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Did Britain pursue an autoloading 6-inch anti-aircraft cruiser?

Britain developed the concept, but the automatic 6-inch mounts arrived only with the postwar Tiger class.

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Question

Was a cruiser with autoloading 6-inch anti-aircraft guns ever designed?

Short answer

Yes, but development took so long that the automatic mounts appeared only on the postwar Tiger class.

Notes

British designers worked on an autoloading 6-inch anti-aircraft cruiser concept. The technical development took too long to provide a wartime alternative to Dido. Its eventual expression was the Tiger class completed after the Second World War.