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I have to vote for Warspite, maybe because of the record of the Queen Elizabeths, but Warspite sounds so much like a ship of war. That and the fact that I always thought a novel titled Warspite would be a wonderful project for a naval historical novelist. Imagine a book that took the reader through ...

Hi, no actually I'm not sure. Nothing is "sure" when debating history. But the Austrians did win the Battle of Lissa and that battle did not change the Prussian victory over the Austrians. (Although I have read lately that it wasn't as absolute as we were taught in high school and there we...

The impact of naval battles is not always obvious. The 1866 Battle of Lissa is certainly one of the most interesting (and confused) in history, the composition of the opposing Austrian and Italian fleets, ironclads and wooden battleships mixing it up together makes it sound almost like steampunk fic...

Obviously the idea didn't take hold, and the Dreadnought was an entirely different level of warship. But I have always wondered no one ever seems to bring up the six 11" guns of the Brandenburg class, when discussing the origin of the idea that the Dreadnought embodied so much more effectively...

I think Jutland is the greatest CONVENTIONAL (ie: no aircraft carriers) naval battle of all times. This puts Midway and Leyte Gulf out of the discussion. Think of it: almost 60 battleships and battlecruisers fighting in the North Sea, two British battlecruisers lost with 3000 lives in a matter of m...

This is fun. So hard nowadays to find anyone who cares. Anyway, I think Jutland was quite decisive in it's way because Jellicoe didn't have to win, all he had to do was not lose. And the German High Seas fleet for all it's deadly competence was running for its life the moment it realized the Grand F...

Salamis helped save Greek culture but did not save Athens and ultimately was of less importance than Plataea; the defeat of the Armada saved England but was more of a victory of wind and weather and superior seamanship than a knock down drag out naval battle; Trafalgar was magnificent but Napoleon h...