Fast 9.2-inch cruisers could improve fire support at Gallipoli and operate closer inshore than a battleship, but they would not correct the campaign's strategic failure. A much more radical proposal would pack and seal the forward and outer spaces of old Royal Sovereign-type battleships with cork, add large bulges, and use them to force a path through the minefields. Surviving warships could then reach Constantinople with troopships close behind, aiming to capture the Ottoman cabinet and dictate peace terms. Such a plan is considered unlikely to be attempted. A more plausible role for an Australian Tiger Cub would be to evacuate the last Australian troops, giving the navy a direct place in the national memory of Gallipoli.
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Why more cruiser firepower does not solve Gallipoli
Tiger Cubs could improve local fire control and evacuation, though only a radically different operational concept could overcome Gallipoli's strategic failure.