Prinz Eugen In 1945

Guys,
Could Britains for big gun battleships KGV, DOY, Nelson and Rondey trap her in a Fjord, then signal her, and tell her crew they have five minutes to come out or the DD's come in after her.. But what do you think? And explain it to me ok..
Nikki

The destroyers head up the fjord and torpedo the Prinz Eugen - or the battle group calls in some aircraft and the Prinz Eugen is given a sampling of what there is in store for it if it doesn't come out. Basically, the Germans surrender and steam out or they can scuttle the ship there.
 
The destroyers head up the fjord and torpedo the Prinz Eugen - or the battle group calls in some aircraft and the Prinz Eugen is given a sampling of what there is in store for it if it doesn't come out. Basically, the Germans surrender and steam out or they can scuttle the ship there.

But what about the parrots? Those Norweigen Blues with the lovely plumage?

dilvish
 
You guys thing im crazy, dont you??
NIKKI

I doubt that it goes that far, but there does seem to be a consensus that the scenario as presented is unworkable.

Dont be discouraged, however. I dont think that there are many board members who havent run into this problem at some point. Just sit back, find something that interests you, and try again.
 
I would imagine that most the sailors are pretty happy to have surrendered, and would beat the crap out of anyone trying to cause them trouble in the exercise of this

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Grey Wolf
 
hay, i am not. i just like Prinz Eugen. why couldnt this happen: Battleships KGV, DOY, Nelson and Rondey trap her in a Fjord, then signal her, and tell her crew they have five minutes to come out or the DD's come in after her.. But what do you think? And explain it to me ok..
 
hay, i am not. i just like Prinz Eugen. why couldnt this happen: Battleships KGV, DOY, Nelson and Rondey trap her in a Fjord, then signal her, and tell her crew they have five minutes to come out or the DD's come in after her.. But what do you think? And explain it to me ok..

You've got a very bad habit of repeating yourself like a broken record - if you know what that is. This scenario has been explained before to you, do we need to repeat the answers?

To keep from surrendering the crew of the Prinz Eugen detonates the main magazines and blows the ship up. End of scenario.
 
It is inaccurate, implausible, cliched, and a bit silly. So expect it to be picked up by a major studio within 6-8 weeks.

;)

Ha! :) The Sci-Fi channel would pick this up for sure. Seems like every other week they have something along the lines of Giant Dung Beatles from Hades! or something ... so I'm sure they would find time for this. And ... in all honesty I would make a point to watch something like this.
 
Guys.
I have ADD, so that why! all im saying is WHAT IF, that all. but why cant PE do it. she would've give britian and the US a run for they money, and by this time, they we able to grab her, they would have to tow her, back to scapa flow NAval base in scotland.
Nikki
 
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Guys.
I have ADD, so that why! all im saying is WHAT IF, that all. but why cant PE do it. she would've give britian and the US a run for they money, and by this time, they we able to grab her, they would have to tow her, back to scapa flow NAval base in scotland.
Nikki
I suppose its not so much a matter of it being impossible as it requiring the protagonists to act in an unlikely manner. Fact is, most of the crew of the Prinz Eugen would be relativly happy to be surrendered to the allies, its to late in the war for the die-hard nazis to accomplish anything, and there isnt anywere better to run. And then it assumes that the Eugen gets itself trapped in a fjord (not to hard), and that the allies allow them to reach its' relative shelter, before threatening to send battlewagons in to the confined waters to finish thejob rather than hitting it with naval aviation bombers (not to mention the actual offering to accept a surrender first). There are to many obstacles, and to many other, simpler ways for the allies to finish the job.
 

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A slightly different view

High gang; I am a noobie on line here but I have been following the Prinze Eugen thread previously. There have been a number of good ideas where she may run to, sadly, they seem to always end in her distruction. I have a slightly different view for another direction. I call it "Voyage into fate-the last combat cruise of the of the heavy cruiser Prinze Eugen-Feb/Mar1946". I want to take certain death and turn it into a fighting chance to live. I don't want to jack anyones thread but if ya'll want me to develop it I will. I await your decisions. Respectfully, Rick K.
 
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High gang; I am a noobie on line here but I have been following the Prinze Eugen thread previously. There have been a number of good ideas where she may run to, sadly, they seem to always end in her distruction. I have a slightly different view for another direction. I call it "Voyage into fate-the last combat cruise of the of the heavy cruiser Prinze Eugen-Feb/Mar1946". I want to take certain death and turn it into a fighting chance to live. I don't want to jack anyones thread but if ya'll want me to develop it I will. I await your decisions. Respectfully, Rick K.

Why don't you develop a likely ATL, which is more than Shuttlefan101 did, and then post it. If its a voyage into fiction we'll let you know, but its got to be grounded in fact to some degree - besides there being a German heavy cruiser named Prinz Eugen.
 
Another thing to consider is, the officers and crew of the DKM Prinz Eugen all had families back in Germany, hostages to their good behavior.
 
OK, If Her First CO, Helmuth Brinkmann was with her not Hans-jürgen Reinicke, would she have been better off with him or would Hel still have to give her UP? Rick, go head and put it up, anything to get this tread back up:).. O and another thing im prond of the thread!
Nikki
 
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