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Two vaguely-plausible suggestions for a British (or 'somewhat British') triad: If you want a triad in the '60s: V-bombers continue in service as OTL Polaris enters service more as the Americans originally intended with the proposed Joint Deterrent Force; missiles are carried on 2-3 UK...

Sorry to say this story will now be on hold for a while. I’ve long since run through my stock of material, and need to think about mapping out a more entertaining narrative than just a list of battleships (along with a few other projects I have in mind). Lots of possibilities remain, both...

Extras: Hull ~250 tons 1/2" deck ~ 400 tons 1" side plating ~ 150 tons Swap 12-4" for 8-6" (allowing for ammo, hoists, directors etc..) ~ 160 tons The rest is splinter protection and other tweaks. If I'd said 'on the foc'sle' or something like that, I'd agree with you, but I was referring to...

I think you've already got there. They've scrapped/converted Panther, Lion, Courageous, Princess Royal and Orion to 'pay for' the 3 Nelsons. These ships are one-for-one replacements for the other 3 'Orions', plus Ajax and Centurion, the latter becoming a disarmed target ship, replacing Colossus...

I would think the next logical step is an 'armoured battlecruiser', taking what they've learned with these and applying it to a full scale ship. Using the 3,000-ton wheeze, they could go up to ~38,500 tons without worrying too much. D-steel, light machinery and intelligent use of armour, and you...

HMAS Australia will be a relatively mildly modified version. Bulged out by 2', lengthened by 6' to allow larger magazines. An extra 0.5" on the armour decks (4.5" magazine, 4" machinery, 3.5" aft on lower deck), and the protective side plating goes up to 3". Most obvious improvement is the...

One more picture, of centreline internal layout. Not as good as unit machinery (which the story's 'Columbias' have) but the pairs of boiler rooms are separated.

Fisher-class Legend Length 728’, Beam 93’ 6”, Draught 24’ 10” at a normal load of 28,000 tons Deep load ~ 30,900 tons Armament: 8 x 16” Mk.2* (A3-B2-Y3), firing a 2,360-lb shell at 2,450-fps. Maximum elevation 30-degrees, maximum range 35,000 yards 12 x 4” QF Mk.V in twin HA mounts 12 x 1-pdr...

Britannia Waives the Rules Few believed that it would be possible to fit a combination of a useful armament, a high speed and any level of adequate armour onto a 23,000-ton ship, but they reckoned without Charles Coles, the Deputy Director of Naval Construction. He had come up through the...

Not sure if you're aware, but that one's a real idea of Fisher's - although very much in the realm of idle speculation. M-class submarine.

You've missed my personal favourite: HMS Perfection (why aim for anything less ... even though she wasn't - essentially a 25-kt Minotaur dreamt up in 1902) Of course there's always Incomparable, but the story already has a less absurd version of her in Furious.

She'll be a year or so later, so might learn a few lessons, but is primarily a big sister. At 28,000 tons (the Australian limit), she must be seen to be different to her '23,000-ton' relatives, so there will be some obvious changes in addition to more subtle improvements. As MarcH says, she...

I see we have a tie in the favourite name poll started by @roachbeef a few days ago. My casting vote is therefore applied in favour of Indefatigable for the fifth ship. The five Fisher-class ships will therefore be HMS Fisher, Indomitable, Invincible, Anson and Indefatigable. ... and their...

They're planning for it, yes. Like the Nelsons (real and story) they'll be equipped with a version of the Admiralty Fire-Control Table and its associated DCT (actually two of them).

They're big enough ... just the right size, in fact ... :biggrin: