Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Canadian Tiger-class ships could overturn Coronel

Four Canadian Tiger-class battlecruisers would strengthen the Battlecruiser Fleet and could place a powerful ship at Coronel early enough to change that campaign.

Battle Of CoronelBattlecruisersRoyal Canadian NavyTiger Class BattlecruisersWorld War I
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Question

What if Canada bought four oil-fired Tiger-class battlecruisers?

Short answer

The Battlecruiser Fleet would gain major depth, and an early Canadian Tiger at Coronel could change the battle and remove the need for the historical Falklands response.

Notes

A five-ship Tiger construction program, four for Canada plus the British ship, would give the wartime fleet a much deeper fast-capital-ship force. The timing could make one available around the Battle of Coronel. Its presence might reverse the local balance so decisively that the later Falklands response would no longer be required in its historical form.