Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "HMS Iron Duke - Guide 163" video.

@46bovine It was the name of the company (Fairey Aviation) who built them.
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Not really. In March, 1939, the Admiralty briefly considered modernising Iron Duke, which had been stripped of her armour and some of her main turrets for use as a gunnery training ship, but gave up the idea on cost grounds, and because the best that could have been achieved would have been something inferior to the (obsolete) 'R' class. The Japanese had more success with the Hiei. Churchill only became First Lord in September, 1939.
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German heavy ships avoided convoys with battleship (even R Class) escorts. A rearmed (and rearmoured) Iron Duke would probably have had the same deterrent effect. The cost of reactivating her would have been significant, which is why the Admiralty never seriously considered it, however.
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