How four Vanguard-class battleships might preserve one survivor

If the Royal Navy had built four Vanguard-class battleships, would one probably survive as a museum ship?

A larger class could improve the chances by extending service into the preservation era, but survival as a museum ship remains disputed.

Four Vanguards could improve the chances of preserving one, although the panel disagrees about how likely that would be. The case for longer service assumes a Soviet battleship threat large enough to justify keeping two British battleships available. Anson and Howe would go first as the less uniform part of the force, followed gradually by some of the Vanguards. Two ships could then remain long enough for one to return to service during the Falklands War. A survivor reaching the 1980s would have both an operational association and the age that often helps a preservation campaign. The sceptical view points to the real ships Britain scrapped despite public interest in saving them.