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Which battlecruiser survives the Channel simulations?

The Harpoon runs punish every battlecruiser committed to the confined fight, while HMS New Zealand survives because scenario movement sometimes pulls her away after transports.

Question

Which British battlecruisers survive the modeled Channel battle?

Short answer

Ships absent from the battle are safest; among those committed, HMS New Zealand survives every modeled run, apparently because she is sometimes drawn away to pursue liners.

Notes

The Harpoon runs are simulation evidence, not a prediction of a historical result. Battlecruisers committed to the Channel usually suffer heavily because confined water erases their speed advantage and exposes light protection at close range. HMS New Zealand survives all twenty runs and is sometimes the only operational British capital ship left. Her survival follows from scenario movement: she can be detached to chase liners and return from a different position. The result illustrates the battlecruiser force's vulnerability without treating a wargame output as certain.