Political statements are well and good, but what sort of political statement does having the prestige equivelent of a capital ship having to flee from a few cruisers make? In the end it was a warship which failed it's first test against the lower end of it's range of opponents, thus I consider it a failure.
Perhaps if the PBs could operate with a German light cruiser in support they might have been able to use the heavy armament to win the River Platte. But German light cruisers weren't much chop either, so that idea is out.
Perhaps if the PBs could operate with a German light cruiser in support they might have been able to use the heavy armament to win the River Platte. But German light cruisers weren't much chop either, so that idea is out.