Automation in a no-treaty Royal Navy

Where would the Royal Navy automate very large battleships in a no-treaty world?

It would concentrate on gun loading, centralized fire control, protected control positions, and other systems that reduced crew requirements.

Automation would focus on loading and directing the guns, with control functions moved lower in the ship and possibly linked through periscope-like systems. This fits a longer Royal Navy effort to operate many ships without matching the larger crews common in some foreign navies. Manpower would shape the design as much as machinery.