The unbuilt two-deck Warrior

Which unbuilt ironclad design is the preferred choice?

A two-gun-deck Warrior is chosen for the different response it could have represented to Gloire.

The proposed alternative would make Warrior a two-deck ship of the line. The same design choice could extend to Black Prince, giving Britain a stronger response if Gloire proved more capable. The appeal lies in the possible historical effect of that choice; the ships were never completed in this form. A three-decker suggestion is rejected because the designs under consideration had two gun decks.