Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "When Designers Fail: Three Ship Engineering Mistakes from History" video.

  1. And it turned out that there was a lot more work involved that simply removing the 28cm triple turrets and installing 38cm twins. The never-completed refit for Gneisenau also involved replacing the bow again, this time lengthening the ship to account for the added weight of the larger guns.
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  2. Gneisenau was actually in the process of having the bow rebuilt again (this time lengthening the ship to allow for heavier 38cm twin turrets to replace the 28cm triples), when all work on surface ships was cancelled due to Hitler throwing a tantrum over the Kriegsmarine losing a battle.
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  3. Nor were they the first. HMS Hood was also known as "His Majesty's Submarine" because of how much water went over the bow.
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