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CAN GERMANY INVADE ENGLAND?
and Table III shows that, leaving the Channel Fleet out of account and Germany's small reserves in the North and Baltic Seas, Great Britain's North Sea Fleet is numerically much stronger than Germany's High Sea Fleet. These, in themselves, are reassuring facts; but their value is greatly enhanced by the knowledge that the British ships are much larger than the German ships, as will be seen in the following table:
TABLE V
| DISPLACEMENT IN TONS OF BATTLESHIPS AND BATTLE CRUISERS OF FLEETS IN NORTH SEA | ||
| (See Table IIIA) | ||
Great Britain's 1st and 2nd Battle Squadrons of 1st Fleet, and 5th and 6th Battle Squadrons of 2nd Fleet
|
539,450 | tons. |
| (See Table IIIb) | ||
| Germany's 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the High Sea Fleet | 313,600 | ,, |
| In favour of Great Britain | 225,850 | ,, |
| AVERAGE TONNAGE OF SINGLE SHIPS | ||
| Great Britain | 17,982 | ,, |
| Germany | 16,506 | |
| In favour of Great Britain | 1,476 | |
