WI: REVENGE class at Jutland

The way I see the revenges is that they were built for the North sea battle line and should not be seen as a dumbed down QE but instead an improvement over the Iron Dukes and given the rate of Battleship improvements as it was in 1914 (compare them for example against Dreadnought!) I don't think it is useful to critique them on their unsuitability 25 years later.
One of the first books I read about naval history was Warships of World War II by David Lyon. I don't remember the quote exactly, but it was along the lines of, "The best warships are those that perform well in unforeseen circumstances." And it wasn't foreseen that the Queen Elisabeths and Revenges would have service lives of 25-30 years.
 
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