Why Canadian warships were repeatedly run down
Old transfers and unstable government funding underpin the choice of Canada as a navy that repeatedly ran ships down.
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Canadian Queen Elizabeths and the case for F3
A Canadian battleship gift could strengthen Britain's existing battle line and change its preferred way of obtaining 16-inch guns.
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Fishermen, smugglers, and Royal Navy service
Cornish coastal knowledge made fishermen and smugglers useful sailing masters, while naval protection and prize money offered reasons to enter service.
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Choosing warship propulsion without the Washington Treaty
Removing treaty displacement limits makes turbo-electric machinery more attractive, while efficiency, ship role, and reserve requirements still influence the choice.
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Turbo-electric control for submarine hunting and carrier flight operations
Rapid machinery response could help escorts hunt submarines and carriers launch aircraft while spending less time away from fleet protection.
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The case for turbo-electric battleships
Competing battleship preferences weigh efficient sustained steaming against flexible machinery use, damage resilience, and maintenance far from repair bases.
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Diesels for reserve gunboats and monitors
Diesels could make intermittently used gunboats and monitors easier to activate while changing the maintenance burden during reserve service.
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Why heavy trains adopted diesel-electric traction
Heavy freight loads make interrupted gear changes difficult, while electric transmission provides strong starting torque and smooth power delivery.
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Sizing Warhammer Titans from their crew spaces
A physical scale exercise uses crew positions, sensors, armor, and fictional interior descriptions to estimate much larger tabletop Titans.
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Cimarron-class oilers as fleet workhorses
Cimarron-class oilers sustained fleet operations and remained useful through substantial enlargement during the Cold War.
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How jumboization enlarged the Cimarron oilers
An inserted midsection increased fuel capacity so older Cimarrons could support the larger ships and air groups of Cold War carrier forces.
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The German submarine development gap
Germany's Type VII carried the burden of an oceanic commerce campaign despite size, range, and torpedo limits close to those of coastal submarines.
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The U-class hunter-killer path Britain did not take
A discarded development path could have turned Britain's U class into R-class-style hunter-killers stationed outside French U-boat bases.
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Replacing the chartered Stena Immaculate
Another tanker could replace the chartered Stena Immaculate temporarily, while the owner considers whether new construction is financially justified.
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Normandie, Lyon, and France's unbuilt battlecruisers
Unbuilt French battleships and battlecruisers could have strengthened the fleet against Italy, with Lyon offering more scope for modernization than Normandie.
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Modernizing Lyon with Dunkerque guns
Lyon's sixteen-gun layout offered room for major reconstruction, but choosing Dunkerque guns over a 15-inch conversion could determine whether the ship was ready when war began.
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F3 and 15-inch King George V alternatives
F3 and a 15-inch King George V are comparatively attainable alternatives, while Spanish funding and Agincourt's intended armament introduce further uncertainties.
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Could France have avoided the Hoche and Marceau design path?
A pause in construction could have allowed France to reconsider its capital-ship designs before continuing the Hoche and Marceau sequence.
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Joffre, Malta, and an Admiral-class carrier conversion
Joffre and Malta offer alternative national carrier programmes; an Admiral-class conversion depends on a design whose existence is inferred but unproved.
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The unbuilt armored-flight-deck Essex
Redistributing Essex-class armour to the flight deck is proposed as a way to reduce attack damage, preserve carrier availability and retain the air group.
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All-forward North Carolina, Lion, and Soviet battleship wild cards
An all-forward North Carolina and a full Lion class lead into a Soviet squadron scenario focused on the political consequences of putting at least four battleships into service.
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Why the Queen Elizabeth class adopted STOVL
The F-35B gave carrier procurement a politically viable connection to RAF requirements, while the resulting ships provided a basis for arguing for later improvements.
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Hawkeye and Wedgetail in British carrier funding
A catapult carrier could affect the RAF's aircraft purchases if funding pressure forced a choice between carrier-based Hawkeye and land-based Wedgetail.
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Western navies suited to coalition escort work
Dutch, Norwegian and Danish multipurpose frigates are preferred as allied escorts, with Greece another candidate and readiness qualifying the choices.
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German naval aviation after the Tornado transfer
German naval aviation's standing is qualified by the transfer of Tornado anti-shipping aircraft and the loss of independent naval strike capacity.
