British Royal Navy vs Japanese Imperial Navy

Who would win?

  • British Decisive Victory

    Votes: 76 42.2%
  • British Marginal Victory

    Votes: 65 36.1%
  • Draw

    Votes: 8 4.4%
  • Japanese Marginal Victory

    Votes: 19 10.6%
  • Japanese Decisive Victory

    Votes: 12 6.7%

  • Total voters
    180
It is true @Admiral Beez remember Japan are buildind two monsters with a posible third, Yamato and Musashi.

At the same time assuming Sept 1939 Britain is building or has ordered 9 modern battleships (5 KGVs and 4 Lions) with another 3 on the cards (2 more Lions and 1 Vanguard - what ever she ends up being?) - without the need to fight the battle of the Atlantic and Med there is no need to halt / slow construction and we can expect the KGVs to all be commissioned by early 1942 and the Lions by 44/45 (Vanguard??? depending on what she becomes and what else happens)

Also Britain is building or has ordered 6 Armoured carriers and 1 maintenance carrier - again without the need to fight the battle of the Atlantic and Med there is no need to halt / slow construction as per OTL and we can expect all 7 to be in commission by 42/43 (it would have taken up to 3.5 years for each ship from ordering to commissioning were it not for delays due to the BoA / invasion fear etc)

In addition 8 CL (The Fijis) & 16 CLAA Crusiers (Dido) as well as 24 Fleet DDs (J, K and N classes) are being built
 
Technologically the RN and IJN are most equal in about summer 1940. Britain does not have the KGV class, so it's Nelson vs. Nagato. Japan does not have the A6M Zero, so it's A5M Claude, Val and Kate vs. Fulmar, Skua and Swordfish.
 
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