think was more important for the German economy,
North sea o Baltic Sea?
Germany's strategic position at sea was hopeless. The UK sits
like a cork in the bottle.
Not if the HSF could take out the RN.
Vince
nonsense the HSF are coal burners. They don't have the range or
staying power to project maritime power west of the UK Which is
what would be needed. Its about 900 sea miles to the western
approaches, 50 hours steaming at full speed

And what do they do when they get there?

to "take out" the Grand fleet they need to be bigger then he grand fleet. If they invest that much in the fleet the french army tears
them apart.

Maritime war is not about battles. Its about seaborne commerce.
In an era of coal fired ships and no aircraft Germany cannot
disrupt British seaborne commerce from bases in Germany.

But British ships were coal fired too or are you referring to the
fact that since nuclear fuel had not been discovered, the whole plot
could not be written otherwise?

They were closer to the coal and bases in the western approaches
Huge advantage


If not then the fact that rapid firepower was not built into RN ships
could have been mitigated with an ounce of sense or patience per ship's captain?

I have no idea what you are proposing


Vince



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