A photo of a Super Lion, as recently presented from the Red Book

This is a photo of a Super Lion battlecruiser as presented in the Red Book design from the early 1970's. The photo is based on the proportions from the scale pencil sketch.

The reality is that these would most realisitically have been built, starting in 1914. They would have been built in at least two groups of four. Visually, the most visible characteristics are the odd funnel layout, with the second funnel being narrow and the first being wide, and the very high freeboard. The design could easily have been refined, over time. The 5in QF guns in this design were suggested prior to the war, and Admiral Fisher was greatly disappointed that development had never proceeded. That left the Renown, Repulse, Courageous, and Glorious with the totally inadequate 4in QF guns in awkward mounts. Admiral Fisher felt that the 6in QF guns smacked of the pre-Dreadnought ideas about a mixed armament. After the Queen Elizabeth and R-class, the only British capital ships with 6in guns were the Nelson and Rodney. After that, they carried smaller caliber secondary guns (4.5in to 5.25in). In the 1930's, the British considered developing a 5.1in gun (13cm), as did the Americans, but in the end, left that caliber to the French and Germans.