The opening inspection returns to the Queen Elizabeth Maximus from an earlier design session. The ship mounts 16.5-inch main guns intended to stay within a plausible 42- to 45-calibre range. Its triple 4.5-inch secondary mountings provide a substantial rate of fire. This establishes the British reference ship before the German counterpart is built under comparable historical constraints.
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Inspecting the Queen Elizabeth Maximus
The opening inspection establishes a British maximum design with 16.5-inch main guns and rapid-firing 4.5-inch secondaries.