Q&A · 1:40:03-1:40:21

Would Canada preserve a treaty-era battleship?

A viewer's dominion-fleet counterfactual turns to Canada's record of preserving rare warship types.

Question

Would Canada probably have preserved one of its hypothetical Queen Elizabeth-class battleships?

Short answer

Probably, judging by Canada's preservation of the surviving examples of a Tribal-class destroyer and a Flower-class corvette.

Notes

Canada never operated the proposed battleships, so the answer remains counterfactual. One would probably have survived as a museum ship, judging by Canada's preservation record. It retains the surviving example of a Tribal-class destroyer and the surviving Flower-class corvette. This unrealised procurement choice would have affected the historical memory and material heritage left by the fleet.