User blog comment:LB&SCR/GWM Episode 4: John Jellicoe vs. Alekxander Kolchak/@comment-35680048-20181216205557

Tybaltcapulet's " Kuznetsov would annihilate both of these fools" Edge:

Battleship: I'm giving this straight to the HMS Iron Duke. In firepower the Imperatritsa may have more guns overall, but they aren't as powerful as the Iron Duke's. The torpedos and main guns are enough apart to givge the Duke a leg up. And even if the Imperatritsa had the firepower to keep up, the Iron Duke is clearly the better armored ship, and can take much more punishment. Not to mention it's a tiny bit faster too. Edge: Jellicoe

Cruiser 1: I was originally going to give this to the Duke of Edinburgh for what I believed to be better firepower and equal speed, but i'm now in favor of the Pamiat' Merkuria. Having 20 1.85 inch guns is nice, but they won't be especially powerful against the superior armor of the Pamiat. The Belt Armor of the DOE is perfectly fine, its deck amor however? It's pretty weak, and could easily be pounded with the 6 inchers that the Pamiat has plenty of.Edge: Kolchak

Cruiser 2: This matchup is all about speed vs protection. And here, I have to give it to the Prut. Sure it moves pretty damn slow, but i'm willing to assume that it's armor is tougher than the Calliope's. And in my opinion, having a machine gun on your ship is a pretty useless thing unless the ships get super close. And the Prut, while it doesn't have torpedos, has the more powerful guns and will rip apart the weak deck armor and do some nice damage to the belt armor. I'd also like to bring into question the reliability of the Calliope, as aparently its Boiler room isn't known for being the safest to use in battle. If a malfunction occurs in battle, no torpedos or machine gun is gonna save the vessel.Edge: Kolchak

Destroyer Escort: Giving this straight to Kolchak's trio. Jellicoe's destroyers lack the power and protection to be able to defend themselves against Kolchak's. Sure they have more powerful overall torpedos, but Kolchak has a shit ton more of them, and will wreak havoc onto them. And if that's not enough, the Russian Trio have a slight speed advantage, enabling them to out move the Brit trio  as well.Edge: Kolchak 

Overall: Even with Kolchak's majority of ship edges, this is still a  very tough battle. Kolchak's main ship may be good, but the Iron Duke is better overall. But Jellicoe's other ships aren't nearly as good. The Destroyer trio is probably his biggest downfall, being woefully inequipped and unable to really defend against their Russian counterparts, who are faster and better armed in general. His cruisers also aren't very powerful and one is even unreliable outside of firepower.

I'm also not very impressed with either's military record, especially Jellicoe's. Sure he's been at it longer and Jutland was a pretty sigificant victory, but the losses and the cautiousness of Jellicoe cannot be ignored. Admiral Alexander Kolchak, isn't the type to be cautious, beign quite harsh and being quite aggressive. Jellicoe will have to deal with constant bombardment, and Kolchak will have a pretty easy time against all of his not-battleship naval craft. The setting won't be much of a problem for Kolchak either, having plenty of room to use his better ships, sealing the deal for him.

Admiral Alexander Kolchak: 3000

Admiral John Jellicoe: 2000