Did smaller 14-inch shells simplify Royal Navy logistics?

Did the smaller size and weight of 14-inch shells make them easier for the Royal Navy to handle and distribute?

Not enough to justify them. Adding a new calibre was more burdensome than continuing the existing worldwide 15-inch supply system.

Easier movement was not a sufficient justification for the 14-inch choice. The Royal Navy already produced 15-inch shells and held stockpiles for them around the world, so the smaller round required a new parallel supply chain rather than replacing an old one. Ships and depots now had to distinguish 14-, 15-, and 16-inch ammunition, complicating every resupply route. Fourteen-inch shells were not enough cheaper, smaller, or less material-intensive to offset that burden. Calibre selection was a global logistics decision rather than a question of projectile weight alone.