Which proposed two-forward, one-amidships-turret ironclad designs should have been built without treaty limits?
Short answerG3 and N3 were the best options; the amidships-turret arrangement was largely driven by dockyard and hull-length constraints.
NotesThe panel selects G3 and N3 as the strongest British options if treaty limits disappear. Earlier large designs more commonly placed two turrets forward and one aft rather than putting the third amidships. The unusual central position emerged as designers tried to shorten extremely large ships enough to use additional imperial dry docks without rebuilding them. Armament concentration was therefore a response to infrastructure limits as much as a preferred abstract turret arrangement.