Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "HMS Dreadnought - Guide 001 (Human Voice)" video.

  1. It isn't much use having 8 x 12 inch guns if your armour is 9.1 inch belt & 1.5 inch horizontal. Combine that with a speed of 19.5 knots, and you are too slow to escape anything stronger, and too slow to catch anything weaker.
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  2. And the cost estimated by the clueless MoD usually turns out to be about 10% of what the final cost turns out to be. Following which, the MoD announces that the final design is 'more capable' than had been expected, and that, therefore, only 5, rather than 8, will be built. Presumably, in MoD world, the ideal Royal Navy of the future would have one ship, but a remarkably capable one. It would, however, take 40 years to build, presumably in a South East Asian shipyard.
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