![]() ![]() The King George V class, while arguably undergunned, were still well armoured (their armour was thicker than any other battleship bar Yamato), and were used well during the war. Though slow, they were well protected and well armed, and could stand up well to any contemporary design. ![]() The two Nelsons were highly effective ships. These had thicker deck armour and a heavier dual-purpose secondary battery, making them highly useful ships for the WWII combat environment. More capable were the Queen Elizabeths, especially the heavily modernised Warspite, Valiant and Queen Elizabeth. They had been left un-modernised during the 1930s, and were in poor condition compared to the rest of the fleet as a result, they were only used in peripheral or secondary roles, and saw little combat. The Revenges were far from the best battleships available to the RN in 1939. ![]()
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