ˈæftɚɹ ɛkspˈɛndɪtʃɚɹ ʌv mˈoːɹ ðɐn wˈʌn mˈɪliən pˈaʊndz ænd fˈeɪsɪŋ fˈɑːɹ hˈaɪɚ dˈɑːkjɑːɹd lˈeɪbɚ ænd mətˈɪɹiəl kˈɔsts, mˌɑːdɚnəzˈeɪʃən æz ɐ ɡˈʌn kɹˈuːzɚ wʌz ɐbˈændənd.
After expenditure of more than 1 million pounds and facing far higher dockyard labour and material costs, modernisation as a gun cruiser was abandoned.