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The Iowas and machine-gun cruisers attract more attention than their uniqueness warrants, while Yamato's 18-inch battery gives it a genuine claim to distinctiveness.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A preserved British battleship would represent a major missing type in a museum fleet already rich in surviving American ships.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Two centuries of Royal Navy dominance left institutional and visual traces in naval organizations around the world.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Numerous merchant aircraft carriers entering service before the war could put Swordfish over many convoys and deny submarines safe surface operations.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A question about the Blackburn Blackburn drew a Swordfish-based explanation of biplane night operations before the audience corrected the aircraft.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A professional NCO and warrant-officer corps from about 1760 could have a greater long-term effect than changing individual ships or admirals.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Hawkins began as a large or Atlantic light cruiser before treaty definitions retrospectively made the class heavy cruisers.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A modern Queen Elizabeth group would reveal systems Britain could study, but reproducing even simplified derivatives would take years.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
More working graving docks able to take every major ship would improve Royal Navy availability at home and overseas.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A dual-purpose Tribal can retain its torpedoes by replacing existing light anti-aircraft mounts rather than sacrificing the tubes.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Modern battleships at Jutland combine speed, radar and fire control to destroy the High Seas Fleet and open the Baltic blockade.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Ark Royal's status and lighter protection make a Victorious-style post-war reconstruction plausible and comparatively affordable.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
The Sherman's value came from repeatable production, maintenance and replacement rather than winning a contest of isolated specifications.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
The master-at-arms and his mates handled everyday discipline and punishment aboard an Age of Sail warship.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Denmark and Portugal are overlooked despite sustained maritime importance and capable fleets at key moments.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Germany's 1942 resource crisis would turn new Bismarck-class construction into unfinished hulls.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
An agreed Vanguard design by 1934 could support paired annual orders and staged turret transfers from older battleships.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Britain already had sufficient naval force in theatre by the war's end and could send more ships if American construction revived the contest.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Rugged launch systems do not guarantee precision when guidance quality and satellite navigation are vulnerable to disruption.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Ordering a Unicorn support carrier for every Illustrious would give Britain four light carriers alongside its four armoured carriers.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Warspite's fjord operation was far more dangerous than its outcome suggests because several German submarine torpedoes failed.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A Carthaginian source could illuminate the poorly documented Phoenician naval tradition inherited by Greek, Carthaginian and Roman sea power.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Replacing the Kongos' 14-inch weapons with 16-inch guns raises offensive power without solving protection or propulsion limits.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A war delayed to 1949 produces newer fleets, but Japan must first solve the resource crisis that historically drove its expansion.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
War in 1909 narrows Britain's dreadnought advantage, catches French forces less prepared and begins before submarines mature into their later role.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Delaying the war gives Britain enough time to field Lion- and Vanguard-class ships while moving King George Vs toward the Mediterranean.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Seasonal winds make a Phoenician visit to South America more plausible than a North American route, but settlement claims remain unproven.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Slim's Burma memoir and Andrew Boyd's Eastern Fleet study provide complementary starting points for Britain's Far East war.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Without the wartime evidence of 1939-45, competitive battleship building could continue even as carriers took over long-range sea control.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
An Incomparable-derived carrier would be fast and capacious, but two or preferably three conversions are needed for a dependable fleet capability.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Quad turrets save citadel length and weight but add complexity, making larger triple-mounted guns a more likely Italian preference.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Britain would finish the war in far better condition without the U-boat campaign, while an earlier German mass-submarine effort would make the conflict much harder.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Rainwater is clean enough in principle, but a ship cannot collect it in the volume required for continuous boiler operation.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Government naval engineers produced the Tillman studies because they held the necessary design expertise, not because the Navy wanted the ships built.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Explosion pressure, hull movement and impact during descent can throw heavy turrets clear of their barbettes.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Vickers equipment appearing without an obvious Air Ministry funding trail suggests that broader Admiralty contracts could support undeclared aviation research.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A British victory in Malaya keeps Singapore as a fleet base, ties Britain more firmly to the Pacific and creates an alternative command centre to MacArthur.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
An August 1940 joint command under Roger Keyes would emphasize integrated flotillas, mines and submarines rather than exposing capital ships at Singapore.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Hood was nearing refit, while Admiral Lancelot Holland represented scarce senior command experience that could not be replaced quickly.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
An uninterrupted British nuclear programme narrows the post-war gap with the United States without preventing American primacy.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
The circular vessels were slow mobile gun platforms for sheltered waters, not failed attempts at ocean-going battleships.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Royal Navy papers did not plainly confess that Tiger should have been retained, but repeated comparisons reveal that judgment indirectly.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Even a civilian deep-space exploration service needs protection, and paired ships spread the risks of hazardous missions.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
The familiar image of a captain going down with a ship is tied to responsibility and to refusing to abandon crew who cannot escape.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
A functioning union combines British and French forces, economies and imperial networks into a powerful European bloc.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Without Taranto, Britain's Mediterranean campaign becomes harder, but Italian concentration in port still invites a later carrier strike.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Ports promise throughput but reveal ship positions, constrain air defence and may prevent landing-ship ramps from being used.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·
Capability claims are tested against national habits, previous results and the cultural preferences that shape what each service exaggerates.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11) ·