Vickers Design 461 is identified as a 1910 proposal of about 15,000 tons with four twin ten-inch mountings. The earlier Design 181 is described as a 12,000-ton battleship carrying six twin ten-inch mountings. Design 332 Alpha then offers six twelve-inch guns, arranged as either two triples or three twins. A 1914 offer moves to fifteen-inch guns in two twin mountings for a coastal-defence battleship. These proposals give the hypothetical Chinese building program concrete alternatives at different sizes and levels of armament.
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Vickers proposals for Chinese ten-, twelve-, and fifteen-inch ships
Named Vickers designs provide specific British export options for a Chinese fleet, including compact capital ships with heavy guns.