Best reference book for HMS Prince of Wales

[Mal]

Interesting but as this was the second built, and the first hadn't been to sea by the time PoW was launched, how did they know and why only do the second ship; not the first, third or fourth?

My thoughts exactly but I've not heard a more reasonable explanation.perhaps Procopius has a point about war construction,As you've said you would of expected a knuckle to of been incorporated into DoY Anson and Howe,Perhaps it was only built into POW as a design experiment and having not been a success was not incorporated into the later ships,there had been concerns that the class was going to be wet due to their lack of sheer,of course all of this is just speculation,As my observation has caused this topic to drift can I apologise to all especially Ajaycad

Malcolm

Edited March 14, 2016 by Mal