Design categories are shaped by visible features as well as performance. In this counterfactual, twin turrets become associated with the pre-Dante generation, so Britain is pushed toward triple 14-inch mountings even if it already has twin-turret experience. A ship that retained twins could mount larger guns yet still look like an older pre-Dante type. The second British model therefore combines twelve 14-inch guns with a large 6-inch battery, while the ideal concept would carry fifteen main guns.
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Triple turrets become the mark of the new battleship
If Dante Alighieri establishes triple turrets as the new standard, a British twin-turret answer risks looking like an older type despite larger guns.