Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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The missing history of Britain's paper warships

Unbuilt British warship projects from the early twentieth century remain an obvious subject for a dedicated design history.

Interwar PeriodNaval HistoriographyRoyal NavyShipbuildingWarship Design
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Question

Is there a good book on British paper warships of the interwar period?

Short answer

No satisfactory single volume was available, which is why a broader joint study with Drachinifel had been considered.

Notes

No suitable single volume on British interwar paper ships was available at the time of the discussion. A joint study with Drachinifel had already been considered. The proposed scope would widen from the 1920s and 1930s to the first half of the twentieth century. Such a book would let readers follow how strategic requirements, treaties, budgets, and technology shaped designs that never reached construction.