This one is a really minor one compared to the others, but I guess it can be quite fun.
This is the German Kriegsmarine OOB:
For our purposes, we're going to be focusing on the first group, centered around the pre-dread Schlweswig-Holstein, and comprising 4 minesweepers (one of which was armed with a 10.5 cm gun, the rest with probably only a 7.5 cm each), 6 armed fishing trawlers (let's give them each a 20mm gun) and two cargo ships, all of them packed with infantry.
The S-H had four 28cm guns in twin turrets, 240mm belt and a whole bunch of lighter armament.
She briefly ran aground for 10.5 hours, during which Germany's other pre-dreadnaught, Schlesien, came in to receive some of the infantry the S-H was carrying. (The Schlesien had identical armament, and it would seem both ships had rather green crews, as they were used for training).
Against this motley force of two pre-dreadnoughts (one of which is immobilized and the other stationary near it) and ten light craft comes the mighty Danish navy:
At its center is the Peder Skram, a coastal defense ship with:
2 x 24 cm Guns
4 x 15 cm Guns
10 x 75 mm Guns
2 x 37 mm Guns
4 x 45 cm Torpedo Tubes
She could manage 16 knots, and had armour of 155-195 mm.
Also present is the Niels Juel, which is a sort of strange ship part coastal battleship, part light cruiser. She had 10 x 15cm guns and two torpedo tubes, similar armour to the Peder Skram and only managed 14.5 knots.
Finally, there would be 10 torpedo boats - six of them older variants that could make 24.6 knots, and four newer ones that could get up to 27 knots.
Let's also throw in two of the Danish minesweepers that were armed with 1 x 7.5 cm gun each, cos why not?)
Can the Danish TBs (or even the coastal battleship) close the distance and finish off the German heavies with their torpedoes, or will their fate be similar to the charge of the light brigade?
This is the German Kriegsmarine OOB:
For our purposes, we're going to be focusing on the first group, centered around the pre-dread Schlweswig-Holstein, and comprising 4 minesweepers (one of which was armed with a 10.5 cm gun, the rest with probably only a 7.5 cm each), 6 armed fishing trawlers (let's give them each a 20mm gun) and two cargo ships, all of them packed with infantry.
The S-H had four 28cm guns in twin turrets, 240mm belt and a whole bunch of lighter armament.
She briefly ran aground for 10.5 hours, during which Germany's other pre-dreadnaught, Schlesien, came in to receive some of the infantry the S-H was carrying. (The Schlesien had identical armament, and it would seem both ships had rather green crews, as they were used for training).
Against this motley force of two pre-dreadnoughts (one of which is immobilized and the other stationary near it) and ten light craft comes the mighty Danish navy:
At its center is the Peder Skram, a coastal defense ship with:
2 x 24 cm Guns
4 x 15 cm Guns
10 x 75 mm Guns
2 x 37 mm Guns
4 x 45 cm Torpedo Tubes
She could manage 16 knots, and had armour of 155-195 mm.
Also present is the Niels Juel, which is a sort of strange ship part coastal battleship, part light cruiser. She had 10 x 15cm guns and two torpedo tubes, similar armour to the Peder Skram and only managed 14.5 knots.
Finally, there would be 10 torpedo boats - six of them older variants that could make 24.6 knots, and four newer ones that could get up to 27 knots.
Let's also throw in two of the Danish minesweepers that were armed with 1 x 7.5 cm gun each, cos why not?)
| Germany | Denmark |
| Schleswig-Holstein (immobilized) Schlesien (stationary) 4 minesweepers 6 armed trawlers | Peder Skram Niels Juel 10 torpedo boats 2 minesweepers |
Can the Danish TBs (or even the coastal battleship) close the distance and finish off the German heavies with their torpedoes, or will their fate be similar to the charge of the light brigade?
