The proposed arrangement would remove a turret and mount six 18-inch guns in three twin turrets on a fast Queen Elizabeth-derived hull. Ordering spare barrels in batches could help explain why several 18-inch guns appeared. This reconstruction remains an informed possibility assembled from contextual clues rather than a proven final design. The documentary evidence supplies the edge of the jigsaw without revealing the completed picture. Even one such ship could have forced other navies to reconsider the scale of their next capital-ship generation.
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A six-gun 18-inch capital-ship alternative
A Queen Elizabeth-sized hull carrying six 18-inch guns illustrates a possible British trade of one turret for speed and a dramatic increase in shell power.