Autoloading 15-inch turrets could change King George V-class manning

What if tested autoloading 15-inch triple-turret plans reached Henderson while King George V-class ships were being designed?

The class would likely receive 15-inch triple turrets, with major manpower savings if the machinery could reduce each gun crew to a few supervisors.

Here, autoloading means machinery requiring a small supervisory crew rather than an entirely unattended gun. Reducing a turret from dozens of people to roughly twelve would release large numbers of crew for other ship functions and make a 15-inch triple layout attractive. Across three turrets, even carrying duplicate supervisory teams would save more than a hundred sailors compared with a conventional arrangement. Proven drawings and test reports arriving during design would remove much of the technical uncertainty that otherwise pushed the Royal Navy toward its historical 14-inch weapons.