The design's 35,000-ton game displacement is treated cautiously because its modeled cruising range is achieved at a far higher speed than Orion's real specification. Reducing the endurance speed cuts more than a thousand tons of fuel in the model, producing an estimate of 28,000 to 30,000 tons for a real ship. A 24-knot version needs about 50,000 shaft horsepower, between Orion's 27,000 and Queen Elizabeth's 70,000, while its wartime complement remains comparable to Orion's. The comparison shows how a turret arrangement affects fuel, endurance, machinery space, and manpower.
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Range, machinery, and the cost of 24 knots
Range and fuel assumptions show why a faster triple-turret ship would demand careful choices about displacement, horsepower, boilers, and crew.