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More destructive British hits could remove German battlecruisers before they contribute to later British losses, including Queen Mary's destruction.
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Demonstrated shell defects justify replacement even when substantial stocks of the old ammunition remain.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Wiesbaden's disablement draws ships into an encounter in which Hipper initially mistakes Defence for the German cruiser Rostock.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
British and German destroyers fight around the battlecruisers before Nestor and Nomad are immobilised and overtaken by Scheer's battle line.
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Goodenough's reconnaissance gives Beatty and Jellicoe their first warning that Scheer's main battle fleet is at sea.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Accurate British 15-inch fire could turn existing hits on German battlecruisers and Markgraf into losses that force Scheer to withdraw early.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Hits that historically caused limited flooding become a possible sinking or scuttling problem when the shells penetrate and explode properly.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
The proposed Admiral class develops Hood as a roughly 28-knot successor to the Queen Elizabeth class, with battleship protection.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Scheer's chance of reaching the Jade depends on whether his surviving ships can maintain speed or must protect crippled vessels.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
The alternate design branch leaves open completion of the entire planned class.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Earlier German losses could spare Invincible and Princess Royal, while effective shells make the Grand Fleet's later engagement more destructive.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Destroying Wiesbaden outright could remove the reason for Defence to approach the position where German fire sank her.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
König survives several damaging British hits historically; the proposed Queen Elizabeth flagship combines a larger shell with reliable penetration and detonation.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Shark's isolated fight against four German torpedo boats earns Loftus Jones the Victoria Cross and illustrates the navy's aggressive destroyer ethos.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
See why a German retreat with crippled ships, rather than cleanly sunk ones, could expose the High Seas Fleet to interception after dark or at dawn.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A proposed battleship escort is compared with the Second World War Tribal destroyer.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A viewer asks whether an alternate slaughter of battlecruisers would prove the type a failure.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Damaged dreadnoughts could slow the retreat as much as the older battleships.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Follow the argument that a shattered High Seas Fleet could let Britain press into the Baltic, affect German war prospects, and make later U-boat pressure less decisive.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Earlier adoption of improved naval shells could have reduced competition with the army's expanding artillery demand.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A viewer asks whether unreliable fuzes alone explain the poor performance of British projectiles.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Consider how an alternate Jutland might favour 28-knot, heavily armoured fast battleships, reshape American and Japanese plans, and weaken the path to naval limitation.
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A viewer proposes larger guns as an alternative to a 28-knot ship with triple 15-inch turrets.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A viewer asks whether the Washington settlement belonged to the Wilson or Harding administration.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Hear Hall's black-eye analogy for a battle that left Britain holding the strategic position despite its visible losses.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A viewer asks whether Germany could answer a shattered battle fleet by turning immediately to unrestricted submarine warfare.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Follow the deliberately cautious speculation about a Lenin-led revolution, Austro-Hungarian survival, federation, republican government, or a replacement monarchy.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
The choice of a replacement dynasty is linked to the power whose support a defeated state needs.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A proposed renunciation raises the problem of preserving Britain's immediate succession.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Look beyond the usual blame placed on Ralph Seymour to the senior officers responsible for supervising Beatty's communications staff.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Consider how an unmistakable fleet defeat might replace the stab-in-the-back story with a warning against challenging British sea power.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
An alternative prewar appointment puts Milne in charge of the battlecruiser fleet and Beatty in the Mediterranean.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
A closing viewer exchange asks whether Germany could still build a navy large enough to challenge Britain after the alternate peace.
From Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland. ·
Submarines are stealthy but difficult tools whose real capability depends on the contest with their hunters.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
A mission kill can protect a convoy even when no submarine is sunk, so headline statistics miss much of the operational contest.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Famous losses show how isolated capital ships could be overwhelmed, while defended task groups produced a different contest.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Turtle, Nautilus, and H. L. Hunley show the appeal of underwater attack and the extraordinary danger to their crews.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Compressed-air engines, batteries, and growing range began to make submarines practical, while exposing severe constraints in endurance and weapons.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Early anti-submarine warfare often meant catching a slow-diving boat on the surface, not detecting it deep underwater.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Improved batteries helped submarines survive below the surface, but concealment alone did not solve the problem of attacking effectively.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Deck guns, internal torpedo tubes, reloads, and diesel-electric range made 1910s submarines look much more like wartime boats.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
French and German examples show both growing submarine lethality and the difficulty of measuring patrols that deterred an enemy without firing.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
The UC II class combined mines, torpedoes, and guns, showing that mine warfare could be more dependable than early torpedoes.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
The UB III class supplied the numbers behind Germany's late-war submarine campaign and complemented the specialized UC II minelayers.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Fixed approaches favored coastal submarines, while First World War escort construction created infrastructure that later supported mass convoy defense.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Convoy routing and detection systems made it possible to defeat a submarine's mission without necessarily destroying the boat.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Interwar submarine design improved endurance and communications, laying foundations for coordinated operations in the next war.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·
Dutch K XI-class boats paired long colonial patrols with two torpedo sizes, creating storage and supply complications.
From The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century ·