Dan favours F3 as an alternative to Nelson and Rodney and regards G3 as politically lost once Britain accepts the treaty. The proposed 15-inch/50 guns also suggest an opportunity to improve older British 15-inch ships, with Renown tentatively suggested as a place to try the weapons. Clarke doubts that politicians would have accepted F3 either, given their preference for heavily protected ships and the prestige of matching foreign 16-inch guns. The disagreement concerns the chances of building the preferred design as well as its military value. The discussion still credits Nelson and Rodney's 16-inch guns with considerable capability.
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F3, longer 15-inch guns and the political appeal of 16-inch guns
An F3 alternative to Nelson and Rodney leads to a disagreement about which fast capital ships politicians would actually have accepted.