Review of the British Reserve Fleet Wednesday, 9 August
 

Wish they had put this in GWX for Wednesday, 9 August 1939
Review of the British Reserve Fleet - and other units, totalling 133 ships, took place in WeymouthBay. King George VI arrived in the yacht VICTORIA and ALBERT on the 8th.

http://www.royalnavy-history.net/Pho...enture2NPS.JPGThe ships participating in this Review were battleships RAMILLIES and REVENGE and training ship IRON DUKE, loaned from the Home Fleet, aircraft carrier COURAGEOUS, light cruisers CALEDON, CALYPSO, CAPETOWN, CARADOC, CARDIFF, CERES, COLOMBO, DANAE, DAUNTLESS, DESPATCH, DIOMEDE, DRAGON, DUNEDIN, EFFINGHAM, EMERALD, ENTERPRISE, minelaying cruiser ADVENTURE (right - NavyPhotos), destroyers ACASTA, ACHATES, ACHERON, AMAZON, ANTELOPE, ARDENT, ARROW, BASILISK, BOADICEA, BRAZEN, BRILLIANT, BROKE, ECLIPSE, ELECTRA, ENCOUNTER, ESCAPADE, ESK, EXMOUTH, EXPRESS, KEITH, KEMPENFELT, KEPPEL, MALCOLM, SCIMITAR, SKATE, STURDY, VANESSA, VANQUISHER, VANSITTART, VELOX, VENETIA, VENOMOUS, VERITY, VERSATILE, VESPER, VIDETTE, VIMY, VIVACIOUS, VOLUNTEER, VORTIGERN, WAKEFUL, WALKER, WALPOLE, WANDERER, WARWICK, WATCHMAN, WESSEX, WHIRLWIND, WHITEHALL, WHITLEY, WINCHELSEA, WITCH, WITHERINGTON, WIVERN, WOLVERINE, WREN, submarines H.31, H.32, H.33, H.44, H.49, L 27, OBERON, OSIRIS, OTWAY, SPEARFISH, STURGEON, SWORDFISH, UNITY, URSULA, sloop BITTERN, patrol sloops KINGFISHER, KITTIWAKE, MALLARD, minesweepers BRAMBLE, SALTBURN, SELKIRK, SPHINX, motor torpedo boats MTB.22, MTB.102, motor anti-submarine boats MA/SB.3, MA/SB.4, MA/SB.5, trawlers ALDER, BASSET, BEECH, BERBERIS, CORNELIAN, HORNBEAM, LARCH, MYRTLE, OAK, PEARL, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, TAMARISK, TOPAZE, TOURMALINE, drifters HORIZON, INDIAN SUMMER, MIST, SHEEN, SHOWER, submarine tenders ELFIN, TITANIA, seaplane tender PEGASUS, cable ship LASSO, tug ST FAGAN and boom defence vessel CORONET.

A and B class destroyers ACASTA, ACHATES, ACHERON, AMAZON, ANTELOPE, ANTHONY, ARDENT, ARROW, BASILISK, BEAGLE, BRAZEN were attached to the Reserve Fleet for the Review. All but ACHATES, which was attached to the 6th Submarine Flotilla and arrived at Portland on the 5th, arrived at WeymouthBay on the 8th.

The principal function of this Review was to introduce King George VI to some sixty commanding officers on board light cruiser EFFINGHAM and to inspect the warships prior to re-commissioning.

King George VI went aboard CARDIFF and EFFINGHAM, inspected 1500 Reservists drawn by ballot on the flight deck of COURAGEOUS, inspected the workings of a submarine aboard OTWAY, and went aboard destroyer EXMOUTH and trawler MYRTLE.

The ships of the Reserve Fleet began to disperse to their war stations that night.

All this in one spot would have made Germany the winner if they took them all out at onetime. That would have been something to see.

TBH Most of these ships were next to useless, Courageous was lost in 39 anyway, Iron Duke was just a depot ship and didn't see any action and the two R's were hardly considered front line units

If you tried you put 133 ships in one place in SH3, you'd need a Cray supercomputer to run it. :ping:

And if it was truly realistic you'd sink several ships on August 9, and be shot for attacking neutral warships on August 15.

Hmm, if I sunk that lot would Doenitz make me head of the Kreigsmarine?:hmmm:

Only if you waited until after September 1.