I have been working through a list of the shipping that would be available in the first few hours of an attempted German invasion of Britain assuming a date after 20th September 1940. Please note this is NOT a "the Germans had this so they could defeat the RN" discussion I'm just looking for opinions on the relative merits of each type of vessel listed (see attached PDF). The information had been taken from several sources including uboat.net, naval-history.net, german-navy.de and Jane's Fighting Ships of World War Two.
The German ships shown are the ones listed as being earmarked for Sealion although there were many others available in the various ports. The British ships listed are those that could have been available within a few hours of the invasion fleet setting sail with the exception of the Tribal Class Destroyers as they were stationed in Rosyth and would presumably not have been available for the first engagements. I have included these for comparison purposes only.
Please note that there is space on the document to enter further information on each ship/class of ship and others can be added. Also note I have note included each class of RN Destroyer as there are just too many variations so I have chosen the best, the most typical and the worst as three examples.
Please don't turn this into an argument if you can help it, this thrad is here purely to try to gain knowledge ... Thanks.
P.S. If you think there is something wrong, technical details etc. please shout out, the list can only be as good as the information provided.
The German ships shown are the ones listed as being earmarked for Sealion although there were many others available in the various ports. The British ships listed are those that could have been available within a few hours of the invasion fleet setting sail with the exception of the Tribal Class Destroyers as they were stationed in Rosyth and would presumably not have been available for the first engagements. I have included these for comparison purposes only.
Please note that there is space on the document to enter further information on each ship/class of ship and others can be added. Also note I have note included each class of RN Destroyer as there are just too many variations so I have chosen the best, the most typical and the worst as three examples.
Please don't turn this into an argument if you can help it, this thrad is here purely to try to gain knowledge ... Thanks.
P.S. If you think there is something wrong, technical details etc. please shout out, the list can only be as good as the information provided.