Algérie mounted eight 8-inch guns in four twin turrets, while a three-triple-turret arrangement might have raised the total to nine. French designers later adopted triple turrets for their six-inch cruisers. The suggestion is an evolutionary design comparison, and Algérie remains a very fine, balanced ship in this assessment. The passage gives viewers a concise way to weigh gun count against the rest of a treaty cruiser's design.
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Could Algérie have carried nine main guns?
Three triple turrets might have raised Algérie's main battery from eight to nine guns, anticipating later French six-inch cruiser arrangements.