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I can see the KLM sacrificing speed for survivability in battle as has been proved in battle during the last six odd months in Letterstime.
Hmm. I'm not drawing the same conclusions from LettersTime naval combat as you. No KM dreadnought has been sunk by enemy gunfire. That tells me the current German armor scheme and magazine protection work great.

The British QE and R class dreadnoughts should be the driver for future German dreadnought construction. The HSF has already encountered these beasts in combat and they undoubtedly know about sister ships laid down during 1912 to 1914.

My dreadnought 1918 conclusions based on LettersTime naval combat to date.
- Speed of 27 kts. This provides a 3 knot advantage over the QE class and is compatable with the existing German BCs.
- Belt, conning tower and main gun turret armor somewhere between 30cm and 35cm.
- Thicker deck armor. 20,000 yard combat ranges make plunging fire a lot more dangerous.
- Deck mounted secondary guns. Combat experience has shown that casement mounted weapons are adversely affected by heavy seas.
- The primary mission of secondary guns should be to defeat enemy torpedo attacks. This may cause a shift to a smaller size (i.e. 12cm) with a higher rate of fire.
- 38cm/45 main guns or larger. The 35cm/45 naval rifle cannot be relied upon to defeat 13" armor.
- Greater endurance. German naval vessels based at Wilhelmshaven must be capable of operating off the U.S. east coast and in the White Sea.
- Delete the torpedo tubes. KM dreadnoughts have yet to fire even a single torpedo during combat.
- Give seaplanes some thought. They would be very handy for recon during good weather. The German FF series seaplanes are already in service and work fine.

I sympathize with this argument. Additionally we don't want to add additional flammable material to the dreadnoughts. The same reason that torpedos should be removed.

I think that the GTB1916 is the logical choice to carry a seaplane. They are the first escort vessels with the range and sea keeping to keep pace with dreadnoughts. So they are likely to be around when you need them. After launching or recovering a seaplane they can use 34+ kt max speed to catch up with the rest of the fleet.