Could a 10-inch diesel cruiser work?

Could a 30,000-ton, 33-knot cruiser armed with twelve 10-inch guns fit this alternate-history naval race?

It could work as a counterfactual design, but its likely effect is to encourage renewed cruiser-killer and fast-battleship concepts rather than settle the problem cleanly.

The proposed 30,000-ton, 33-knot ship could work within the imagined design space, though that does not validate every historical 10-inch-gun choice. Its role would be that of a cruiser-killer rather than a universally superior heavy cruiser. Such a ship would invite counter-designs, including American Alaska-style vessels and British fast ships with larger guns. Britain might even use existing twin 14-inch mountings for a six-gun Vanguard variant, so the design's main effect is to accelerate another competitive cycle.