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In 1916 when asked for his opinion on future construction Admiral John Jellicoe in command of the Grand Fleet commented that in light of his experience a new capital ship design should be a 21 knot battleship or a 30 knot battlecruiser preferably the latter.

In OTL with excessive rumors about the 3 Mackensens building and the general lead in British Battleships it was decided that new battlecruisers were needed, which led to the Admiral class and HMS Hood

Lets posit an ATL scenario where the situation is reversed and the RN is more worried about German battleships than battlecruisers at the time. Say some combination of the following, Chile ordered their battleships too late, the Ottoman BB were delivered not seized, Malaya paid for a sister to Tiger instead of a QE, Canada bought a fleet unit at the same time as Australia, Salamis was ordered with German or Austrian Guns, Britain lost an extra modern BB or 3 to mines/U-boats, Germany lost 2-3BC herself etc. whatever floats your boat

The question is this, what does such a 21 knot BB in 1916 end up looking like?
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