British WW1 Battlecruisers

Following the German Battlecruiser Squadrons, here are the British Battlecruiser Squadrons from the Battle of Jutland.  These Navwar models need rebasing to really do them justice.  I guess I'll have to dust them off and start the rebasing over the winter.

 The fleet flagship and 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, front HMS Lion (fleet flagship) and HMS Tiger, rear HMS Princess Royal (squadron flagship) and HMS Queen Mary.

The fleet flagship, HMS Lion, typical of the class and similar to HMS Princess Royal and HMS Queen Mary.



HMS Tiger



The 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron flagship, HMS New Zealand

 HMS Indefatigable

5th Battle Squadron front left HMS Barham (flagship), HMS Valiant, rear HMS Warspite and HMS Malaya.

 HMS Barham, typical of the class making up the 5th Battle Squadron.

By 1916, the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron was very much out of place in a fleet action against anything heavier than cruisers.  Even the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron was pretty vulnerable when trading salvos with capital ships.  The 5th Battle Squadron provided the muscle that the Battlecruiser Fleet so badly needed.

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WW1 German battlecruisers

I was asked what the Navwar 1:3000 WW1 battleships look like, so here is the 1st Scouting Group ready to refight the Battle of Jutland.

The entire group, SMS Lutzow at the front, second row SMS Derfflinger and SMS Seydlitz, back row, SMS Moltke and SMS Von der Tann.

 SMS Lutzow (in the foreground)

 SMS Derfflinger

 SMS Seydlitz

 SMS Moltke

 SMS Von der Tann

With the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War fast approaching and the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland coming up in 2016, I shall have to dust off the fleets and seek out a set of playable rules to get these ships in action.  Then all I'll need is a gymnasium to play out the battle in.

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