Turret production as fleet-level firepower

The central calculation compares five twin turrets with three triples, then expands the comparison from one ship to a standard eight-ship squadron. If five triple turrets take roughly the time of six twins, forty-two twins would equip eight battleships and two monitors, while thirty-five triples could equip eleven battleships and two monitors. That produces ninety-nine battleship guns across eleven hulls instead of eighty guns across eight, despite each triple-turret ship carrying one fewer gun. The calculation treats Royal Navy procurement at fleet scale, where more hulls and total guns can outweigh a small reduction aboard each ship.