Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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A Royal Navy machine-spirit battle group for Warhammer 40,000

A playful crossover equips famous Royal Navy ship spirits with Emperor-class battleships, Nemesis-class carriers and a large Tribal escort.

Battle of Cape MatapanEmperor Class Battleships (Warhammer 40,000)Machine Spirits (Warhammer 40,000)Fiction Warhammer 40000 Nemesis Class Fleet CarriersFleet OrganisationHMS HoodHMS WarspiteRoyal NavyTribal Class Destroyers (1936)Warhammer 40,000
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Question

Which Royal Navy ship machine spirits should join Warspite in a Warhammer 40,000 squadron?

Short answer

Choose Queen Elizabeth and Hood, add Ark Royal, Formidable and Unicorn as fleet carriers, and escort them with Second World War Tribal-class destroyers.

Notes

The proposed squadron begins with Warspite and Queen Elizabeth as Emperor-class battleships, with Hood eventually added as another battleship. Ark Royal, Formidable and Unicorn become Nemesis-class fleet carriers, escorted by about thirty Second World War Tribal-class destroyers from the British, Canadian and Australian navies. Their fictional roles draw on the ships' reputations, including Unicorn's shore bombardment and Formidable's involvement at Matapan. Hood's proposed character also borrows from the unusual survival record attributed to USS Hood in Star Trek. The enormous carrier air groups remain deliberately unquantified because the setting's numbers are inconsistent.