Reply to post: "but that's more a reflection of doctrine than shipbuilding prowess."

Navy names new attack sub HMS Agincourt

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"but that's more a reflection of doctrine than shipbuilding prowess."

No, it was that German steel mills were more advanced than British ones. It's no surprise the main type of armour was Krupp cemented armour.

In turn this superiority made Germany too reliant on the this very capability of their steel to sustain damage, they didn't employ other methods to reduce it (i.e. slanted armour on tanks).

It is true Kriegsmarine was never the main force in the German Army - and Tirpitz doctrine was to build a fleet poweful enough to be a menace for the Home Fleet - not a worldwide one. Germany has always been a continental power (and that would become a liability when many supplies were needed from afar)

Britain was in fact forced to move ships back to the home waters to ensure its superiority - which let, for example, Japan raise as a sea power - which was demonstrated when they sank the Russian fleet.

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