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Where a preserved Warspite might have belonged

Devonport in Plymouth would have been a historically fitting home for Warspite had the battleship survived as a museum ship.

Question

Where might HMS Warspite have been kept if she had survived as a museum ship?

Short answer

Devonport or Plymouth would have been a plausible home because Warspite was built there and the major naval base offered both space and a strong historical connection.

Notes

A viewer asks where a battleship of Warspite's size could realistically have been displayed. London and Portsmouth are considered, but Warspite's connection to Devonport gives Plymouth a strong claim. She was built at the dockyard, and the city retained one of Western Europe's largest naval bases. The area was also beginning to develop a naval museum, making Devonport a plausible home with enough space and a direct historical connection.