How late-war magazine lessons changed the Admiral class

Late-war evidence from underwater explosions encouraged designers to place the magazine below the shell room in the three suspended Admiral-class ships. Water entering from beneath would then reach the propellant spaces sooner, improving the chance of flooding them before an explosion. The lower position also reduced the chance that an incoming shell would reach a magazine. The change required fuller hull sections and revised handling rooms, with some reduction in ammunition stowage. Even with those and other armour revisions, the book's conclusion is that further modification of Hood's basic design would not have produced a satisfactory ship.