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The class's 12-pounder and 3-pounder guns were placed high to spot and engage fast torpedo craft before they could close to launch range.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
A short counterfactual considers how a 15,000-ton replacement limit for surviving pre-dreadnoughts might have encouraged new coastal-defence or pocket-battleship designs.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
A comparison with Dreadnought shows how turbines bought three knots of speed, while Lord Nelson's triple-expansion machinery offered a notably longer cruising range.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Lord Nelson traded Dreadnought's ten 12-inch guns and higher speed for a mixed battery and, in several areas, heavier armour protection.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Ordering Lord Nelson's familiar 12-inch turrets helped conceal and reduce the technical and procurement risk of Dreadnought's all-big-gun armament.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
The Royal Navy's fitting of future Type 26 systems to Type 23 frigates provides a modern example of testing components before committing them to a new class.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
For a relatively small cost difference, Dreadnought brought more 12-inch guns and speed, while construction timing left Lord Nelson alongside new dreadnoughts and battlecruisers.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
In 1914 Lord Nelson led the Channel Fleet's protection of troop movements across the English Channel while dreadnoughts concentrated with the Grand Fleet.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
At the Dardanelles, Lord Nelson became squadron flagship, bombarded Ottoman forts, covered the Gallipoli evacuation, and guarded against the Ottoman ships Yavuz Sultan Selim and Midilli.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Lord Nelson's sister Agamemnon used a high-angle 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun to shoot down a German Zeppelin during the Dardanelles deployment.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
At Imbros in 1918, Yavuz Sultan Selim and Midilli sank British monitors supporting the army, then entered a minefield while reacting to the threat from heavier British ships.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
After Agamemnon hosted the Armistice of Mudros, the sisters followed different paths through occupation duty, Black Sea service, reserve, and disposal.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Hits from Ottoman forts damaged Lord Nelson's rigging, superstructure, and coal bunkers, but rapid repair returned her to the Dardanelles flagship role.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Lord Nelson continued as a Black Sea flagship after the armistice, helped evacuate Russian grand dukes, and ultimately reached Germany for scrapping in 1922.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Lord Nelson's career argues that a newer system can supplement an older one while navies learn whether a major technological leap will truly work in service.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
Lord Nelson's transition-era choices offer a comparison for modern navies choosing platforms that can absorb new weapons, sensors, and uncrewed systems over decades.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
The closing counterfactual asks whether failed long-range fire control might have produced larger hybrid battleships combining 12-inch and 9.2-inch batteries.
From HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5 ·
British and American torpedo-boat builders shared ideas through the civilian yachting market, while Hickman's sea sled offered a fast tunnel-hull approach.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
An American sea-sled proposal helped inspire the British coastal motor boat, while the US Navy repeatedly delayed its own fast torpedo-boat development.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
C-378 demonstrated speed in rough water, but the Armistice interrupted American torpedo-boat development and shifted surviving craft into support duties.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The US Navy sought fast boats with specified endurance and armament while excluding Hickman's sea-sled design.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Above roughly 100 to 120 tons, calling a fast torpedo craft a boat becomes debatable.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
A criticism of the Ajax decision favors the mature CV90, accompanied by conflicting personal reports from Army contacts in 2023.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The 54-foot proposal paired transportability with alternative torpedo and gunboat configurations.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
George Crouch's preference for Hickman's sea sled challenged the design restriction in the competition he had just won.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Competing builders produced and adapted early prototypes, while Elco imported a British Power Boat design that became PT-9.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
No known autoloading 3-inch/50 installation is identified, leaving the historical possibility open.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The so-called plywood derby compared competing PT boats under load, exposing differences in pounding, speed, machinery, and turning ability.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Elco built the best-known US PT boats in large numbers, while Higgins shifted toward landing craft and Huckins remained a small producer despite a strong trial result.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Claims that Elco built more motor torpedo boats than anyone else depend on how mixed-role Fairmile craft are classified.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Higgins PT boats fought from the Aleutians and Mediterranean to D-Day, while rugged Huckins boats supported training and readiness around Midway and Hawaii.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The anti-suicide-boat screen off Okinawa showed why a torpedo-focused PT boat could not cover every close-in defence task.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Japanese treaty-era small craft were burdened by an ambition to fight above their natural role.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The Type 14 combined torpedoes with a light gun, while the Type 38 offered another small design built in comparable numbers.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
German drawings could not supply the manufacturing experience needed to reproduce a Schnellboot in Japanese yards.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Steady improvement and room for heavier weapons could matter more than outstanding performance in one category.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Japan built thousands of Shinyo and Maru-Ni special-attack boats, creating a serious potential threat to any home-island invasion force.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The German A32 was sunk during Operation Albion, raised by Estonia as Sulev, and absorbed into the Soviet Navy before fighting its original builders in the Second World War.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The Sh-4 combined extreme speed ambitions with a whaleback hull, stern torpedo cradles, and materials that proved difficult to maintain at sea.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The Sh-4 served across Soviet waters, but inconsistent built and commissioned totals make its production record difficult to reconstruct.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The G-5 pushed Soviet fast-boat performance to more than 50 knots, but its alloy hull and stern-launch system imposed severe operational limits.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Duralumin gave Soviet fast boats a light structure, but aircraft-derived design choices imposed relentless corrosion control in salt water.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Public claims that the alloy boat had overcome corrosion conflicted with the intensive maintenance described by its operators.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
G-5 development increased speed and light gun armament through successive production series.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
The large Soviet G-5 concentration in the Far East is interpreted as a defensive hedge against a Japanese attack.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
G-5s made several torpedo attacks, but troop transport, personnel movement, and landing escort often made better use of the difficult whaleback design.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Soviet D-3 development sought a larger, better-armed boat, but prototype weaknesses and unreliable engines sharply reduced its intended performance.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·
Despite development failures, D-3-family boats fought across several Soviet theatres, including the sinking of German torpedo boat T31 and a decorated Arctic service record.
From How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre ·