How the Royal Navy would answer Cristoforo Colombo

If the World of Warships Cristoforo Colombo existed, how would the Royal Navy respond?

Britain would probably complete the Lion class with twelve 16-inch or slightly larger guns to answer the Italian ship's sixteen 15-inch weapons.

The fictional Cristoforo Colombo is described as a battleship with four quadruple 15-inch turrets, heavy 6-inch secondaries, and extensive 90 mm anti-aircraft weapons. A ship of that scale would remove much of the uncertainty around completing Britain's Lion-class battleships. The panel expects the British response to carry twelve 16-inch guns and possibly a slightly larger caliber rather than simply copy the Italian arrangement. In World of Warships terms, the result begins to resemble the game's Conqueror, but the historical lesson is that a visible foreign building threat can harden domestic requirements.