I must admit to being puzzled
at the choice of Dreadnought
as a name for the new SSBNs.
Assuming 4 or 3 submarines are
built, the only rationale is to
resurrect the names of our early
nuclear boats. That would add
Valiant and Warspite and possibly
Conqueror or Churchill.
The alternative would have
been a B class to follow the
Astutes:
Bellerephon
Bucephalus
Belligerent
Bellicose
so probably best to go with
SSN names. Anyone still around
for the next lot in the 2050s
the RN can go back to the R
class.
