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Originally Posted by V13dweller
The Auxiliary cruisers can be found as convoy escorts in the Mediterranean
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Originally Posted by V13dweller
...they serve as escort ships, and there are strangely a lot of this one ship. They also see wide service in the Mediterranean...
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German auxiliary cruisers on escort duty in the Mediterranean?
I don't think so for at least 3 reasons:
1. as I said a while back, there were only 9 of these ships in service with Kriegsmarine, not exactly "a lot" considering their wide range of action;
2. their main task was not escorting friendly convoys, but rather taking advantage of their camoufflages and heavy armaments for harassing single enemy merchats;
3. they operated mainly in South Atlantic, South Pacific and Indian Ocean. In the Mediterranean they would have been easily pinned down and, what's more, I doubt they would have made it through Gibraltar safely.
Italian destroyers and corvettes would have been a much more likely option for escorting axis shipping in the Mediterranean. If German auxiliary cruisers are used as escorts in Mare Nostrum and Battle of the Mediterranean, something is wrong with these campaigns... Trevally will have to deal with my complaints
