The Royal Navy did build 18 inches guns for the Furious-class battlecruisers, though these ships were finished as aircraft carriers and their guns eventually fitted to the Lord Clives, seeing service in World War I. One consideration which became more acute was that even from the original Armstrong models, following the Crimean War, range and hitting power far exceeded simple accuracy, especially at sea where the slightest roll or pitch of the vessel as 'floating weapons-platform' could negate the advantage of rifling.