Editing Town-class cruiser (1936) (section)

===''Edinburgh''===
[[File:Hms belfast.jpg|thumb|{{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}} moored by [[Tower Bridge]]]]
The ''Edinburgh'' class were longer at {{cvt|614|ft|abbr=on}} compared to {{cvt|592|ft|abbr=on}}, initially to allow an increase in the main armament from twelve {{cvt|6|in}} guns in four triple turrets as in the two previous sub-classes, to sixteen 6-inch guns in four quadruple turrets. The idea was soon shelved however due to the difficulties in actually manufacturing an effective quadruple 6inch turret and so the class reverted to the original main armament design, although improved through a "long trunk" Mk XXIII turret design, which reduced the crew requirements and increased the speed of the ammunition hoists.<ref>Campbell 1985, pp. 35–36</ref> Four extra {{cvt|4|in}} "High Angle Low Angle" guns and eight extra 2-pounder (40&nbsp;mm) guns and further armour protection were added instead. Additional ships using the design of ''Belfast'' were considered by the Admiralty in 1940 but were eventually rejected.<ref>Waters (2019), p. 46</ref>