Cryhavoc101
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The Russians were building 7 Dreadnoughts and 4 Battle Cruisers that were top notch and far better than most in the British fleet. They would make a fine addition to the German fleet by 1915. Then there are her destroyers and submarines which were also top notch. Just something to remember
Why would the Russians and French scuttle their fleets? To save Britain? Not when the Germans can march into Paris and Moscow.
Still waiting to see how the British are keeping the sea lanes open and how are they blockading the Franco-German border
Those Russian Ships were highly dependent on British equipment - if its 1915 then the Germans will have to finish them in which case they might as well not bother and make their own
And as for being better than the British ones.....ahh nope
The Ganguts are faster than most of the British battleships but in all other respects inferior to British Dreadnoughts - I do have a soft spot for this class.
The Imperatritsa Mariya-class - 2 might be finished in this TL but one Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya was scuttled historically to prevent her being turned over to the Germans and the same fate might happen to the 1st unit but it was destroyed historically after a catasrophic magazine fire in 1916 - the 3rd unit was not finished until very late in the war due to the machinary not beign delivered from Britain so out of scope. These ships were similiar to the Ganguts.
The Borodino class ships - proved too much for the Russian industry to complete - the Germans would have to finish them off.
And anyway the OTL treaties did not force Russia to give up her navy and as far as I am aware only Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya was slated to be handed over and she was scuttled!
As for the French - unlikely that all their fleet would be handed over as part of the terms and we cannot assume that any attempt to seize the fleet would not result in the same result as OTL when the Germans tried this in WW2