This Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts sequence is a counterfactual design exercise. Starting with a 1914 British hull, the design increases beam and draught and selects 25 knots before arranging triple 14-inch turrets. The experiment reaches a fifteen-gun broadside but creates a large, wide hull with a severe forward weight concentration. Moving each component changes roll, engine efficiency, displacement, or firing arcs. An apparently simple demand for more guns rapidly alters the whole naval-architecture problem.
Chapter · 5:25-17:43
A wide-beam, fast 1914 British battleship experiment
The first design pass tests whether extra beam and draught plus 25 knots can support an exceptionally heavy 14-inch battery.