Brandenburg or Mississippi for an Aegean naval race?

How would Turkish Brandenburg-derived pre-dreadnoughts compare with Greek Mississippi-derived ships?

The Mississippi-based Greek ships would probably be the better-balanced and more available option, despite the Brandenburg design's impressive paper armament.

The hypothetical gives the Ottoman Navy two ships based on Germany's Brandenburg class and Greece two based on the American Mississippi class. Mississippi offers four 12-inch and eight 8-inch guns in a compact, comparatively modern pre-dreadnought design. Brandenburg's unusual amidships main-gun mounting looks powerful on paper but belongs to an earlier design generation. For a two-ship purchase where availability and integrated systems matter, the panel therefore treats the Mississippi pattern as the stronger option.