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===Armament=== The guns, [[British ordnance terms#BL|BL]] 8-inch (203 mm) Mark VIII, were equally disposed in superfiring twin turrets fore and aft. The turret design was needlessly complicated by the original requirement that they should be capable of anti-aircraft fire and were thus provided with a maximum elevation of 70Β°, despite the inability to train and elevate sufficiently quickly to track aerial targets and the complete lack of a suitable fire control system.<ref name="lenton"/>{{Page needed|date=January 2020}}<ref name="navweaps">{{Cite web |last=DiGiulian |first=Tony |date=19 February 2022 |title=8"/50 (20.3 cm) Mark VIII |url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_8-50_mk8.php |website=NavWeaps}}</ref> Secondary armament consisted of four [[QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun|QF {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|sigfig=3}} Mark V guns]] in single mounts [[British ordnance terms#HA|HA]] Mk.III fed from the amidships magazine. There were quadruple-tube [[torpedo]] launchers, one each side, amidships. The single 4-inch Mk V guns were later replaced by Mk XVI guns in paired mountings. In a fruitless attempt to keep within treaty limits, the Mark XVI mounting was stripped down to reduce the weight, the result being the Mark XVII, an exercise described as "ridiculous punctiliousness".<ref name="Campbell">Campbell (2002)</ref>{{Page needed|date=January 2020}} They were later converted back to standard Mark XVI mounts. The initial design called for two octuple mountings for the 40 mm [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder Mk.VIII]] anti-aircraft [[autocannon]] but as a weight-saving exercise these were not initially shipped and the existing QF 2-pounder Mark II was carried in lieu on four single mounts. Space was provided for a rotating catapult and a crane for operating aircraft, although again these were initially not provided.
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