An unresolved British capital-ship proposal prompts a disagreement over triple 15-inch turrets and 18-inch guns. One interpretation envisages a nine- or twelve-gun Queen Elizabeth-type ship. Clarke favours 18-inch guns because the programme produced actual weapons, while the triple-turret evidence discussed consists of design studies, including proposals for the R class. His argument also relies on the claim that the 18-inch guns were shortened for Furious, suggesting an earlier requirement for longer weapons. Another participant points out that an unknown triple-turret programme cannot be excluded.
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Triple 15-inch or 18-inch guns for an unfinished British design?
Competing interpretations of an unresolved British capital-ship design weigh triple-turret studies against an 18-inch gun programme that produced hardware.