1916 Draws to a close

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I wanted to finish off the Grand Fleet and I succeeded.
Sending all my available ships North towards Scapa Flow, I soon met the remnants of the once mighty Grand Fleet.
But the bulk of the Grand fleet didn't seem interested, only Benbow and Monarch saild straight at me at 18 knots, I targeted Monarch, and turned to port to bring all guns to bear, firing started just on 16:20, and by 16:37 Monarch was gone, I now began to pound Benbow. Still the rest of the GF sailed away, I could scarcely believe my eyse, Benbow was hit again and again, her speed dropping off, but she was hitting my ships, she eventuaslly succumed to her damage at 16:55, I had damage to Konig Albert, Kronprinz, and Markgraf, I headed home to to repair and rest, for the final battle.

 

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Part II, The final Battle
It was now early October, and I was anxious to finish off the GF, I had constantly been mining Scarp Flow and the sea around here for Two months, I had not sighted any of the surviving cats, Tiger, PR, and QM.
My fleet of 10 ships, faced off against a mix of 8 different classes of BB's, I was hampered by FDG, she had significant hull damage this slowed my fleet to 13 knots, the British were making 18.
I turned to port to bring all guns on to target, and ordered torpedoes fired, my first target was Agincourt, in 3rd place, however my first vitory was Hercules. Torpedoes disrupted the british line, Vanguard altered course to starboard then port, at 13:02 she sank under a barrage of shells.
I continued to pound away at the British, the range was under 4000 yards now. Collingwood, Neptune, St Vincent were smashed, Royal Sovereign blew up at 13:09, by 13:11 Agincourt and Revenge were reduced to sinking condition.
My victory was complete, but 4 of my ships were lost Kaiserin, Kaiser, Thurngen, and Ostfriesland.

 

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That night the escorts that had been accompaning the BB's made a suicidal attack on my fleet, I destroyed all of them.

 

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The war Comes to an End
December 10 1916, demoralised by the defeat of the Grand Fleet Britian enters in to peace talks with Germany, France follows suit, and the war comes to a close after 2 years.
Germany now enters a period of stability, and continues to rebuild her fleet, The Royal Navy struggles to keep personel in uniform, and there is little money to rebuild her fleet.