The idea for the HMS Vanguard came in response to a strategic assessment that by the early 1940s, the Royal Navy would be outnumbered in battleships by the German Kriegsmarine and Japanese Imperial ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Vanguard arrived too late for World War II but served in a ceremonial role as a symbol of power into the 1950s. In an... Key point: The battleship was impressive, but it ...