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Later Agincourt designs might adopt triple turrets

Britain might move from twin to triple 18-inch turrets if experience made the three-turret arrangement attractive.

Question

Would Britain keep twin turrets on later Agincourt-type ships or move to triples?

Short answer

It might adopt triples if the three-turret arrangement proved attractive in service and design work.

Notes

The initial reconstruction uses three twin turrets because that is the conservative choice for the proposed ship. Later development could move to triples. Acceptance would depend on whether designers and operators liked the three-turret arrangement enough to preserve it while increasing the number of guns. Turret evolution would follow experience rather than an automatic preference for more barrels.