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Introducing Nelson and Rodney twenty years early

Nelson and Rodney are the designs whose early arrival would most disrupt battleship development.

Question

Which ship design should be brought forward by twenty years?

Short answer

Nelson and Rodney, because appearing alongside Dreadnought would create an extraordinary naval-design shock.

Notes

Moving Nelson and Rodney back twenty years would place their concentrated 16-inch battery near HMS Dreadnought's debut. Their all-forward layout would look radically different from the new dreadnought standard. Major navies would have to reassess firepower, protection, and turret arrangement at the start of the race. The answer chooses design disruption rather than simply transferring the most powerful later ship.