My friend Cliff's concept for the 1910 and 1911 building programs was for a battlecruiser with 4-4-13.5in/45 guns, 8-4in QF, and 9in side armor. The type retained the three funnel look with the first funnel raised. In this case, the funnels were equally spaced. In my early 1970's redrawing, I gave the ships an anachronistic bridge and tripod mast (more like 1918 or the 1920's rebuilds of the R-class and
Queen Elizabeths).
The specs were:
- legend displacement: 33,000 tons
- dimensions: 775ft x 94ft x 30ft-11in
- speed: 33 knots
- armament: 4-13.5in/45, 8-4in/50 QF
- protection: 9in belt, no conning tower
The basic concept was to sacrifice firepower to achieve higher speed, and providing moderate protection in battlecruisers ("Speed is armour"--Admiral Fisher).
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