The Last Battleship Designs - The Good, the Bad and the Mad!

Today we take a look at the last generations of battleship designs, covering everything from nuclear missiles to rocket-assisted Tallboys and re-inventing the pre-dreadnought!

Sources:
https://www.usni.org/press/books/russian-and-soviet-battleships-0
https://www.usni.org/press/books/us-battleships-0
https://www.usni.org/press/books/british-battleship
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battleships-United-States-1935-1992/dp/1557501742/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nelson-Vanguard-Warship-Design-Development/dp/184832149X/
Lion class design study drawings by Tzoli (many thanks!)


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