Compared with 16A, the fourteen-inch alternatives retained eight guns in four twin turrets but cut both displacement and armor. Their machinery rose from 45,000 to roughly 60,000-plus shaft horsepower, making the missing speed figure in the surviving table especially conspicuous. The longer 14A had a more favorable length-to-beam ratio than 14B, leading to an estimated speed of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight knots. A longer, narrower hull moves more efficiently at cruising speed but creates more area to armor, whereas a shorter proportion favors maneuverability. The quoted belt figures also describe layered protection, with extra internal plate over the magazines rather than one uniformly thick belt. This comparison turns an incomplete table into a compact lesson on how hull proportions, machinery, armor, and weight interact.
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Fourteen-inch designs trade armor and weight for speed
The 14A and 14B studies cut displacement and armor while sharply increasing machinery power, suggesting a faster battleship whose exact speed is absent from the surviving table.