The unbuilt British missile-gun cruiser

What would the Royal Navy's proposed missile-and-gun cruiser have looked like?

A roughly 15,400-ton ship combining 48 Sea Slug missiles with twin six-inch, three-inch, and modern 40 mm gun mountings.

The proposed ship displaced about 15,400 tons at deep load and carried a twin Sea Slug launcher with 48 missiles. Two twin six-inch mounts, two twin three-inch mounts, and modern 40 mm Bofors retained a powerful gun battery, while Sea Cat was also considered. That combination would have supplied area air defense, surface and shore firepower, and close protection in one large hull. It represents the expensive balanced option that might have prevented the Tigers from becoming short-lived gun-cruiser compromises.