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Useful ships from occupied European navies

Destroyers from Norway, Greece, and Denmark offered more immediate Allied value than obsolete coastal or pre-dreadnought ships.

Question

Which ships from occupied European navies would have been useful in British hands?

Short answer

He favours Norwegian, Greek, and Danish destroyers, but not obsolete and largely unmodernised Greek pre-dreadnoughts.

Notes

Useful ocean-going destroyers take priority among vessels from occupied countries that could have helped the Royal Navy. Norwegian destroyers beyond the small harbour-defence craft are joined by capable Greek and Danish destroyers. Yugoslav ships draw less enthusiasm in this answer. The old Greek pre-dreadnoughts are rejected because their lack of modernisation made them liabilities rather than ready reinforcements.