Admiral Beez
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I'd forgotten that, thanks.All four Brandenburg-class ships were in the pacific during the Boxer rebellion, Kaiser and König Albert also paid a visit to Chile pre WW1.
I'd forgotten that, thanks.All four Brandenburg-class ships were in the pacific during the Boxer rebellion, Kaiser and König Albert also paid a visit to Chile pre WW1.
All four Brandenburg-class ships were in the pacific during the Boxer rebellion, Kaiser and König Albert also paid a visit to Chile pre WW1.
In peactime coalburning ships could make use of all sorts of replenishment sources, like most ports at the time, as well as other ships, since transfer of coal is done by hand, not by hoses and pumps, the later being a must with oil fired ships. This made older coalburners more flexible in terms of getting them around when wished for, where oil fired ships were handicapped by the supply and logistics. Gunboat diplomacy mainly is coupled to the era of coalburning ships, as later, when the shift was made to oil fired vessels, the problems of fueling became appearent.
In a military use, coal had one major defect, which is the loss of power, the longer a coalburner is in full action, as fatigue of the stokers will play in then, resulting in less boilerpower the longer the ship has to steam at full power. Oil is more user friendly in this case, despite the logistical issues. This is why warships started to shift from coal to oil first, followed by merchant vessels.
Odd. Later steam locomotives had the coal fed by augers into the furnace. Why couldn't coal fired naval ships do the same?I
In a military use, coal had one major defect, which is the loss of power, the longer a coalburner is in full action, as fatigue of the stokers will play in then, resulting in less boilerpower the longer the ship has to steam at full power. Oil is more user friendly in this case, despite the logistical issues. This is why warships started to shift from coal to oil first, followed by merchant vessels.
Odd. Later steam locomotives had the coal fed by augers into the furnace. Why couldn't coal fired naval ships do the same?
Off topic, I know.
It may have been possible in the early part of the war (pre-Barbarossa) with the help of Russia.
Send the ship north around the Russian coast, refuelling as necessary.
.... what technology would the KMS BB take with it?
They've blockaded Germany; at that point they can stop any neutral shipping to and from Germany (and later, German-occupied territories). That holds true for warships just as much as for merchant vessels.Only way I can see a German capital ship getting to the Pacific post Sept 39 is if the Germans sell one to the neutral Japanese. Would the Royal Navy have the right to attack a Japanese flagged vessel before Dec 41 even if it had German crew on board.
Only way I can see a German capital ship getting to the Pacific post Sept 39 is if the Germans sell one to the neutral Japanese. Would the Royal Navy have the right to attack a Japanese flagged vessel before Dec 41 even if it had German crew on board.
They've blockaded Germany; at that point they can stop any neutral shipping to and from Germany (and later, German-occupied territories). That holds true for warships just as much as for merchant vessels.
It would be real reach but it would make for an interesting alternate history have the Kriegsmarine operating a battleship in the Pacific with the Japanese navy
Depending on baseWould any of the KM Capital ships have the range to work with the Japanese.
Would the British attack the german ship that they sold to japan of its crewed by Japanese crew with Japanese flag
It would be a diplomatic decision as to whether or not to do it, but legally they certainly could (especially as it likely wouldn't have been commissioned as a Japanese ship until it arrived in Japan. On the other hand, as noted, the trade would never actually happen (as neither Japan nor Germany would have any interest in such a deal), but if for some unknown reason it did, and for some unknown reason the UK wanted to stop it, they certainly could cite legal precedent.I know neutral Merchant shipping could be stopped to check that no war material was being carried to an enemy port. Stopping a neutral warship heading away from an enemy port I wouldnt like to be the captain of the RN ship who had to do the stopping isnt that a declaration of war.