Continued building advances British gunnery

Continuous construction would keep gun design moving instead of freezing the technology of 1918. A 5.5-inch dual-purpose secondary battery could replace separate 6-inch anti-ship and 4-inch anti-aircraft weapons with one system. The choice favors surface power but still supplies meaningful anti-aircraft capability for a late-1920s ship. An improved 15-inch/50 main gun could use the established shell family while delivering greater performance than the wartime 15-inch/42. Experience with that weapon and the Nelson-class gun might then support a British 16-inch/50 for new battleships, showing how a modest order stream sustains a wider gunnery ecosystem.