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The Kriegsmarine in Operation Sealion


Admiral Erich Raeder commander of the Kriegsmarine:

Admiral Erich Raeder commander of the Kriegsmarine
The principal job of the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, in Operation Sealion would have been to transport the ground forces to England, provide resupply, and prevent attacks during this process by the Home Fleet of the British Royal Navy.

This was a daunting task for a number of reasons, not least that the Kriegsmarine was heavily outnumbered by the British Royal Navy - the ratio of ships was something like 5:1:

   Kriegsmarine   Royal Navy 
 Capital Ships   1   5 
 Cruisers   1   11 
 Destroyers   10   53 
 Submarines/Destroyers on Convoy Duty   20-30 U-Boats   23 Destroyers 


Additionally, simply transporting the German troops across the Channel, even without British opposition, was a major problem: Unlike the British and American navies, the Kriegsmarine did not have amphibious landing ships or experience.

Given the lack of landing craft, a plan was made to adapt barges and create rafts for transporting the invasion fleet. This was highly risky, as the barges were slow, had poor seaworthiness (they could be sank by a destroyer simply passing by nearby), and were undermanned - the Germans simply did not have enough men with nautical experience.




 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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