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   From: keithnospam@demon.co.uk   
      
   Eunometic wrote:   
   > On May 19, 4:20 pm, Dan  wrote:   
   >   
   > The smaller German navy could not afford to damage its ships.   
   > Something called a "lanchestrian scenario" ensures they would quickly   
   > loose all of their ships.   
   >   
   > 1 knot is enough to avoid contact unless there is no place to run due   
   > to other enemy forces or land masses.   
   >   
      
   Or the enemy has an aircraft carrier - the RN had several as Bismarck   
   discovered   
   Or the enemy has radar equipped cruisers to shadow you - see above   
   Or the enemy has effective maritime patrol aircraft - see above   
   Or the enemy has decent sea going destroyers as Scharhorst discovered   
      
   There is a good reason to build balanced fleets.   
      
      
      
      
   >   
   > By the time Iowa was commisioned 2-3 years latter Bismark & Tirpitz   
   > would have been substantially upgraded while H39 would be  launched   
   > (though still fitting out).  For instance better blind fire radar,   
   > more FLAK etc.  Iowa was a better ship cerntainly but it was a latter   
   > more advanced design.   
   >   
      
   No they would either be sunk or hiding in a fiord - oh wait that is   
   what happened.   
      
   Keith   
      
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