More about the light cruiser design

One merit of the light cruiser design I just described is that it has substantial freeboard. The bow has a substantial rake with the bow suitably flared. A more balanced design might scale the speed back to 35 knots and add a fourth twin turret. I actually happen to prefer triple turrets, although from a purely gunnery perspective, four twin turrets is preferable. With the barrels in separate sleeves, you can alternatively fire four gun salvos. This can produce much smaller spread at long range than triple turrets, especially of the guns are in a single sleeve.