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Would Fisher revive the battlecruiser today?

A modern Fisher is imagined using combative public methods, without reviving the battlecruiser or supplying a detailed fleet programme.

Question

How would Admiral Fisher reform the modern Royal Navy, and would he revive the battlecruiser?

Short answer

Probably not: the counterfactual centres on Fisher's public confrontations and leaves the practical fleet programme unspecified.

Notes

A modern Fisher probably would not try to revive the battlecruiser in this counterfactual. His imagined use of Twitter and public confrontations could create difficulties for governments and naval spokespeople. No detailed fleet reform programme accompanies this speculation about his character and public methods.