Comments by "John Fisher" (@johnfisher9692) on "The Drydock - Episode 156" video.

Going on from the question about how fast a capital ship can steam from harbour. Just how likely was it the German BC's could be intercepted during their brutal attacks against the purely civilian British seaside towns. Hipper earned the name Baby Killer for these attacks but for some reason gets praised for his bravery?? in steaming at high speed across the North Sea at night, appearing at dawn off and undefended town, spend 10 or so minutes bombarding it, then running for home at full speed. Just how likely was any interception in this situation given the length of time it took to raise sufficeint steam for high speed and the distance from Rosyth to the attacked town, while the German 1stSG was already fleeing at full speed.
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@WALTERBROADDUS That is no answer. My question is, was there any real chance of the BCF ever catching 1stSg as they ran for home at full speed after a short but vicious bombardment. MTB's also would never get there in time as they would have receive word of the attack, organize and then travel from where their base was and HOPE they caught sight of the fleeing Germans, remember NO RADAR. And you would need massive swarms of MTB's to tackle 1stSG and its escorts
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