The hypothetical Agincourt would need to be ordered alongside the first R-class battleships and completed quickly enough to reach the fleet by Jutland. If available, such a powerful vessel would likely have served as Admiral Jellicoe's flagship. At the battle's engagement ranges, its 18-inch shells could have penetrated the armour of older German dreadnoughts. Additional German losses are proposed as a possible result within that hypothetical timeline.
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What an 18-inch British flagship could mean at Jutland
An accelerated hypothetical 18-inch Agincourt could have served as Jellicoe's flagship and threatened older German dreadnoughts at Jutland.