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Which British warship should have been preserved?

A museum-ship question weighs Warrior, Vanguard, and Nelson as representatives of different eras of British naval design.

Question

What additional British warship would have been a good museum preservation choice?

Short answer

HMS Nelson is the leading choice, though Vanguard and Warrior also carry powerful historical arguments.

Notes

Another preserved ship could extend the design story told by Victory and Warrior. HMS Warspite and HMS Vanguard have obvious emotional and operational claims, but HMS Nelson best fills the gap. Nelson embodies the transition from First World War design studies into the treaty-constrained battleships of the 1920s and 1930s. Her unusual all-forward main battery would give visitors a visibly distinct stage in the evolution of British capital ships. Preservation choices determine which technological transitions remain tangible.