What if all warships laid down by Jan 1922 were finished
What if all warships laid down by Jan 1922 were finished let us say every nation that ordered a warship between 1910 and 1921 received there warships and they was no WWI ....
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I thought that the Germans solved their two Seas dilemma with the Kiel Kanal allowing them to transfer units over to either theatre.
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Finally found the damn thing - because it was later than I thought I've spent the last three days trawling through hundreds of pages until I retraced my steps. This minute (from CHAR 13/25) strongly...
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Thanks Simon, very illuminating on how dynamic the situation really was. Condottiere - partly. The problem becomes 'what now for finances' when the ships get too big. Also, the Germans could take a...
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Thanks for your efforts in running that down Simon, very interesting. Lambert's was the only reference I'd seen to Agincourt being a faster QE rather than an additional QE. I think coupled with being...
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I'm not sure that we can go that far, DN. Of course it's a possibility that Agincourt could herald a new class. I would be very interested to see what there is in the Ship's Cover on the matter....
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Couldn't WSC envisage 3 radical transformations of naval architecture before breakfast? A talent that spread to the all three armed forces while PM and Minister of Defence in the next war. Simon, can...
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Offhand I really couldn't say. I'll see what D.K. Brown has to say on the subject. In the meantime here's the instructions for D.N.C. transcribed by yours truly:...
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DN: Lambert's was the only reference I'd seen to Agincourt being a faster QE rather than an additional QE. I think coupled with being laid down in the RN's battleship cradle (Portsmouth DY) and this...
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I agree Simon and Mark, a hypothesis and it's on thin ice as I suspect the Ships Cover will say very little other than a 'repeat QE'. At the same time, I wonder whats in the last 3 R's Ships Covers....
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Apologies for the delay in replying - travelling. I have yet to read D'Eyncourt's autobiography or go through his papers, but by the looks of things the speed with which the design of Repulse and...
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The only way Agincourt would have gone through as a battle cruiser in 1914-1915 would have been for the fourth ship of that year's programme to have had next to nothing spent on it, which was mooted...
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dorknought wrote:Iron Duke was laid down Jan 12 1913 and launched Oct 12 1912 Queen Elizabeth was laid down 21 Oct 1913 and launched 16 Oct 1913Damn... Iron Duke and QE were launched before they were...
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I too was struck by the length of time that Royal Sovereign was on the ways when I was looking through this last week. It's been suggested to me that resources were focused on completing Queen...
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Here's something I compiled one time on building times.......All times are in months.... The RN.. Bellerophon 26,Superb 27,Temeraire 28,Collinwood 38,Str. Vincent 28, Vanguard 24 Invincible 27...
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Both Iron Duke and Marlborough had been intended to complete in January, 1914, but it was decided to slow down fitting out slightly.Edit: Found it (CHAR 13/6A/133):Third Sea Lord.The First Sea Lord...
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What gives on both navies post war efforts?look at Idaho 50 compared to her sisters 31 & 32.The same can be said of the RN's QE class some took much longer than others,as well as the "R"...
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I too was struck by the length of time that Royal Sovereign was on the ways when I was looking through this last week. It's been suggested to me that resources were focused on completing Queen...
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Armament had to be ordered three months in advance (that's from a memo. by the Sea Lords of 18 December, 1913, CAB 37/118) which rather contradicts Lambert's unreferenced claim that they had to be...
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As I see it (and until I see something which proves it) delaying Royal Sovereign was a war-time measure, yes it was Mounts ordered for 2 of pre war R-class battleships were tranfered to Renown and...
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