If resources were available to raise one British battleship lost after HMS Devastation, which would be most feasible?
Short answerHMS Royal Oak is the relative choice because of her location and extensive survey data, although raising her would still be extremely difficult.
NotesThe answer chooses HMS Royal Oak only in comparison with even less practical British battleship wrecks. Her position in Scapa Flow gives salvors a relatively sheltered and well-studied site rather than an exposed deep-ocean location. Survey work, including research associated with Emily Turton, provides an unusually strong body of information about the wreck. None of that makes recovery easy, but it reduces uncertainty enough to make Royal Oak the least-impossible candidate.