HMS Vanguard Mark II

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For the purpose of this thread, to try to give some clarity, given the inevitable modifications and refits throughout the ship's service, what incarnation of the ship is being asked about.
Did HMS Vanguard get modified much ? I thought it spent most of its life as a royal yacht ? and it was completed post war so would it have got much more kit added later in peace time.
 

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Mitsubishi would be able to do it in the same shipyards as their largest cargo carriers and cruise ships but that might trigger an international incident. Maybe have pieces built in many different countries and brought together for a final construction elsewhere. Guns will be tricky to do for a variety of reasons, and the all-metal construction will cause a lot of additional problems. Updating the ship to modern tech will help somewhat, but engines will remain a problem regardless (civilians using nuclear ship engines will have trouble obtaining repairs if needed and many countries might not even let you near port). China could build the ship itself as could France, Germany, UK, and the US. Why a warship to exact specifications?

Steam engine technology likely still exists.

Also, for a modern ship, diesel engines and gas turbines would be options. It wouldn't have to be nuclear powered.
 
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