More Edinburgh-class distant-station flagships

Should the Royal Navy have built more Edinburgh-subclass cruisers as distant-station flagships?

Yes, and the design may also have helped prepare the way for a later 9.2-inch cruiser battery.

Building more of the enlarged Town-class subclass would provide purpose-built flagships for widely separated stations rather than leaving that role to a very small group. The quad six-inch arrangement may also have explored space and design choices relevant to a future triple 9.2-inch mounting. Because the two installations required broadly comparable space, the Edinburgh design could offer experience useful to a later heavy cruiser armament.