After leaving the Admiralty, Battenberg's experience as an inventor and technical sponsor would make the Board of Invention and Research a natural assignment, potentially replacing Fisher there. An advisory or non-executive role with Vickers or Armstrong could connect naval requirements, scientific work, and industrial capacity. Continued employment would help him retain his house and naval medal collection. These roles would put his technical abilities to use for the rest of the war. Because Battenberg lived until 1921, even a short post-Admiralty career could influence wartime and early postwar naval technology.
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Battenberg on inventions and naval industry
After a normal First Sea Lord term, Battenberg could move to the Board of Invention and Research and an advisory industrial post, preserving technical talent the government historically left unused.