Royal Navy Big Cruiser Designs

I find the all-forward proposal that was rejected a very interesting concept.

Is there any further details about what were these expected to look like? I think I've read from somewhere that they also considered dropping a turret (so 2x3 8") for additional machinery space and armor, but not sure if those are from the same timeframe.

Would be interesting to see if such design can provide 32kt+ ship with adequate protection against 8" shells while remaining well under 10000ton limit (something treaty cruisers couldn't)
 
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Your 2x3 8" design is likely the pre design 'a' where extra armour was provided against 11"
Pre design b is likely similar to the all forward County design from the 1920's
And pre design d is maybe a 2x3,2x2 or 3x3 High Angle mount type
 

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