Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "HMS Lord Nelson - Guide 092" video.

  1. Q&A - Why did the US (as well as most other navies) persist in having their secondary battleship armament in casemates?. In the case of the USN, that was through the Colorado class, commissioned in the early 20's. eE had the example of the Lord Nelson all the way back in 1906 yet the mounting of secondary batteries in turrets didn't really start until 1927 with the Nelson class. I don't think the Japanese abandoned casemates until the Yamato's, and the 1920 South Dakota class still featured casemates.
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  2. Nova and Johnathan, those answers certainly make sense. Let me reverse my question then. What did the Lord Nelson designers see as the value of the secondary turrets while almost everyone else didn't see any value? Casemates were cheaper, and you could squeeze in more guns, yet every navy had experienced the problem of trying to fight casemate guns in any kind of rough seas.
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