Intresting so far however it seems to be a RNwank TBH
noted - although surely the value of a story ( and that's what all of these postings are) is how it retains interest. It is enjoyable to this point.
Intresting so far however it seems to be a RNwank TBH
Sorry not an update but RL has caused havoc so this is going to be my last post on this TL for the moment
I'm back but I have hit a brick wall
What you need?I'm back but I have hit a brick wall
Have the RN developed their ships as they have OTL, or was there an earlier POD causing them to do things differently?
Up til this time every ship the RN has designed Is as otl.
Sounds good!
Is anything scheduled for a major refit?
What about the various admirals (Ramsay, Fraser, Holland, Tom Thumb, etc)?
Hood is due for a major refit and Holland is currently shore side.
Nice! Is Hood scheduled to get a major Renown style reconstruction, or a more modest Repulse style refit?
Are any other ships scheduled for a refit?
Deep refits for all of the QEs PLEASE....
Given that both Japan and the Italians rebuilt all of their BBs and BCs (to fast arguably fast BB standard in the case of the Kongos) I think it would be an interesting exercise to see the 5 QEs, RnR and 'Ood' to all get a deep refit modernisation during the 30s
I appreciate that the OTL budget did not allow for such things but say that the threat of modernised Japanese ships focused minds in the early 30s then I could see more interest in modernising those ships
This might also keep HMS Lion and the 4 Iron Duke's in service longer to cover the refits as well as keep those industries required for large turret/gun construction and renovation open as well as those industries directly involved in armour plate construction.
1931-33 HMS Warspite and HMS Renown go into deep refit
1933-35 HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant go into deep refit
1934 - 36 HMS Hood goes into deep refit
1935 - 37 HMS Barham and HMS Malaya go into deep refit
1936 - 38 HMS Repulse goes into deep refit -
However I can already see a clash with the need for the British shipbuilding industries to support new BBs and CVs from 1936 onwards
I like the idea of keeping the Iron Dukes and Lion in. Especially if they modernize and upgrade the ships during refit. Iron Dukes would definitely need bigger guns. I think they were either 14s or 13.5s...not quite good enough it think to go toe to toe with Bismarck or Tirpitz.