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Okay, just for comparison sake let's put Britain's dreadnoughts and battlecruisers of 1917 against all or Europe's up to 1917. We'll include all ships lost IOTL.

Mod's can move this to ASB if they wish, but I'm not suggesting a POD to bring this to be, but instead seek an example to compare the RN against its historic fear, that of a massive strong naval power on the continent.

Royal Navy

35 x Dreadnoughts:
1 x Dreadnought
3 x Bellerophon
3 x St. Vincent
1 x Neptune
2 x Colossus
4 x Orion
4 x King George V
1 x Erin
1 x Agincourt
1 x Canada
4 x Iron Duke
5 x Queen Elizabeth
5 x Revenge

12 x Battlecruisers:
3 x Invincible
3 x Indefatigable (including HMAS Australia)
2 x Lion
1 x Queen Mary
1 x Tiger
2 x Renown

Continentals

45 x Dreadnoughts:

4 x Nassau
4 x Helgoland
5 x Kaiser
4 x Konig
2 x Bayern
1 x Dante Alighieri
3 x Cavour
2 x Doria
4 x Courbet
3 x Bretagne
4 x Gangut
3 x Imperatritsa Mariya
4 x Tegetthoff
2 x Espana

7 x Battlecruisers:
1 x Von Der Tann
2 x Moltke
1 x Seydlitz
2 x Derfflinger
1 x Hindenburg

Let's assume both the RN and the Continent can bring their cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats.

Now, I have omitted pre-dreadnoughts, carriers, submarines, minelayers, etc. intentionally, mostly to keep things simple. Torpedoes are still in play since nearly every ship in play from the TBs to the dreadnoughts is carrying them.

For continentals, speaking French, Russian, Italian, Spanish and German, they'll need to pick a language for signals, wireless and communications. Unless they fight as separate units by language. They also need a CinC.

With such a force assembled, say off the coast of Cape Trafalgar, 10am in clear weather, can the British pull off a massive victory?
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