longsword14
Banned
Britain's superiority in technology decades into a Napoleonic scenario is not at all guaranteed. Continental Europe did not have the push for industrialisation early on but it did have the know-how. How long can the order be maintained, will it be stable etc are more important questions than various naval developments that could happen. The good news for post Napoleonic scenario is that the situation could only swing up from the rock bottom they had hit with ships and technology changing fast, the bad news is that the situation would still be bad at the moment and they would have to endure it for some time.I'm not sure at all that you could have a screw ship in 1800, as the screw OTL was patented 1835 and not really made usable until 1839... in Britain.