Why the G3 and N3 ships were likely admiral names

Were the G3 and N3 capital ships likely to receive names previously lost catastrophically, or admiral names?

They were most likely to receive admiral names because they fell within the Royal Navy's recurring admiral-name cycle.

The naming sequence is stronger evidence than isolated proposed names. Royal Navy capital ships alternated between established great names and admirals, with the Admiral class followed by Nelson, Rodney, Anson, and Howe before Vanguard and the Lions returned to great names. That sequence places the G3 and N3 ships naturally within an admiral phase. Saint-name theories conflict with the service's religious and political caution and with a naming committee dominated by long-serving officers rather than popular music-hall fashion. Ministerial influence was also limited, as repeated failures by Churchill to impose names demonstrate.