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Elswick is the ordnance branch of Armstrong's.

Actually, the RN had eight twin 15" turrets available, one each in HMS EREBUS, HMS TERROR and HMS MARSHAL SOULT (removed and mounted later in HMS ROBERTS), the four turrets removed from HMS COURAGEOUS and HMS GLORIOUS and the spare originally built for HMS FURIOUS (later mounted in HMS...

i think one class of RN has been left out of consideration, the DUNCANs. These ships were designed to dealing with Russian fast battleships and had been reduced to the reserve only in early 1914. While still on 19 knot ships, they were in a much best material state than the CANOPUS and had a...

If you are doing poetry about minesweepers, then there is only one chose Mine-Sweepers - Poem by Rudyard Kipling Dawn off the Foreland -- the young flood making Jumbled and short and steep -- Black in the hollows and bright where it's breaking -- Awkward water to sweep. "Mines reported in...

I continue to look forward to more. Of course I am old enough that I would have studied all of this as a schoolboy in a current events course. Gator

A fascinating timeline. I look forward to seeing where it leads.

Marines This is a very well thought and researched timeline. Very enjoyable. But I will point out the head gear of your Royal Marines look suspiciously like the tam o' shanter worn by Scottish troops. bbgator

Dogger Bank Nice start and I look forward to more. BTW, Edward VII was King in 1905, not George V. gator

Kimmel dies, Kidd lives RAdm Kidd was junior to both VAdm Pye, Commander Battle Force Pacific Fleet, and RAdm Anderson, Commander Battleships Pacific Fleet.

Perky, Don't let the fanboys get you down, it is after all, your story, and a very good one. One note, in 1916, British brigades had 4 battalions, the change to the three battalion structure came as a result of Lloyd George withholding replacements from Haig. Best regards, Gator

Five star rank is General of the Army. The legislation which created the rank allowed four five stars for the Navy and four for the Army. The initial Army officers were: Marshall, Eisenhower, MacArthur and Arnold. When the USAF was created, the Army was allowed another officer to replace...

The story about Kit Craddock and the 1st Cruiser Squadron is title "Traditions" by Elizabeth Moon and printed in the first volume of Harry Turtledoves "Alternate Generals". Gator

VP There is no Constitutional prohibition against relatives serving as Pres/VP, but there is a prohibition against two individuals from the same state. That is why Cheney changed his residence from Texas back to Wyoming before the 2000 election. Gator

Albert, Duke of York, later George VI, was the second son of George V and his preference as his successor. Henry, Duke of Gloucester, was the THIRD son of George V. If Albert died before Edward, his daughter, Elizabeth, would be Edward's successor, followed by her children, then her sister...

Kriegsmarine There were three of the PRINZ EUGEN class heavy cruisers laid down. LUTZOW was transfered to the USSR under the provisions of the February 1940 German-Soviet Trade Agreement. SEYDLITZ was never completed. In August 1942, the decision was made to convert SEYDLITZ to an aircraft...