Cryhavoc101
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I question how effective the Adm. Hippers would be with the 11" guns. Certainly Graf Spee managed to out fight three cruisers, but she effectively suffered a mission kill.
Drop a Scharnhorst in her place (for the actual fight, mevermimd the logistics or practicality) and she would probably have taken the three them apart without much effort.
Cruisers alone would probably mean the British don't send battleships as escorts freeing them up for operations elsewhere, but Scharnhorsts might not mean a battleships with every convoy, and the ones without can be torn into with something close to impunity.
I would be careful with the statement that Graf Spee out fought 3 cruisers - given that the 2 light Cruisers ultimately chased her into a Neutral port and then remained on station ready for round 2 - as it was she was fortunate that she effectively silenced Exeter early in the battle as one of the two 8" shell hits that Exeter scored early in the fight caused the Panzerschiffe all sorts of problems - had HMS Cumberland (the 4th Cruiser of the hunting group not present at the battle) been on scene then its unlikely she would have made it to Montevideo!
And we must mind the Logistics and Practicality (as well as Geography) particulalrly when suggesting using a Fast Battleship as a raider!