Ships worth saving

[Retired]

The UK has preserved a few notable warships, Victory, Belfast, Warrior etc but has scrapped many other notable warships that should have been saved. If we could go back to 1900 and save five ships from that date to today what would members save and why?
My suggestions
Dreadnought 1906 for obvious reasons
A K class submarine as an idea waiting for the technology to catch up
A Flower class corvette as an example of what really won the battle for Britain
H.M.S. Warspite as the most decorated warship in the RN
H.M.S. Exmouth as an example of the RN leading the world in new ideas and also the sort of conditions ratings had to
live in even in the '60s

[Andy-M]

HMS Vanguard would be my choice, the biggest and best battleship to see service with the RN, imagine her where HMS Belfast is now.

[RobWilliams]

I'd have loved us to have kept Vanguard, you can find a video ~4-5mins long talking about breaking her up. It felt funny watching them cut the gun barrels off.

[GibMariner]

HMS Vanguard & Warspite would have been great to see preserved - Vanguard in HMS Belfast's current position would look epic.

I would have liked to have seen at least one aircraft carrier preserved as a museum, preferably HMS Victorious for her war service and beautiful design. Or maybe Ark Royal as it was more famous.

No idea where one could be placed, any suggestions?

If ships are preserved as museum ships, does that mean no other ships could receive their names?

[arfah]

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[SKB]

My five choices for ships built after 1900 for preservation would be:

1. HMS Dreadnought (1906) (World's first 'modern' battleship)
2. HMS Argus (I49) (World's first true aircraft carrier)
3. HMS Vanguard (23) (Britain's last battleship)
4. HMS Conqueror (S48) (World's first nuclear submarine to sink another vessel)
5. HMS Invincible (R05) (World's first ski-jump carrier)

[marktigger]

HMS Endurance ex MV Anita Dan

[marktigger]

there's a Flower and a Tribal class destroyer in Canada

[marktigger]

one of the Black Swan sloops

[arfah]

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[marktigger]

HMS Tigers Bay captured from the Argentines?

[WhiteWhale]

there's a Flower and a Tribal class destroyer in Canada

I'm pretty sure they are what is referred to as the 'Canadian Navy'.

[laurencechris]

HMS Rodney for me. An odd looking battleship which used her 16" guns to batter the Bismarck.

[Tony Williams]

If I had to pick one it would certainly be the QE class battleship Warspite.

By far the most powerful battleship class on introduction in WW1, with the classic twin 15 inch armament (used by more RN capital ships than any other); fought at Jutland, the only great battle between fleets of dreadnoughts; fought throughout WW2 in a wide variety of actions. For historical interest and combat significance, nothing else comes close.

Dreadnought would be my second choice for her historical importance, although obsolescent by WW1 with her main distinction being that she rammed a submarine! Vanguard was never even properly completed.

[marktigger]

Rodney or Nelson would have been nice
One of our tribal class destroyers
A county class Destroyer
HMS Eagle or Ark Royal

[arfah]

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