Q&A · 37:36-38:51

Huge dry docks enable fast capital-ship choices

A 1918 dry-dock counterfactual turns into a Royal Navy force-structure answer about G3s, Hood conversions, carriers, and fast capital ships.

Question

How would World War II change if Britain received two dry docks in 1918 large enough to hold multiple Hood-sized ships?

Short answer

Such docks would open a much broader fast-fleet program, including G3s and large carrier conversions from the remaining Admiral-class hulls.

Notes

Dry docks large enough to handle multiple Hood-sized ships would let Britain build or maintain almost anything it wanted. In that counterfactual, the G3 battlecruisers would be accelerated and the remaining Admiral-class hulls converted into carriers. The additional dock capacity makes fast carrier and capital-ship squadrons more realistic.