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6/6/2025, 12:05:08 PM
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For the German navy there isn't really a surface ship that really could have described as being distinguished that I can think of as its not really a case of the Germans being good but the Brits massively dropping the ball. They spent the majority of wars sitting in dock as they knew moment they went to open sea they'd get clapped hard.
>inb4 le sinking of the Hood, Glorious and battle of ze Jutland
Hood should have never been sent out in the condition she was in. She was literally falling apart and was several years overdue an overhaul. If the Brits could have used any other capitalship at the Denmark Straight they would have.
If the Captain of the Glorious survived he'd have been courtmartialed for gross incompetence for doing absolutely everything he shouldn't have done leading up the ambush.
Jutland was basically Brits not bothering to resolve issues that some of the admiralty were screaming about before the battle and Beatty being a complete tool.
Now there are exceptions for the Germans and that is their Merchant Raiders. They were highly effective, even more so than u-boats in terms of shipping sunk. Kormoran in particular was notable as she not only got a fair few ships but also took out HMAS Sydney. She had to be scuttled after said engagement but it was still an impressive feat.
For the Japanese Mogami was more a hilarious ship than anything for having the worst luck imaginable. She once infamously fired off a torpedo spread that managed to sink 5 transports that all belonged to the Japanese army.
As for a few honorable mentions is that USS Marblehead had an interesting voyage early war and basically did a round the world trip which when she showed up in New York everyone was surprised cause they thought she was sunk. There was also an Ital sub that also did a rather impressive round the world trip as well as it was designed mainly to operate near the coast, not deep water, forget the name of it though.
For the German navy there isn't really a surface ship that really could have described as being distinguished that I can think of as its not really a case of the Germans being good but the Brits massively dropping the ball. They spent the majority of wars sitting in dock as they knew moment they went to open sea they'd get clapped hard.
>inb4 le sinking of the Hood, Glorious and battle of ze Jutland
Hood should have never been sent out in the condition she was in. She was literally falling apart and was several years overdue an overhaul. If the Brits could have used any other capitalship at the Denmark Straight they would have.
If the Captain of the Glorious survived he'd have been courtmartialed for gross incompetence for doing absolutely everything he shouldn't have done leading up the ambush.
Jutland was basically Brits not bothering to resolve issues that some of the admiralty were screaming about before the battle and Beatty being a complete tool.
Now there are exceptions for the Germans and that is their Merchant Raiders. They were highly effective, even more so than u-boats in terms of shipping sunk. Kormoran in particular was notable as she not only got a fair few ships but also took out HMAS Sydney. She had to be scuttled after said engagement but it was still an impressive feat.
For the Japanese Mogami was more a hilarious ship than anything for having the worst luck imaginable. She once infamously fired off a torpedo spread that managed to sink 5 transports that all belonged to the Japanese army.
As for a few honorable mentions is that USS Marblehead had an interesting voyage early war and basically did a round the world trip which when she showed up in New York everyone was surprised cause they thought she was sunk. There was also an Ital sub that also did a rather impressive round the world trip as well as it was designed mainly to operate near the coast, not deep water, forget the name of it though.
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