Friedman's book shows a sketch of a Torpedo Battleship dated 24 July 1912, with 4x14in guns (two twins), 40x6in and 8xTT. It is not the same as any of the four linked to in my previous post.
The designs were prompted by Lt Cdr F H Schofield, who had been pressing for a moderate sized, fast, heavily armoured torpedo ship (but with a maximum gun size of 5in) since 1907. He envisaged a speed of 23kts (at a time when the battlefleet speed was 18kts), with two such vessels attached to the battle line. The Naval War College gamed the concept, with a fleet of eight 18kt battleships on one side, and one of six 18kt battleships plus two 23kt Schofield vessels on the other. With only one 'Schofield', a fleet could never secure an advantage, but a fleet with two 'Schofields' nearly always won.
However, the advent of the Dreadnought, with her 21kt speed, and the Invincibles, with 25kts, soured the Naval War College to the concept. The Naval War College Committee concluded that an Invincible was probably as effective as a Schofield, while of greater general usefulness.
Schofield pressed again in 1911, with the backing of C&R, and more games were played, this time with battlecruisers included in the enemy fleet. Schofield's ships were always destroyed before being able to press home. Schofield felt the games were rigged againist him, but by now the War College and General Board had lost interest.
Oddly, however, C&R continued their investigations under R H Robinson, head of the Design Branch. The result was the series of Spring Styles above, plus the Friedman drawing, much larger and faster vessels than in Schofield's original concept, as, I suppose, would befit the new dreadnought era.
