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Quadruple turrets could have reshaped the Crown Colonies

A Crown Colony built around the Super Town mounting might have carried three quadruple six-inch turrets and a much stronger 5.25-inch secondary battery.

Question

Could the Super Town's quadruple six-inch turret have been fitted to the Crown Colony class?

Short answer

Probably; the shared turret ring could support three quadruple mounts, potentially freeing space for a heavier 5.25-inch secondary battery.

Notes

A viewer asks whether the proposed quadruple six-inch mounting could fit a Crown Colony cruiser. It probably could because the class used the same turret-ring basis as Belfast and Edinburgh. If the Royal Navy still wanted twelve main guns, three quadruple mountings would release space compared with four triples. A possible secondary battery could then use five twin 5.25-inch mountings, with four on the wings and one superfiring above the after main turret. The result is a design possibility inferred from shared machinery and available space, not a completed ship specification.