Tiger-era 9.2-inch cruisers

What would a dozen Tiger-era cruisers with eight 9.2-inch guns look like, and how would the Royal Navy use them?

They would be roughly 15,000-16,000-ton, 30-knot ships replacing armored cruisers in fleet and overseas roles, with enough firepower to transform actions such as Coronel.

Built for Tiger-like speed, the ships would need more tonnage than a tightly packed 12,500-ton design to carry four twin heavy-gun turrets and casemate secondaries. At Coronel, two such cruisers could place sixteen 9.2-inch guns against von Spee's squadron and reverse the historical balance. A follow-up argues that Germany lacked spare yard capacity to copy them while building its battle fleet, and that other navies would face their own program constraints. Their greatest long-term effect might therefore come after World War I, when Britain would resist scrapping them and their size and armament could help define cruiser treaty limits.