Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts provides a rough design test for a British battlecruiser targeting 30 knots. The simulation substitutes 14-inch guns because it lacks the historical 13.5-inch option. Triple mounts, oil firing, geared turbines, auxiliary machinery, steering, torpedo protection, and armour are selected together. Their combined weight quickly determines which turret layouts remain possible. The simulation exposes the counterfactual's design pressures, but it cannot establish that a comparable Royal Navy proposal existed.
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Designing a fast oil-fired battlecruiser
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts tests whether a Queen Mary-like hull can reach 30 knots with oil firing and 14-inch triple turrets.