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they would have been better off making Vanguard a 3 turret ship, and taking the guns and turrets from a Nelson class battleship. Actually Vanguard was 4 turret version of Lion. In early 1939 after examination of production capacity it was clear that limiting factor of starting new battleship is pro...

I think better question was "why Nelsons were so fast" ;) But seriously Nelsons were more ore less direct response to Colorado and Nagato. After WNT Britain did not need extra battlecruisers. Only ships of that class were in Japan – 4 Kongos, and Britain had Hood, Repeir, Refit and Tiger. ...