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Interesting discussion. I'm sorry I missed it the past few days. Regarding DK Brown's observation about the Revenge class, unless mentioned some where else I'm fairly sure that his opinion was that too many battleships had been retained as late as 1939 - not that they had been retained in...

I would suspect that armoured cruisers would make their appearance again once the size of battlecruisers hit high enough. Historically, the large cruisers developed, in the Royal Navy, the US Navy and others, as means to create escort ships that would be able to maintain speed and station with...

I doubt the King would mention that his brother could not have children. I think you mean that should Prince Albert die and his brother be without heirs.

Why is the British colony of Hong Kong being shared with the Japanese? At least Macao got off unaffected.

Completely agree here. The Russians were falling back upon their supply lines and the Japanese were getting further from theirs. Time and reinforcements are on the side of the Russians.

It was part of the national territory following annexation. One shouldn't use 'always' when talking about a foreign nation forcibly overthrown and annexed by the United States. I doubt that the 'whole of the Constitution' applied during the years of Martial Law following Pearl Harbor.

Interesting. I would consider that it should be possible to completely offload the warships' munitions in order to carry the maximum amount of coal. Also one could probably cut crew to a degree also. The main idea is to get them to Vladivostock where they can be recrewed and restocked. One...

Territory status is usually the step before statehood. The ballot regarding statehood in Hawaii apparently only had two options: statehood or continued territory status. It was a deal with the devil, but statehood has far more benefits than remaining a territory.

G Design gives you maximum six guns ahead. The 'corner' turrets have significantly larger firing arcs as opposed to those in the hexagonal arrangement. The superstructure does not hinder any turrets. One would have to consider that this design is sacrificing broadside weight for the...

It would have been interesting if British dreadnoughts had progressed A, E and then F.

No, it would be safer that it be a third party that is not associated at all with the government or anybody in power.

You wouldn't cut you would add. To cut from Wikipedia: The Director of Naval Construction, Sir Philip Watts suggested that a fifth turret, superfiring over the rear turret, could be added if the ship was lengthened by three frames, 12 feet (4 m) in total, and that this would add very little...

I have always wondered how neat the Lion class battlecruisers would have been if they had been completed as companions to the Orion class mounting 10 13.5in guns.

I don't think it would have worked mostly because of the near total power Hindenburg and Ludendorff had over the government. Eventually, someone would probably point out that with the High Command virtually running the show the trail back to Hindenburg would be evident sooner. It would...

Are you at all familiar with the Pacification of the Philippines? The policy of General 'Howling' Jake Smith to make Samar a 'howling wilderness'?

Reinforces what I had already read about, the British 10"/45 wasn't as good as the American 10"/40. Justifies the jump from 9.2in to 12in.

There is a upcoming book on German battlecruisers of World War I which I am eagerly awaiting. I think we will find that crew quarters, in general, are smaller and more cramped, than British warships. Each ship possessed a band so it would be expected to find instrument storage. I would also...

One overlooked factor of Fisher's revolution is fire control. The battlecruisers were to rely upon their speed, guns and fire control to engage or disengage from enemy forces. I do not believe that one can say that the 'neglected armour protection'. Warship design is a balance tonnage...

There is reference to the 1930s King George V class as battlecruisers in either Brassey's or Jane's. The British did use the term battlecruiser for a capital ship that had the speed greater than the given battleline.

I don't think that is the case at all. I also think Massie failed to look into more recent studies and books about the Anglo-German Naval Race. The armoured cruiser had been slowly creeping into the position of quasi-battleship thru out the late 19th century. The Japanese were probably the...