Charles Beresford's resistance to naval technological change

Was the audience's comparison of Charles Beresford with another controversial admiral fair?

The comparison is rejected. Beresford's tactical and political strengths coexisted with the mistaken belief that withholding British investment could restrain naval technological change.

Beresford could be an effective tactical and political naval officer while holding a restrictive view of technological development. He believed that withholding Royal Navy investment in new technology could discourage other countries from advancing. That belief is the central criticism here. It treated British restraint as a way to halt competition, even though Britain could not control other navies' choices. The audience's comparison with another admiral is rejected, but that admiral's name is unclear in the captions.