Prospective Nelson and Rodney replacements included a choice between eight and nine guns. The extra gun had to be weighed against the survivability gained from an additional turret. More mountings could leave a larger share of the battery available after one turret was lost.
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Eight guns or nine in a Nelson successor?
An eight-versus-nine-gun comparison weighs an additional gun against the redundancy of another turret.