Battle of Kongsburg Gulf
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| Battle of Kongberg Gulf | |||||||
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| Part of the Scandinavia Campaign of the Seleucid Uprising | |||||||
 HMS King Regis Lucis Caelum CVIII firing its 14 inch guns on Imperial Deseleni ships. | |||||||
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5 battleships 6 heavy cruisers 9 light cruisers 15 destroyers 6 minesweepers 7 submarines 5 aircraft carriers 50 fighters (carrier-based) 30 torpedo bombers |
5 battleships 12 heavy cruisers 12 U-boats 10 destroyers 40 fighters (ground-based) | ||||||
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2 battleships slightly damaged 2 heavy cruisers damaged 4 light cruisers damaged 4 destroyers damaged 987 personnel killed or wounded 7 planes downed |
3 battleships sunk 2 battleships severely damaged 6 heavy cruisers damaged 3 heavy cruisers sunk 7 U-boats sunk 3 U-boats damaged 4 destroyers sunk 5,797 killed or wounded 132 captured 15 planes downed | ||||||
The Battle of Kongsberg Gulf was a naval battle that took place at Kongsberg Gulf in 15 November 1952, as part of the Battle of Kongberg. One of the plans of the Deseleni High Command for the Battle taking place at Kongberg was for the resupplying of their forces via the Kongsburg Gulf. Despite Allied Air Raids on the shipping lanes, most of the convoys remained intact and the Deseleni forces were still able to ship tons of equipment and food to their forces in the city. As a result, Erebonian Prime Minister Alfred Randall realised that the only way to starve the Deseleni forces in Kongsberg was to deprive them of their supplies.
As early as September, Erebonian Admiral Rodney Klink and Lucian Admiral Rod Crocker plotted out the destruction of the Deseleni shipping lanes at Kongsberg Gulf. The Sections of the Royal Home Fleet joined with the Erebonian Home Fleet stationed at the Iceland EEZ and engaged the Imperial Deseleni Navy protecting the shipping lanes.
The battle was to be the biggest naval battle of the war with both sides pitting their best ships. Although the Deseleni Navy had a defensive advantage, the Royal Navy had a clear tactical advantage by including aircraft carriers that included fighters and torpedo bombers, which proved to be decisive in sinking or inflicting severe damage towards the Deseleni Navy.
The Lucis Commonwealth victory allowed the Allies to regain total control of the shipping lanes in and around the Kongsberg Gulf, with the Royal Navy and the Royal Erebonian Navy dominating the North Sea. The Deseleni Navies would lost some of its best ships in the battle.