The proposed ship uses four quadruple turrets to set sixteen 16-inch guns against Yamato's nine 18-inch guns. Its suggested 30 knots also exceeds the 27-knot figure used for Yamato. The design idea follows the King George V and Lion fast-battleship line, which is distinguished here from the Vanguard battlecruiser line. Such a ship would be large and demanding to maintain. It is an illustrative counterfactual design, without a claim that this exact vessel had been ordered or fully designed.
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A hypothetical sixteen-gun British answer to Yamato
One illustrative response combines sixteen 16-inch guns with a projected 30-knot speed, at a substantial cost in size and maintenance.