War against the USA as England

[Sven]

Hi,

Is it a good strategy to send your Battlefleet over the Atlantic to blockade the East Coast? I am not really sure since i don't think that Canada can support such a large fleet (no, base not increased, capacity 140 i think). I do not want my fleet to scuttle or to be interned.

So, just sit it out an fight a merchant war (and risking to lose your american possessions) or do it 1812-style?

any ideas or experiences regarding what happens with your fleet if you base it in Canada?

[oldpop2000]

Historically, after WWI ended, the US restarted its planning for a war against the British after the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. They planned that the British would reinforce Canada as a precursor to an invasion of the US. They also planned for ancillary operations against US possessions in the western Pacific and the Caribbean. The bulk of the British fleet would wait in the Atlantic to pounce on the smaller US fleet. The British were given the color of Red in the color plans. Naval planners believe that British possessions in the West Indies were more decisive strategically than Canada. Starting in 1922, Fleet problems were conducted in the Caribbean, near the Panama Canal. The opponents were the British and the Germans.

[gornik]

Oct 27, 2015 2:44:17 GMT -6 Sven said:

Hi,

Is it a good strategy to send your Battlefleet over the Atlantic to blockade the East Coast? I am not really sure since i don't think that Canada can support such a large fleet (no, base not increased, capacity 140 i think). I do not want my fleet to scuttle or to be interned.

So, just sit it out an fight a merchant war (and risking to lose your american possessions) or do it 1812-style?

any ideas or experiences regarding what happens with your fleet if you base it in Canada?

I had nearly similar experience, trying to take distant colonies with fleet. When support is insufficient (but still above zero), ships nearly never interned (at least I never saw any), but suffer much more breakdowns and supply problems. This may lead to reduce efficiency of your fleet as more ships will be under repair. This effects become notable to me when fleet value is more than 1.5-2 of base capacity. I usually send obsolete ships to colonies in danger, controlling their value so it is slightly more than 4:1 proportion needed to invasion and declining battles. In your situation, however, I prefer to send fleet nearly equal to USA - just to see some action among trade war routine

[fredsanford]

Always expand your Canadian (and Bermuda) bases as the UK. Start doing it now, if you expand all of them you should have pretty good capacity. You'll probably still be at war in a year.

Blockade them. Don't send all of your fleet, but keep some ships in reserve back home. When a blockading ship gets has a status that includes an asterisk, they need to go home for a bit. Swap them with your reserve ships. Keep checking each month, and make substitutions as necessary.

[Sven]

Thanks for the good ideas. Will take a look at them.