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A class of ships I've always had a soft spot for a sort of mongrel hybrid born of necessity

A monitor was a relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s, during the First World War and with limited use in the Second World War. During the Vietnam War they were used by the United States Navy.[1] The Brazilian Navy's Parnaíba is the last monitor in service.

How could their have been more or alternatively better examples of the species available .

Obviously the peak numbers are always going to be WW1 given the nature of the warfare

I guess the challenge would be to have more ships the RN would want to retain post war . So better engines for the Marshall class and a better hull form Doubling the numbers available to RN.

Any point trying to retain the Lord Clive class ? Could the original Abercrombie class armament be reused on new hulls ? How practical would reusing the armament of the scrapped Iron Duke class for new ww 2 monitor s
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