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Could reserve warships be stored on mud banks?

Storing warships on mud banks still required suitable locations and protection against air attack.

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Question

Could reserve warships simply be stored on mud banks?

Short answer

Suitable sites were limited, and ships stored there still needed protection from enemy aircraft.

Notes

Mud banks could provide places to store ships, but suitable locations were limited. The ships would still need defending. A reserve fleet exposed to bombing could become target practice instead of a useful source of vessels.