The title says it all what if the King George V class were all completed by their planned completion dates and how would it affect WW2?
The title says it all what if the King George V class were all completed by their planned completion dates and how would it affect WW2?
If he doesn't, I know someone who does...Do you happen to have those dates?
There you go...Do you happen to have those dates?
The title says it all what if the King George V class were all completed by their planned completion dates and how would it affect WW2?
What didn't the British build so that they could be done as planned ?
If the money was shifted from, say, Fighter Command and there were Gladiators instead of Hurricanes, then that would be bad for the Allies in 1940.
And for KGV and PoW, at least, there was also the late delivery of the turrets.manpower was shifted to building Corvettes for all but the KGV and POW, POW was hit by a bomb in dry dock.
Thanks for the datesThere you go...
Each ship was to have been delivered 3.5 years after being laid down.
My first guess is that all 5 ships would have been concentrated on the Home Fleet, which would have allowed Hood and Repulse to reinforce Force H at Gibraltar.Denmark straight looks a bit different.
Another one is what if all 4 Illustrious class aircraft carriers had been completed on time (and the aircrew and aircraft been ready)? Each was to have taken 3 years to build.Thanks for the dates
The title says it all what if the King George V class were all completed by their planned completion dates and how would it affect WW2?
Bad things for the Italian navy to say the very least and probably for the Germans and Japanese as well.Another one is what if all 4 Illustrious class aircraft carriers had been completed on time (and the aircrew and aircraft been ready)? Each was to have taken 3 years to build.
The fundamental problem was the poor state the British armaments industry in the middle 1930s. It couldn't cope with the huge increase in demand for its products from circa 1936 onwards.What didn't the British build so that they could be done as planned ?
If the money was shifted from, say, Fighter Command and there were Gladiators instead of Hurricanes, then that would be bad for the Allies in 1940.
That was the plan of the Admiralty at the time indeed their were plans to rebuild her ala Renown. And Rodney probably could of had her planned full length refit in the USA instead of her expidited one she got otl which would have dramatically helped her in the later years of the warWould Hood manage to get a refit with more fast capital ships available?
The delay for the KGV is iirc two fold.I if I recall the other major factor that pushed backed the completion date of the KGVs was the change from three quad main battery turrets to two quads and a twin main battery turrets which required six extra months of design work.
I’d say we see Vanguard before VE Day.The title says it all what if the King George V class were all completed by their planned completion dates and how would it affect WW2?