The proposed response lengthens Lion and adds a fourth triple 16-inch turret. The final pair could adopt the change quickly because the guns, turrets, and shipyard methods would already be in production. Extra hull length might improve the length-to-beam ratio and support more boiler power while preserving a speed near 30 knots. The proposal extrapolates from existing British industrial practice rather than documenting an actual design. It frames the response to a foreign super-battleship as a rapid scaling of known components before accepting the delay and risk of an entirely new system.
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A larger Lion as Britain's possible Yamato response
The likely British answer to Yamato is imagined as an enlarged Lion using an extra 16-inch triple turret and familiar production methods.