Comments by "John Fisher" (@johnfisher9692) on "The Origin of the Battlecruiser - Special (Human Voice)" video.

Excellent video As you stated, there was nothing wrong with the original concept of the BC, it only went bad when the British used them for a role they were never designed for. And the loss of the three at Jutland was more due to very poor ammunition and cordite handling than a flawed design. The same almost happened to Seydlitz at Dogger bank but thanks to the courage and skill of the crew who flooded her magazines the ship was saved and the HSF learned a valuable lesson, something the British would have to wait for Jutland to learn.
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Is there any reason stated why the British choose Q turret placement for the Lion class instead of the more practical X placement? It just seem strange they would put a turret where it would have such a limited arc of fire. Surely someone at the design stage would say "Well we have a superfiring B turret, why not superfire the aft guns? Also Q position is so close to the boilers making it a hotter place.
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@thomasgray4188 To answer point 2 HMS Canada was originally ordered by Chile as one of a two ship class, but they wanted 14inch guns. When WW1 broke out the ship was eventually purchased by Britain and commissioned with the guns already completed for the ship. HMS Canada was returned to Chile in 1920 The other ship was eventually completed as a carrier, HMS Eagle
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@thomasgray4188 I suspect it was because the British had already selected the 15inch as a follow on from the 13.5inch used previously and to build 14inch guns would be a step backwards. And going from 13.5 to 14 is too small a change to do considering all the expence involved in building the infrastructure to make the guns.
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