And Sir Stanley Goodall's diary of 30 Nov refers to the same type of ship. That was followed by a suggestion to replace the second 1939 Lion (Thunderer) with a 15" gunned battleship, then by July 1939 to include the proposed 15" gunned ship as an addition to the 1940 programme.īy Churchill, following a meeting with the DCNS, was asking for plans for a "battleship-cruiser" using 4x2 15" turrets. Speed of the latter was to be 29.5-31kts with KGV levels of protection on 33,500 tons at a cost of £5.25m. In Feb Goodall produced 3 alternative "ideas" being one with 6x16" in 2 turrets, or 8x15" in 4 turrets or 6x15" in 3 turrets, possibly for purchase by Australia. Ideas for using the spare 15" turrets had been around since Jan 1939. So I doubt that the idea even gained enough traction at that stage to be considered for any kind of even outline design work.īut that was not the first suggestion of a 3x2 15" gunned ship. There was a further joint minute signed by the DNC, DNO and EinC that squashed the idea and the Controller then dropped the idea. The reference by the DNC to only saving 6 months was in a memo dated. Moore in "Building for Victory" also refers to the 3x2 arrangement.
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