The larger Queen Elizabeth counterfactual

The final argument turns the R-class decision into a procurement counterfactual. Revenge, Resolution, Royal Oak, and Royal Sovereign formed the original group, while Ramillies, Resistance, Renown, and Repulse followed as additions. Of those additions, one went uncompleted, one remained a battleship, and two were completed as battlecruisers. The episode asks why Britain accepted a less capable batch after ordering the Queen Elizabeths and imagines as many as fourteen ships built to an improved Queen Elizabeth standard. Its closing judgment is that more battleships were a good idea, while choosing the R class was the mistake.