An Anglo-French program seems like a very strong possibility in that AU. France dropped out of the "Future European Fighter Aircraft" partnership at the start when it was clear no carrier-based variant would be forthcoming. A CVA-01 operating Britain would have largely identical requirements to what...
If they'd kept Tiger around as the training ship instead of Iron Duke then remilitarized her as war approached (pointless for Iron Duke but potentially useful with the much faster Tiger), the ammunition problem could be averted by adapting the turrets to carry the same 14" guns as the King George V ...
Tiger reminds me of Kongou That is because the Japanese Kongo class were based on the design of HMS Tiger, and as the first of the class was built in Britain, by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow. Kongou had already been launched when HMS Tiger was laid down. They're so similar because both are improved ...
I like the F3 with the 9x15", more heavily armoured than Hood and packing a better punch on a smaller displacement for the loss of only 1-2 knots of speed.
Sounds like something that would've been more useful than the Nelsons that actually got built.
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all we need now is the Mitsubishi 1MF, Mitsubishi 1MT, Mitsubishi B1M, Mitsubishi B5M, Nakajima A1N, Nakajima A2N, and Yokosuka B4Y. Well here's a few of those: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/prwhemyu5s37fr5/1MT.png?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/g63c4iuin06tzq6/A1N.png?dl=0 https://...
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