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Where a preserved HMS Warspite would belong

Portsmouth is the preferred hypothetical home for Warspite because she could join Victory and Warrior.

Question

If HMS Warspite had survived as a museum ship, where should she be displayed?

Short answer

Probably Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, where she could be displayed alongside Victory and Warrior.

Notes

Devonport is the first suggested home for a preserved Warspite, prompted by a joke about the ship's attachment to Cornwall. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard becomes the preferred choice. It would allow Warspite to join Victory and Warrior in the same museum setting. A preserved battleship would take a long time to explore properly and require substantial maintenance. American museum battleships illustrate the scale of that commitment.