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The Bikini tests confirmed that underwater and nearby nuclear detonations were devastating to ships, using surplus wartime hulls as targets.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7) ·
American help could add capability, but a US carrier group, tanker force, or AWACS detachment faced basing limits and could displace British control of the campaign.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7) ·
The Harrier gives up speed to the A-4 Skyhawk but gains manoeuvrability and effective Sidewinder armament.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7) ·
A Vulcan diverted to Rio de Janeiro after Black Buck Six while still carrying an American Shrike anti-radar missile that could not be jettisoned.
From Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7) ·
Nimrod MR2s briefly carried Sidewinders in the Falklands, an unusual response to the possibility of Argentine maritime-patrol aircraft.
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Alaska is favoured, but Dreadnought's contemporary armour and extraordinary submarine kill keep the older battleship from being dismissed outright.
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The list separates effective battleships, battlecruisers and fast battleships from ships valued for their character and service stories.
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The Bellerophons matter less as famous individual ships than as the Royal Navy's first repeatable dreadnought battle-fleet core.
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The Tegetthoffs are presented as an impressive home-grown first dreadnought design for a navy operating with constrained resources.
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Austria-Hungary planned to follow its 12-inch-gun dreadnoughts with a roughly 25,000-ton design carrying ten 14-inch guns.
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Drawings alone would not restore the plants, machinery and accumulated practice needed to make battleship armour, guns and hulls.
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USS Texas earns a place for the stubbornness and operational durability that define her long service story.
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Warspite's survival does not produce a universal rule because the outcome depends heavily on the point of impact and the ship's protection.
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A question about triple turrets opens a comparison of redundancy, firing speed and the expected range of battle.
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A counterfactual about Canadian Queen Elizabeths becomes a wider look at treaty tonnage, regional fleets and deterrence.
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Texas did not formally receive a state-based reserve crew, but many Texans actively sought assignments to their namesake battleship.
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A return to large guns and heavy protection would depend on electromagnetic weapons making very fast projectiles cheaper to deliver than missiles.
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An upgraded Australia or New Zealand would matter chiefly by forcing Japan to divert heavy ships and delay operations, not by guaranteeing an Allied victory.
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The Queen Elizabeths combine speed, heavy guns and long modernisation potential, making them the leading conventional battleship choice.
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A question about the Kirov class shows why modern or oversized cruisers do not fit neatly into treaty-era categories.
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The informal Cats grouping links Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary and Tiger within the Royal Navy's prewar battlecruiser development.
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The Indefatigable design shows how a single overriding speed requirement can produce a ship less satisfactory than its predecessor.
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A proposed 28-knot HMS Agincourt might have carried six or nine 18-inch guns and served as Jellicoe's flagship at Jutland.
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Earlier small-tube boilers could have raised the Queen Elizabeths toward 28 knots and the Revenge class toward 25 knots, changing two-war fleet employment.
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Jellicoe accepted shipyard warnings that adopting the newer boiler technology would jeopardise the class's required delivery schedule.
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The Austro-Hungarian squadron would improve the German line, especially against older British dreadnoughts, without changing the battle's likely outcome.
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HMS New Zealand is chosen for the improbable good fortune that carried her through battles that destroyed comparable ships.
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A British and likely American 18-inch-gun precedent could remove Yamato's intended calibre advantage and force Japan toward a different heavy-ship plan.
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The appeal of a 20-inch gun runs into shell weight, ammunition capacity, barrel size and handling machinery.
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Yamato's planned qualitative advantage targeted multiple older standard battleships, not a pair of later fast Iowas.
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Yamato's secrecy could preserve surprise, but an unknown capability could not shape an opponent's peacetime choices through deterrence.
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Renown is preferred to Hood because her refitted, long World War II service demonstrated what a capable battlecruiser could still do.
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Imperial Russia was building the Borodino-class battlecruisers, and the Soviet Union later revisited the type even though the earlier ships were never completed.
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North Carolina and Washington are praised for their range, 16-inch guns, protection and constant presence in major Pacific operations.
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Building facilities for K3- or G3-sized ships might add roughly half again to programme cost but would enlarge British options for every later class.
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Renown's long-range hits and aggressive approach help explain why the German twins broke off their encounter.
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North Carolina's vibration problems illustrate what navies lose when a generation passes without building battleships.
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Battle fleets win command in the decisive area, while faster forces turn that victory into usable control across wider waters.
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Japan expected a European war to absorb British strength in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, reducing the force available for the Far East.
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Yamato illustrates how building an exceptional capital ship can constrain the wider infrastructure needed for a balanced wartime fleet.
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More reliable Italian ammunition could have made the Mediterranean campaign harder and accelerated British battleship and carrier programmes.
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The Iowa class represents the mature fast battleship: heavy 16-inch firepower, very high speed and formidable protection.
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More anti-submarine and escort resources would help German shipping, but they could not replace the fleet and infrastructure needed to control the sea.
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The cancelled Lexington battlecruisers appeal because their light protection makes their cruiser ancestry unusually visible.
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American and British practice diverged over whether a heavily armoured conning tower helped or hindered a captain in battle.
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Permanent mooring does not remove underwater maintenance: even a museum ship in fresh water eventually needs inspection and work in a suitable dock.
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Naval arms limitation was useful, though a treaty delayed to 1925 could have changed the later diplomatic sequence.
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Sweden and Canada had much of the required knowledge, but a capital-ship programme still depended on creating sufficiently large yards and facilities.
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