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The wiki-articles about this guy, the german as well as the english, state, that on 9.August 1914 von Essen was going/doing a raid towards Gotland with parts of his Baltic fleet
... to contain the Swedish navy and deliver a note of his own making ...
but was ordered back. An order he actually followed.
But ...
what if ...
for some reasons ... he would not ?
What was his force made up of in terms of ships ?
What was the swedish navy force made of in terms of ships ? ... esp. the part von Essen was aiming at ?
Where was this swedish force at the time of this raid ?
Being praised as the most capable russian admiral, how might have such a battle ended ?