Alternate warships of nations

Hood's sisters had already been scrapped by the time the Washington treaty was proposed. For some reason the RN had lost faith in Battlecruisers designed before Jutland.
Well to be more exact they did a lot redesign work on them to the extent that they would have been at best half sisters to Hood but by the time said design work was done the war was pretty much over and the funding and resources to build them wasn't there anymore especially since by this point the RN was favoring a blank slate design and so they got canceled in early 1919.
 
Sure, but Peg Leg Pom has her as going to Canada, which I don't find plausible.
Perhaps Von Spee raided the Canadian West Coast before heading to South America and his appointment in the Falklands, so the Canadian Government is taking naval defence much more seriously.
 
Perhaps Von Spee raided the Canadian West Coast before heading to South America and his appointment in the Falklands, so the Canadian Government is taking naval defence much more seriously.
Mind you they're more likely to buy and operate four or so Counties/Yorks along with roughly a dozen subs and around two or three flotillas of Destroyers in that case
 
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Perhaps Von Spee raided the Canadian West Coast before heading to South America and his appointment in the Falklands, so the Canadian Government is taking naval defence much more seriously.
If the Canadians wanted a capital ship it would be a battlecruiser. A cruisers squadron would rings around HMCS Canada.

That said a cruiser squadron of their own might be more fitting.

A battlecruiser might be a Canada seeing major tensions with the Japanese and looking to form the nucleus of a Royal Navy Pacific Battlecruiser fleet.
 
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The Hellenic Navy takes over the two South Carolina class Semi Dreadnought BB's from the USN after WWI rather than the two Mississippi Class Pre Dreadnoughts. Laid up in the 1930's they are taken to the US for refurbishment just prior to the Italian invasion.


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If the Canadians wanted a capital ship it would be a battlecruiser. A cruisers squadron would rings around HMCS Canada.

That said a cruiser squadron of their own might be more fitting.

A battlecruiser might be a Canada seeing major tensions with the Japanese and looking to form the nucleus of a Royal Navy Pacific Battlecruiser fleet.

It would be rather interesting if Canada and Australia pushed the international community in order to receive a chunk of the WNT capital ship tonnage, maybe even just enough for a single ship that would be built each. If it can be shown with facts that Britain was unable to reliably defend these nations, perhaps there is some validity there?
 
Never bought the Mississippi's to start with, but yes got the South Carolina's at scrap value.

Given the political situation in June 1914 (namely the Ottoman dreadnoughts being about to be delivered and Salamis being still 9 months from completion) the only way the Greeks would not be buying the two Mississippis would be if they got their hands on something better. Like one of Rivadavia and Moreno or both. But if they've got one or two super-dreadnoughts in 1914 what's the point in buying the South Carolinas in 1919?
 
The film was called Operation Petticoat.

People can probably guess who the director was given he did other pink themed stuff.


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The movie was early 1960's IIRC. There was a short-lived TV series in the late 70's with John Astin and Jamie Lee Curtis (her mother did the movie).
 
Never bought the Mississippi's to start with, but yes got the South Carolina's at scrap value.

Amazingly enough the Greeks paid the full original construction costs for the Mississippis. Seems insane considering how rapidly they were outmoded. Seems like by that point they could have bought some British pre dreadnoughts for a lot less.
 
I'd always assumed they got them dirt cheep. Paying full price for obsolete ships seems a poor use of a nations funds. Even by the standard of the last generation Pre Dreadnoughts they seem outdated.
 
Amazingly enough the Greeks paid the full original construction costs for the Mississippis. Seems insane considering how rapidly they were outmoded. Seems like by that point they could have bought some British pre dreadnoughts for a lot less.
Given the tensions in Europe at the time I don't think the UK or anybody but the US was selling and even then its telling that they sold the most realivistly modern class they weren't the happiest with to be begin with. Mind you the USN wasn't going to sell relatively new battleships for nothing. Mind you they had a reason since the 3rd New Mexico was paid for by the sale.
 
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