Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "B10 Battleship - Guide 2293" video.

  1. I recall Drach's reply to a similar question. In the case of the Germans it was the height of the engines in the Nassaus that would have made such a configuration difficult. In the case of the British they technically had been amongst the very first to consider such a centerlined superfiring layout; the reason this was put off until the Orion's was two fold: • The Sighting Hoods weren't enclosed at first; making some degree of turret seperation desirable for the continued surrvival of the crewmembers assigned said role. • The engineering concern that one hit could disable 40% of the ship's armament if the turrets were too close together. There was also Admiral Fisher's desire to have as many guns trainable foreward as possible. This makes Dreadnought & her immediate offspring quite rational; as they had the same broadside of a South-Carolina, yet could direct six guns fore or aft, in a configuration infinitely superior to the Nassau''s. The British did however build a pair of Battleships at the same time as the S-Carolina's were in-build (technically was almost a trio [not forgetting a 16" armed monstress to almost follow in the 1910's), which did have the fore & after turrets in superfiring arrangement. They still had two wing turrets, albeit offset slightly to reduce beam. What became HMS Agincourt was Brazil's attempt to order as much dakka on a hull as they could for the lowest cost possible.
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