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Repulse alongside Renown at the Lofoten action

Adding Repulse to Renown changes the Lofoten action through shared fire-control information, more accurate heavy-gun salvos, and experienced crews.

Question

How would the Lofoten action develop if Repulse accompanied Renown?

Short answer

Shared fire control and Repulse's experienced crew would probably turn the chase into a damaging British victory, though Repulse would remain vulnerable.

Notes

Renown could pass firing information to Repulse, increasing the effective weight and hit probability of their combined fifteen-inch fire even though Repulse lacked Renown's modernization. The German ships could still hurt Repulse with eleven-inch guns, but accumulated damage might force Scharnhorst to abandon Gneisenau or stay in a losing two-on-two fight. The likely result is British damage followed by a British victory, with any escaping German ship vulnerable to later interception.