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The F3 as a fast Nelson-style favourite

The F3 is selected as a favourite unbuilt paper warship and characterized as a fast counterpart to Nelson and Rodney.

Question

Which unbuilt paper warship is selected as a favourite?

Short answer

The F3, which he describes as an almost Nelson-and-Rodney arrangement developed as a fast battleship.

Notes

The British F3 is selected as a favourite paper ship. It is described through a familiar comparison: something close to Nelson and Rodney, but in fast-battleship form. That combination brings the concentrated forward armament concept into a faster capital ship. The choice points toward Britain's interwar design studies beyond the ships that reached construction.