Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Why returning battleships would become museum ships

Warspite, Renown, Hood, and Prince of Wales would be preserved as museum ships, attracting intense public and historical interest.

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Question

If Warspite, Renown, Hood, and Prince of Wales suddenly returned to Portsmouth, should they be modernized or preserved?

Short answer

Turn them into museum ships, which would draw intense public interest and close historical inspection.

Notes

The counterfactual brings Warspite, Renown, Hood, and Prince of Wales into Portsmouth unexpectedly. Museum preservation is the immediate choice over modernisation. Their return is expected to attract enormous public interest from historians, enthusiasts, and people trying to explain the event. Close inspection of the ships, especially Warspite, would be part of that interest.