And back to the ships for a moment...
Alright, changed out the ships boats for some different ones and included a "captains gig" in there as well. I also plunked a catapult on top of main gun #3 to see how that would look. Not bad I don't think. Just one problem... I can't figure where would be a good place to put the crane that would be necessary for it to actually be operational.
I've also been working on a predecessor class, the King Malcolm class. The tentative back story I've worked out is that the King Malcolms were originally supposed to be a class of six, all armed with twin 16" turrets. Here's out it plays out:
In 1912 the BB Sanxay Straits was laid down as a "super-dreadnaught" designed to carry 8 triple 14" turrets. With tensions rising between the Empire and the German Alliance, the Admiralty decided to try and speed construction by using existing twin 12" turrets instead of waiting for the new 14" guns to be built. This left the navy with 8 triple 14" turrets with nowhere to go. In 1914 the first two units of the King Malcolm class were laid down. Unfortunately, there were delays in the development of the even newer twin 16"/45 guns, so in order to speed construction it was decided to use the excess 14" guns and arm the King Malcolm and Earl of Belfair with them. The remaining four ships, which became the King Robert class, then received the planned twin 16's later as they became available, and construction on them was slowed to allow for this, and to permit construction on cruisers and destroyers to take precedence during the war, which meant that the King Roberts were not commissioned until 1920-22. As the King Malcolms and King Roberts were initially one class, they are identical except for their main armament.
(A bit like how the USN Tennessee and Colorado classes were outwardly identical, and which differed only in main guns as well)