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Practical hydrogen fuel cells in the 1890s would change ship cleanliness, freshwater supply, fuel infrastructure, and submarine development while reducing dependence on coal quality or access to oil.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
Funding and the need for complete British carrier groups made nuclear cruisers difficult to justify chiefly as contributions to American formations.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
An early American move to 16-inch guns could push Britain toward its 16.5-inch design and prolong competitive battleship construction.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
Replacing the aft gun with more VLS raises weight and shaft-clearance problems while removing a limited defensive fallback after missile exhaustion.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
In the alternate scenario, a strong Soviet counter to Tillman-style nuclear missile cruisers would make it politically harder for Britain and France not to build comparable capabilities.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
Four Colorados, five 1920 South Dakotas, and six Lexingtons would form a formidable US battle line, but its survival into the Second World War would also transform rival fleets and the treaty system.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
A Type 26-sized frigate is suggested as the lower practical limit, while cost and the exposed ASW picket role argue for cheaper propulsion.
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Henderson's survival could protect carrier construction and force a different choice between finishing the King George V class and concentrating resources on the Lions.
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A Second World War sloop at Trafalgar could ask Nelson to lead a line or stand off and use its longer-ranged 4-inch high-explosive guns against the Franco-Spanish fleet.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
Nominal readiness, refit delays, and the loss of Moskva restricted Russia's cruiser deployments in late 2024 despite a doctrine supporting distant operations.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
The Royal Navy is among the longest continuously operating navies, but any claim to be oldest changes with the definitions of country, navy, and founding date.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
The Royal Marines' vehicle choices reflect postwar force changes and budget pressures, while compatible amphibious carriers could have supported Marine and Army strike brigades.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
Warships already use large battery banks, while future supercapacitors could deliver the short bursts of power required by railguns and directed-energy weapons.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
A submarine's conning tower provides an elevated surface-control and navigation position while supporting masts and other raised equipment.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
In a war lasting two or three years, accelerating ships already under construction offers a better prospect of reinforcement than starting additional Wasp-type ships after hostilities begin.
From Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax! ·
A plausible 1912 procurement choice puts 9.2-inch cruisers between increasingly costly battlecruisers and the light cruisers needed for worldwide service.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
The Royal Navy preferred weapons that several firms could supply, making barrels and ammunition an industrial-resilience question as well as a performance choice.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
The progression from armored cruisers through battlecruisers to fast battleships increased armor coverage, subdivision, capability, and cost.
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Armored cruisers supplied an intermediate rung between routine flag-showing patrols and the arrival of a battle squadron, but later battlecruisers became too scarce and expensive for that work.
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The proposed Tiger Cub combines six to eight 9.2-inch guns, turbine machinery, and 28-knot speed in a 15,000- to 18,000-ton station cruiser.
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An escort does not have to defeat a battlecruiser alone if the damage it inflicts would leave the raider vulnerable to the next British warship.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
The Mark XII offers a plausible balance of range, barrel life, and installation weight, with its 1912 availability and cruiser performance inferred from limited evidence.
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A numerous cruiser class could test machinery for battleships and give captains and gunnery officers experience handling large fast ships.
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Triple 4-inch mounts give a fast reconnaissance cruiser the rapid fire needed when its large 9.2-inch guns are poorly suited to close encounters with torpedo boats.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Four British ships per year plus possible Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, or Malayan orders could place as many as eighteen Tiger Cubs in production by 1914.
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The Royal Navy retained almost any serviceable hull in 1914 because major battle, convoy protection, and low-threat presence each demanded different levels of ship.
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The German armored cruiser Blücher provides a concrete benchmark for the proposed British ship's speed, armament, and ability to control an engagement.
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Senator Benjamin Tillman's interest in cruiser work for Charleston Navy Yard creates a possible American route from Lexington battlecruisers to large station cruisers.
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Tiger Cub construction would add pressure as Germany left the quantitative race, while Britain and several competitors improved ships through overlapping industrial networks.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Sixteen 9.2-inch guns and a major speed advantage would transform Cradock's force against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
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Contemporary naming debates make frigate a plausible label for a medium 9.2-inch cruiser between light cruisers and battlecruisers.
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A victorious Christopher Cradock could return as a fast-squadron deputy whose staff's habit of sending regular reports gives Jellicoe better information in later fleet actions.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
An established 9.2-inch cruiser program weakens the case for Courageous, Glorious, and Furious and may reshape the Renown and R-class programs.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
A Tiger Cub victory at Coronel would give the Navy a simple public story linking sea control to funding, institutional survival, and future investment.
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Four to six 28-knot cruisers add enough speed and 9.2-inch firepower to threaten the entire German scouting group rather than only Blucher.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Tiger Cubs let Lion, Princess Royal, and Tiger pursue together, while escort speeds determine which light cruisers and destroyers can accompany them.
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At Dogger Bank ranges, rapid 9.2-inch fire could damage battlecruiser control positions, decks, and superstructures even without penetrating the thickest armour belt.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Losing Admiral Hipper and Seydlitz would deprive Germany of experienced cruiser command and the damage evidence that historically prompted safer ammunition handling before Jutland.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Repeated computer runs leave Derfflinger able to escape in roughly 40 percent of cases, while total German losses usually require the fast British group to drive the retreating ships into a slower interception force.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Numerous fast cruisers can guard against Goeben, support Gallipoli, and reinforce distant stations while a concentrated squadron remains with the Grand Fleet.
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Tiger Cubs could improve local fire control and evacuation, though only a radically different operational concept could overcome Gallipoli's strategic failure.
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German losses at Dogger Bank plus Tiger Cub squadrons make the British fast wing overwhelming and may expose the High Seas Fleet to annihilation.
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Germany needed to isolate and destroy smaller British formations repeatedly, a logic compared with Japan's later plan to reduce the U.S. fleet before a decisive battle.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Daily practice under Jellicoe made British hitting power a central factor in any prolonged meeting engagement with the High Seas Fleet.
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Without Furious, Courageous, and Glorious, a fast 15,000-ton Tiger Cub hull offers an alternative route to larger Hermes-type aircraft carriers.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
British experiments with torpedo entry and a large surprise strike could make even unreliable early weapons dangerous against ships treating Wilhelmshaven as a safe anchorage.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
If Jutland becomes a battle of annihilation, Britain can enter the Baltic, tighten the blockade, support Russia, and perhaps force peace in 1916.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·
Britain first consumed financial reserves, then sold or pledged assets, and only later entered the steep debt phase associated with 1917 and 1918.
From Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers' ·