Britain was tired of war, and anything that reminded it if it.
I'd say that was even more true in Japan
Britain was tired of war, and anything that reminded it if it.
Mikasa represented the Greatest Naval Victory Japan ever had.I'd say that was even more true in Japan
It's really hard to say.
Britain was rather sporadic with preserving ships.
Well, apart from Victory.
Also, the people of the states which the BBs were named after thought it would be cool to have a ship named after their state to keep.Off the top of my head, money and material's, the UK post war didn't have the money to invest in keeping them as museum ships and had a much more pressing need for the metals of the ships. Vanguard could have been kept fairly easily if they wanted to but again budgets...
Entirely depends on the damage she sustained at Denmark Straight.Just had a thought. If Hood survives Denmark Straight, what are the odds that she's sent with PoW to Singapore later that year?
Assuming Hood gets a proper period of repairs and refits, and isn't sunk/badly damaged later in the war does she make the cut for the post war fleet? Despite her age she was faster than the KGVs (which were kept in service until the 1950s) and as fast as Vanguard (which was decommissioned in 1960).
It's really kind of interesting when you look at it. The Royal Navy was defined by their Battleships for hundreds of years. First with the Ship of the Line, then the Pre-dreadnaughts, then Dreadnaught and her descendants. But yet, the only ship that was persevered was Victory.
The USN on the other hand, was a relative latecomer as a world power in terms of our fleet. And if anything, we've been defined more by the aircraft carrier than anything else. Yet we've preserved 7 Battleships. I'd be really curious to research why that is. What made the RN send all it's famous ships to the scrapyard the minute the war was over, while the US kept theirs around?
the last of the QEs went out of service in 1948, but Hood was much faster that them (30 knots to 24) and was a post-Jutland design, so I'm not so sure it's fate would be to at best match the QEs.When were the surviving QE's decommissioned? I doubt she'd last much longer than that at the most.
the last of the QEs went out of service in 1948, but Hood was much faster that them (30 knots to 24) and was a post-Jutland design, so I'm not so sure it's fate would be to at best match the QEs.
I suppose that depends on what post-Bismarck refit she gets and her life after WWII.From memory she wasn't really a "Post Jutland" rather modified in construction due to lesson's learned rather than "true" Post Jutland designs. As to speed, sure she's faster but how relevant is that? She's going to be an old hull that's been used hard even with a deep refit so I can't see the logic of keeping her in service over better protected/designed KGV's
She was laid down 3 months after Jutland and prior to being laid down the initial design had been revised with Jutland in mind. It wasn't a post-Jutland design from the get go, but I think the label still applies.From memory she wasn't really a "Post Jutland" rather modified in construction due to lesson's learned rather than "true" Post Jutland designs.
Lack of speed was cited amongst the reasons for the decommissioning of the Nelsons (whose max speed was 23.5 knots). The newer aircraft carriers of the RN could all go more than 30 knots, and since battle groups need to be able to keep pace with each other the slowest ships would be removed first so they wouldn't be holding up the rest of their unit.As to speed, sure she's faster but how relevant is that?
Speed would be the deciding factor, seeing as how the RN was content to set the pace to 30 knots for HMS Vanguard they wouldn't have much of a problem with Hood which could match Vanguard's speed. The logistics of keeping such an old ship in service would obviously prevent it from staying on as long as Vanguard, but I think it's possible for it to outlive the KGVs.She's going to be an old hull that's been used hard even with a deep refit so I can't see the logic of keeping her in service over better protected/designed KGV's