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What an unbuilt Leopard-class battlecruiser might look like

Leopard is envisaged as a Tiger-like battlecruiser with fifteen-inch guns, with turret layout depending on parallel design choices.

Question

What might the unbuilt Leopard-class battlecruiser have looked like?

Short answer

Probably much like HMS Tiger with fifteen-inch guns, although the after-turret layout would depend on related design developments.

Notes

The proposed form begins with HMS Tiger's general appearance and substitutes a fifteen-inch main battery. The uncertain part is the after arrangement: the design could retain two turrets aft or move toward the layout later associated with Renown. Other contemporary large-gun projects would influence that choice. The unbuilt class was a branch in a developing design family, so no single specification can settle its final appearance.