The closing question asks how Royal Navy coastal motor boats and their German equivalents would evolve in a war centred on the island. These inexpensive, fast craft could receive much more funding and become central tools in the local contest for access, surprise, and attrition. Their exact designs remain open. The question shows how Helgoland could redirect procurement below the level of battleships and battlecruisers.
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The coastal motorboat question
End with the video's open question: how would both sides develop small attack craft around Helgoland?