RodentRevolution
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True but we shouldn't have the idea that they didn't or couldn't have left the North Sea.
Also coal as a fuel is something that could be filched from target vessels and some coastal installations. It is however a very hand to mouth existence as Graf von Spee found out. The point should be recalled though the Germans did have a relative shortage of cruisers and that their capital ships tended to be short legged meaning they either needed the support of a lot of colliers or would have needed to spend a long time coaling up from prizes rather than hunting.