What was a favorite conspicuously misguided design moment among the great-power navies?
Short answerColossus and Victoria are the British examples, particularly Victoria's mixed main armament and the alternative of a larger hull with four 16.25-inch guns.
NotesColossus looks awkward beside other contemporary Royal Navy projects and the Admiral class that quickly followed. Victoria combined her large forward armament with a different-calibre gun aft. A proposed alternative is a longer, slightly larger hull with four 16.25-inch guns, arranged as an improved Admiral-type ship. In that counterfactual, the later Trafalgars could continue the same development instead of returning to 13.5-inch guns.