These first calculations showed very big ships with more then twice the displacement of the maximum allowed for Treaty Cruisers, the 10.000ton limit with various armour and armament layouts including 3x3 and 3x4 9,2" and 3x3 8". The first proposals and calculations came from early 1938, January to see what is required for a high speed, long range well armed and armoured cruiser to counter the Deutschalnds and the Japanese equivalents the Chichibus which both the RN and USN though (falsely) Japan was building at that time. Against these threats the standard 6" or 152mm cruisers deemed inadequate to counter so the RN looked into larger calibre weapons, 8" 9,2" 10" (for export) and 12". John (Could not find what names W and G stood for) started thinking in larger sized and larger calibre cruisers mostly due to the potential threat of the German Deutschland class Big Gun Cruisers / Pocket Battleships / Heavy Cruisers / Convoy Raiders / Panzerschiffe (whatever name you prefer) as well as new cruiser constructions in potential hostile nations. Soon after the 2nd London Naval Treaty of 1935-36, the Royal Navy, DNC and the prime cruiser architect W. This is Part 1, the 1938 series of cruiser studies: In case of Friedman's book it wasn't always clear what data was connected to what proposal. For these cruisers I got most of my data from Norman Friedman's British Cruisers Two World War and After as well as from the forum member Smurf and parts from his book: A Directory of British Cruiser Designs.
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