Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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HMS Incomparable remained a concept

A brief design answer places Fisher's HMS Incomparable at concept stage and questions whether its extreme armament would have survived development.

20-inch GunsBattlecruisersHMS IncomparableJohn FisherWarship Design
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Question

Was HMS Incomparable only at the research stage?

Short answer

It was still a concept in Jackie Fisher's thinking, and a developed design probably would not have retained the 20-inch guns.

Notes

HMS Incomparable had not reached a mature design stage. It remained a concept within Jackie Fisher's thinking, so its stated characteristics should not be treated as a final specification. Any serious development would probably have altered the ship. The 20-inch guns, in particular, were unlikely to survive that process unchanged.