The Coronel counterfactual extends into cruiser design. If Cradock returned after defeating von Spee with 9.2-inch-gunned armoured cruisers, their perceived success could shape the requirement that historically produced the Hawkins class. The proposed cruiser is estimated at roughly 18,000 tons. That wartime precedent would then change the displacement and gun-calibre assumptions brought into later treaty-cruiser negotiations.
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How a Coronel victory could reshape the Hawkins class
A victorious Cradock could make 9.2-inch armoured cruisers the model for the counterfactual Hawkins class.