A larger cruiser with 9.2-inch guns

What would an ideal Second World War cruiser look like?

A roughly 15,000-ton Town-class development would carry nine 9.2-inch guns and improved dual-purpose and close-range anti-aircraft armament.

The preferred wartime cruiser is a roughly 15,000-ton development of the Town-class idea with more power, greater length, and three triple 9.2-inch turrets. The design would strengthen the four-inch and 40 mm anti-aircraft battery and retain useful octuple pom-poms. High-pressure small-tube boilers would help provide the machinery power needed by the enlarged ship. The proposal returns to the broader argument that retaining a larger heavy-cruiser tradition would have produced a more useful design space.