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Can the Constellation frigate escape the LCS legacy?
FREMM ancestry and familiar frigate requirements offer grounds for hope, while Sims and wartime destroyer escorts illustrate sharply different outcomes after difficult development.
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LCS firefighting limits and the 45-knot requirement
The Bonhomme Richard fire raises questions about LCS support to other ships, followed by criticism of requiring a large warship to chase small boats at 45 knots.
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A speculative 1960s super-capital ship as a prestige project
A viewer's 1960s concept combines heavy guns, ballistic missiles, landing capacity and aircraft, prompting doubts about its cost and missile-launch layout.
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Japan's limited counterpart to Allied motor torpedo boats
Japan had armed coastal craft for similar missions, but the comparison with a dedicated motor-torpedo-boat or motor-gunboat force remains explicitly uncertain.
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El Alto's accidental high-altitude aircraft boneyard
Aircraft abandoned around El Alto formed an informal collection of postwar aviation history, although a later check suggests that many had been moved elsewhere around the airport.
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If the Pearl Harbor battleships could not be repaired
Permanently losing the damaged Standard-type battleships would chiefly remove later bombardment capacity, while increasing pressure to complete new ships.
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Could Type 45 destroyers become reserve arsenal ships?
Type 45 reserve service depends on the ships' condition and their replacement's capabilities; an alternative proposal converts them into minimally crewed missile magazines.
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If Bismarck reached a French Atlantic port
Bismarck alongside Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in France would tie down more British forces and create the danger of several simultaneous Atlantic breakouts.
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A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in France
A proposed surprise attack combines carrier torpedo aircraft with RAF illumination, then uses mines and submarines to obstruct escape from harbour.
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Why Royal Navy multi-carrier plans exceeded wartime opportunities
Interwar work had addressed coordinated carrier operations, but dispersed wartime commitments often prevented the Royal Navy from assembling the planned force.
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An aircraft carrier built on an Incomparable hull
An Incomparable conversion would reach practical air-group limits before exhausting its space, leaving room for spares and larger twin-engine aircraft.
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Would larger British carrier aircraft change the Zero?
The Zero might remain similar if Japan kept its fighter doctrine, while British planners could seek a common airframe for several carrier roles.
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Would the Swordfish survive alongside twin-engine carrier aircraft?
Smaller carriers preserve a role for single-engine torpedo bombers, even if a hypothetical Incomparable conversion encourages larger aircraft.
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Why PQ 17's heavy escort stopped at 25 degrees east
The longitude limit balanced the heavy escort's value against worsening carrier weather, stronger German land-based air power, and the diminishing chance of intercepting a late sortie.
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The return of the torpedo-boat tender as a drone mothership
An LHD or amphibious ship could maintain, rearm, and coordinate unmanned boats much as earlier tenders supported torpedo craft.
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Manning an Incomparable-sized carrier in the 1920s
Treaty retirements could release crews for an Incomparable conversion, while its air group could intensify disputes over RAF control of naval aviation.
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County-class destroyers versus helicopter cruisers
Replacing the last County-class destroyers with helicopter cruisers would trade a familiar missile-and-gun ship for more aviation capacity and a disputed hybrid layout.
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The escort-cruiser studies deferred by Polaris
A 13,250-ton helicopter-and-missile cruiser was revised and deferred as Polaris spending took priority, while its aviation role remained in longer-term planning.
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A wartime fleet of British X1 cruiser submarines
A hypothetical force of fifteen to twenty improved X1-type submarines could attack German supply ships and Axis convoys, provided its deployment preserved the boats for suitable missions.
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The oldest warship still in active naval use
A Brazilian river monitor and a Russian floating dock are suggested, with uncertainty over the name and condition of the vessels.
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Who gets the blame for the Mark 14 torpedo?
The Bureau of Ordnance receives the blame in a joking proposal to bring its personnel face to face with King and submarine commander Mush Morton.
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Designing a gun-based modern air-defense destroyer
Daring's twin 4.5-inch mounts are the historical starting point; a modern interpretation shifts to numerous Italian automatic guns and close-in weapons.
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Richard I's Crusade fleet of cogs
Many cogs carried Richard I's Crusade fleet, with poor performance in storms singled out as a weakness.
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