The Case of Admiral Graf Spee

01-14-09, 05:00 AM

Yes I agree it's desperate way of fight.

But why a warship is not allowed to be fully repaired in neutral harbour if it even can't normaly sail ? Damn Hague convention is ****!

To loose such a ship in such way ? Common! there had to be a way out without loosing it ?!

On my opinion it could of been enough to repair engines, this was a fast ship and it had big chances breaking away from a pursuing cruisers.
After that a local intel could be done by temporarily recruiting let say a local fisherman with his boat and a german sailor to gather info about how many warships are waiting outside the harbour and which path to choose for escape at night.

I don't believe it was no choise but to scuttle the ship. There was at least a few.

01-14-09, 05:00 AM	#9
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Yes I agree it's desperate way of fight. But why a warship is not allowed to be fully repaired in neutral harbour if it even can't normaly sail ? Damn Hague convention is ***! To loose such a ship in such way ? Common! there had to be a way out without loosing it ?! On my opinion it could of been enough to repair engines, this was a fast ship and it had big chances breaking away from a pursuing cruisers. After that a local intel could be done by temporarily recruiting let say a local fisherman with his boat and a german sailor to gather info about how many warships are waiting outside the harbour and which path to choose for escape at night. I don't believe it was no choise but to scuttle the ship. There was at least a few. Last edited by Contact; 01-14-09 at 05:18 AM.*