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Modern Plymouth and its warships appear in 1600

Plymouth's warships, Royal Marines, and harbor industry would give Elizabethan England overwhelming power in this time-travel scenario, despite fuel and spare-parts problems.

Question

What if modern Plymouth, including its warships, replaced Plymouth in the year 1600?

Short answer

Plymouth's ships, Marines, and industry would give Elizabethan England overwhelming military power, though replacing fuel and spare parts would be difficult.

Notes

Plymouth would bring Royal Marines and local industry into Elizabethan England along with the warships in its harbor. Albion and Bulwark are among the ships included in the scenario. Resupplying fuel and spare parts would be difficult, but the industry around Plymouth Harbor would provide some ability to adapt. Spain would face a sudden and overwhelming military disadvantage. The deliberately extravagant prediction is that Elizabeth I could dominate the world by about 1620.