Did Algérie's superstructure look unfinished to save weight?

Did Algérie's superstructure look unfinished because the designers were saving weight?

No; it followed a consistent French cruiser style, although scaling cruiser forms into capital ships could create different design problems.

Algérie's compact superstructure can look unfinished, but the arrangement was consistent with contemporary French cruiser style. Visual sparseness alone does not show that designers omitted structure as an emergency weight-saving measure. The design question becomes more difficult when governments try to scale a cruiser form into a capital ship. A silhouette must therefore be read alongside the ship's intended type and the design conventions behind it.