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Six Queen Elizabeths and eight Revenge-class ships at Jutland

Uninterrupted wartime building is estimated to produce six Queen Elizabeths and eight Revenge-class battleships by Jutland.

Battle Of Jutland Naval Procurement Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships Revenge Class Battleships Royal Navy World War I

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Question

How many Revenge-class battleships could have been ready for Jutland without the First World War construction pause?

Short answer

Probably eight Revenge-class ships, alongside six Queen Elizabeths, in the counterfactual estimate.

Notes

Without the wartime construction pause, the estimate is six Queen Elizabeths and eight Revenge-class battleships ready by Jutland. That would give the British fleet substantially more modern heavy-gun ships for the battle, although no detailed completion schedule is supplied.