Prison Battleship -

The concept collapses under existing treaties:

The historical "prison battleship" faded after WWII, as naval aviation and missile technology made old battleships hopelessly obsolete for combat. However, the idea of the prison battleship refused to die. It merely migrated to pop culture. prison battleship

Is this a real chapter of naval history? A metaphor for the military-industrial complex? Or just a ridiculously cool concept for a dystopian video game? Is this a real chapter of naval history

Before the steel dreadnought, there was the "hulk." The true origin of the prison battleship begins in the 18th century. Great Britain, having lost its American colonies in 1783, could no longer ship its convicts across the Atlantic. Simultaneously, the Royal Navy was retiring hundreds of massive —the battleships of their day. Before the steel dreadnought, there was the "hulk

In cyberpunk literature and tabletop war games (most notably Warhammer 40,000 and BattleTech ), the Prison Battleship becomes a tool of expendable terror. The logic is brutally simple: