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At least Three cruisers and HMS Cumberland a county class heavy cruiser refitting in the Falklands them selves so it would not have been a cake walk for the Argentines.

alecsandros wrote:Well, it is conceivable, I guess... If production was given enough priority, then HMS Tameraire could have been comissioned in mid-1943, or even earlier, and sent to cover convoy JW-55B...

If she was given priority over vanguard then she would be built a lot freaking sooner?

With the Lion class 16 inch guns would anyone know the possible damage and problems with the triple turrets?

What role would we use her for? Fast escort or fire support?

All though if she was built HMS Tameraire would be a beautiful lady only the Yamatos would be able to match her.

What if the admiralty instead of stopping and starting building the two lions they continued building just Tameraire. With the loss of HMS Hood in the Denmark straight and the possibility of Tirpitz sortieing, The Admiralty speed up the construction of Tameraire as her hull is near complete along wi...

Admiral Hipper fitting out at Blohm and Voss Hamburg 1939.

Could she get to japan or other neutral territory?

Britain and the Germans declare a temporary truce to sink the thing then what is left of the battered wreck we fight over so the other side does not get it.

The Brits and the NAZIS have a temporary truce till it is sunk then fight for what is left of the battered missile cruiser.

There is already a thread about how would you improve the Royal Navy, now, I was wondering how would you guys improve the Kriegsmarine? Do you cancel battleship construction in favor of smaller cruisers and submarines? Do you go forward with aircraft carriers and naval aviation? Feel free to discus...

We would not let them escape. Look at what we did to the rest of the KM battle fleet, We hunted them down and sunk them. The FAA tried sinking tirpitz at anchor, The RN tried sinking it with mini subs and the RAF 617 dropped tallboys and grand slams to finally sink it. We would not let them leave Eu...

If one is built would we see CVF with angled deck and cats/traps? Would the two CVF have nuclear propulsion

lutjens wanted to wait till Tirpitz was completed before operation rhine but raeder over ruled him. This is what could happen if Lutjens got his wish and Germany waited till 1941 before starting WW2.

no guesses