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Why weren't well-armored battlecruisers more common?

people_culture UTC: 2026-03-08 12:33:54

So battlecruiser is a capital ship whose purpose is to hunt down and kill cruisers. Royal Navy (or rather, Admiral Fisher) decided to make battlecruiser into essentially a battleship with cruiser-grade armor. Now, this may have simplified logistics (same guns and ammunition sh...

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